Lead Software Development Engineer-Reuters Product Connector

Description:

About the role:

• Influences multiple cross-functional project teams to execute and adopt a point of view for ideas and initiatives
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Trains and mentors colleagues including Sr. Software Engineers
• Strategic focus
• Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products
• Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
• Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans.
• Takes operational responsibility. Sets measurable goals and meets them. Performs code reviews
• Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools.
• Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters and tasks and monitors project tasks.
• Develops and keeps the vision of the project, leading others toward its completion.
• Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
• Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project.
• Leads the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
• Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.

About you:

• 5-10+ Years of experience
• If the candidate has experience in some of these platform then it would be a plus:
• Java
• AWS
• Python
• Terraform
• Serverless design technics
• Business SaaS systems including Salesforce, Zuora, Stripe
• Integration architecture experience is a big plus
• Data analytics experience is welcomed
• Very good communication skills to be able to talk with business, technology, management, top management in meaningful and result-oriented manner
• Have wide technology experience and vision
• Learn quickly. For instance, able to catch up on data architecture and work with other architects on designing the data platform which correlates with enterprise strategy.
• Challenge business decisions and views, influence business decisions
• Be a bridge between business and technology
• Provide high level estimates, scope definition, work breakdown structure and cost estimates for management
• Create system design which can be understood by business and by technology including developers, QAs, BAs and management
• Provide technology governance of multiple scrum teams
• Be hands-on. For instance, review PRs created by developers to validate that system design is addressed properly or create a POC to prove some design option (but no intensive coding is required)
• Understand enterprise architecture and be able to create design aligned with enterprise architecture
• Be able to improve engineering practices including at solution architecture area such as architecture documentation standards and guidelines
• Able to research, analyze and evaluate solution options (e.g. buy vs build), present them to architecture and business stakeholders
• Able to lead as an architect multiple projects at a time, balance your time and focus between them
• It is very preferred to have at least basic knowledge in ecommerce domain, B2B and B2C processes
• Agile/scrum environment
• Automation technology
• Education - Master s/Bachelors Degree - Computer Engineering/ Computer Science/ Information Technology.