Manager of Software Engineering

Job Responsibilities

Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. In addition, demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience Experience leading teams of technologists Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent. Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e. g. , cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc. ) Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight Proficiency in Java/J2EE and REST APIs, Web Services and experience in building event-driven Micro Services and Kafka streaming. Experience in Spring Framework, Spring Boot and AWS Services in public cloud infrastructure Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security Working proficiency in developmental toolsets like GIT/BitBucket, JIRA, Maven. Experience working at code level

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

Fice domain experience with United States Banking & Payments industry. Knowledge and working experience on Card Network Payment, Fraud, Settlement. People management experience of handling one or more scrum teams. Delivery management experience of Java Microservices application on AWS/Public cloud platform. Certifications in Java programming or related technologies (e. g. , Oracle Certified Professional, Spring Certification) is a plus. Certifications in AWS (e. g. , AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate) is a plus