Senior Manager

Job Description

Oversee the development of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective software solutions with an emphasis on quality, best-practice coding standards, and cost-effectiveness

● Participate as a team lead on projects, which includes training, coaching, and sharing technical knowledge with less experienced staff.

● Rapidly identify and resolve technical incidents as they emerge

● Build rapid technical prototypes for early customer validation of new technologies

● Collaborate effectively across Technology and Operations to understand, translate, and integrate methodologies into engineering build pipelines

● Collaborate with product owners to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions, providing leadership in the design and architecture processes.

● Provide expert apprenticeship to project teams on technology strategy, cultivating advanced skill sets in application engineering and implementing modern software engineering practices

● Lead and mentor a team of Software Developers and Senior Software Developers, providing guidance and support in their professional development

● Stay informed about the latest technology and methodology by participating in industry forums, having an active peer network, and engaging actively with customers

● Cultivate a team environment focused on continuous learning, where innovative technologies are developed and refined through collaborative effort

Qualifications

Domain Expertise

○ Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering plus 5-8 years of experience in information technology solutions development and 2-3 years managing teams.

○ Proven experience in leading and managing software development teams.

○ 1-2 Yrs experience with C++ software development for windows applications(MFC would be a Plus)

○ Strong C#.net skills for Windows application

○ Must have the ability to provide solutions utilizing best practices for resilience, scalability and security.

○ Basic project management skills

Required ○ C++ experience (atleast 1-2 yrs) on Windows platform

○ Proven experience with C#.net for Windows applications

○ SQL Programming (Microsoft SQL Server/Any RDBMS)

○ Experience with cloud computing (AWS preferred) ○ Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting

○ Resourceful technical leader, self-starter, and a team-player

○ At least 8+ years of relevant work experience and 1-2 years in an Engineering manager capacity

○ Desire to be deeply involved in product supplementation and automation

○ Appreciation for and commitment to clean, reusable and well-tested code, architecture, and documentation

○ Experience working in an Agile environment (scrum, kanban)

○ Solid understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment environments

○ Strong analytical skills and sense of technical creativity

○ Excellent debugging and problem solving skills

○ Detail oriented with a commitment to innovation

○ Effective communication and writing skills are a must

○ Experience in data analysis to identify trends and issues.

○ Ability to review and evaluate technical designs and documents is a must

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