Senior Manager, Applications System Development

Key Applicant Requirements 

(Skills/Knowledge/Experience/Qualifications)

Please specify if essential or desirable

Minimum Qualifications

• 13+ years of overall experience

• 7+ years of hands-on technical experience

• 4+ years of proven technical leadership experience

• Strong hands-on experience leading development teams building multi-tenant, Cloud-based, SaaS solutions.

• Hands on coding experience in Java, Spring Boot and/or other related technologies and frameworks

• Familiarity and comfort w/ Spring and JSF will be helpful

• Strong Cloud and microservices development experience – EKS, Lambda or native Kubernetes experience is very beneficial

• Experience working w/ single page applications such as React or AngularJS

• Strong experience in developing enterprise scale products using MySQL and other RDBMS/ NoSQL databases

• Experience with DynamoDB is desirable

• Demonstrable success transforming legacy applications into cloud native, microservice driven solutions is desirable

• Proven success working within a matrixed organization and providing strong leadership to multiple technical Scrum teams

• Strong practical understanding of Agile development practices and know how to maximize the inherent benefits

• Experience in a FinTech company is a very strong plus

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Key position details

(Responsibilities)

• Guide the day-to-day activities of development teams within an Agile/Scrum environment

• Work with the teams in the design/architecture to find simple, elegant technical solutions to satisfy business needs

• Evangelize technology adoption in key areas such as microservices/ modernization and automation

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.

• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.

• Develop the long-term technical vision and roadmap within, and often beyond, the scope of your teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.

• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure coding best practices and be accountable for the functionality, maintainability and performance of the reviewed/merged code.

• Meets regularly with project stakeholders to establish clear roles, directions and responsibilities related to assigned projects.

• Ensure project plans and timelines are developed and hold all parties, internal and external, accountable for assigned tasks, responsibilities and due dates.