Senior Manager, Software Engineering-Tokio

The day-to-day:

• Govern the application development activities of multiple agile/scrum teams for the world’s leading Insurance Platform.
• Coordinate the design, analysis, development, debugging, and improvement of Guidewire’s insurance products in the world market.
• Attract, retain, develop, and motivate top-notch engineering talent.
• Ensure effective collaboration and communication within the team and teams and with peers and stakeholders across the organisation.
• Mentor your team members, including assisting them with career growth and personal development.
• Collaborate with other managers and teams to execute the roadmap and ensure the successful delivery of our insurance products.
• Trust your team, and be trusted by your manager and colleagues to make good decisions.
• Proactively communicate with senior leadership and drive change.

What skills or experience do I need to have?

• 10+ years of software development experience, especially in SaaS and/or PaaS
• 4+ years of proven experience in managing software engineers, including performance and career management
• 2+ years of leading and managing multiple Agile/Scrum teams in software product development
• Business-level proficiency in English and Japanese, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A ceaseless desire to improve how things get done, a strong promoter of automationFluency in one of the object-oriented languages such as Java, Go, C#, etc.
• An advocate of DDD, BDD, TDD, and API-first design
• Understanding of cloud services and architecture like Docker, K8s
• Mentoring others on technical topics and processes
• Leading projects from inception to completion with collaboration across teams
• Risk mitigation and handling dependencies
• A calm, rational demeanour under pressure. Having a sense of humour helps!