Manager Software Developement - Remote US in US - Remote (JR01188)

Essential Job Functions:  

• Provide direction and leadership to a team of global developers and QA professionals

• Design, develop, document, test and debug new and existing software systems, applications and/or components for market sale or proprietary software  

• Working knowledge of multiple languages, software development environment, and software development life-cycle procedures including but not limited to: Java, C#, AWS, Azure, Oracle. Software development frameworks, API Integrations, RESTful Web services, Structured and unstructured databases, Eclipse, JEE, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript frameworks (Angular, VUE, React) 

• Writes technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements 

• Responsible for following the team’s established Agile processes which includes supporting both short- and long-term planning, cross-functional support, and demonstrating working software  

• Stays up-to-date on business initiatives and objectives, particularly as these relate to infrastructure and development architecture issues 

• Serve as technical expert on development projects, participate in full development life cycle including requirements analysis, design, and deployments 

• Analyze large amount of activity data to drive the insight of user behavior and best way to identify relevant data and convert it into information aligned with business decision making 

• Think creatively to solve the user problem with holistic and simple product solution 

• Run experiments on new and existing features. Ability to learn new technologies and influence the team and leadership to constantly implement modern solutions 

• Research an area of knowledge and create a direction based upon sound architectural and design principles. Limit the choices available during development by choosing standard development methods and programming frameworks 

• Evaluates new platforms, technologies, and software products/techniques to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities within the company's products 

• Make design decisions which encourage leveragability, potential reuse, componentization, extensibility, maintainability, and are minimally coupled 

• Strategically align development capabilities with the future needs of our customers  

• Translates business requirements into technical solutions which adhere to architectural best practice 

• Provide solutions and alternatives to impasses impacting timetables, scalability, and performance factors as they pertain to production, implementation and to technologies advancements for SitusAMC 

• Identifies and evaluates new technologies for implementation 

• Analyzes code to find causes of errors and revise programs as needed  

• Leds in software design meetings and analyzes user needs to determine technical requirements. 

• For the SDLC/STLC, provide direction, assists in development of new models 

• Assist in the development and Maintenance of detailed software engineering and development plans and processes 

• Continually improve, design or synthesis processes and software that materially differentiates SitusAMC brand and services   

• Aspire to reach a higher level of CMMI and Agile practices; create repeatable process; ensure documentation is created, Maintained, trained upon, is readily accessible, versioned, and managed under change control 

• Oversight and guidance of new product initiatives ensuring adherence to architectural principles, drive engineering decision making based on sound business requirements; identify sources of technology improvement that can reduce development cost 

• Provide detailed metrics related to turn time, workload, Kickbacks (and reasons), test coverage 

• Contribute in efforts to develop technical roadmap of most projects 

• Create and document application platform architectural vision and strategy to maintain long term viability 

• Refactor the application code base to leverage new technologies 

• Ensure software satisfies all non-functional requirements such as quality, security, modifiable, stability, etc. 

• Defines system, technical, and application architectures 

• Recommends courses of action to maintain cost effectiveness and competitiveness 

• Ensures quality and consistency of the software architecture across the system and provides day-to-day technical guidance to the development teams 

• Researches and implements best practice frameworks/capability models that will control costs, provide higher quality, and/or increase predictability of service delivery 

• Consults with end user to prototype, refine, test, and debug programs to meet needs 

• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables 

• Build products aligned to help our clients succeed in the industry 

• Work in cross functional teams (Squads) to drive effective creation of Minimum Viable Products that bring business value faster 

• In conjunction with the business objectives and other, establish a clear vision; share that vision with others so that they will follow willingly. Provide the information, knowledge and methods realize that vision 

• Mentor and provide guidance and direction to all team members in the department 

• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement in all areas of technology and instill the principles of this mindset in a team 

• Manage and achieve personnel time commitments 

• Proactively reach out to others for assistance to ensure work is achieve in agreed upon timeframes 

• Be accountable for the overall productivity levels of your work, PODS, Teams and/or software development team 

• Oversee personnel in Leds, teams and PODs, including goal-setting, performance assessment, and performance development 

• Continuously evaluate development progress against plans and intervene with lead developers, project managers, or consult with management to facilitate business outcomes 

• Manage the delivery of software services internal and external 

• Manage, monitor, and evaluate completion of tasks, assignments, projects activities and timelines of in line with business priorities 

• Build quality assurance and data protection processes 

• Focus on leading, coaching, developing, and retaining high-performance team with an emphasis on developing capacity in areas of execution 

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in all areas of technology and instill the principles of this mindset in a team 

• Identify necessary training and educating for developers on new techniques 

• Advise and mentor Software Development team members as an escalation point  

• Fulfill on the division’s mission statement 

• Such other activities as may be assigned by your manager 

Qualifications/ Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, information systems preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience

•  Minimum of 12+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 2+ years in a VP level role or external equivalent

• Minimum of 3-5+ years experience as a software development manager

• Solid knowledge and understanding of Object Oriented (Analysis, Design, Programming) 

• Experience managing UX – Human centered designs 

• Experience using Azure DevOps, Jira, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, or similar tools 

• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed 

• Strong communication skills and great product sense 

• Proficient communication skills verbal and written 

• Demonstrates attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness 

• Strong organization, administrative and documentation skills 

• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving skills 

• Ability to manage competing demands, delays, or unexpected events 

• Experience with Application Integration and building APIs for a rapidly integrating products 

• Experience working on Agile Scrum and DevOps aligned delivery teams 

• Experience developing software development estimates 

• Experience building software products on multiple platforms and industries 

• Experience developing Cloud native app and or migrating app to cloud, preferably AWS

• Ability to be a player coach leading a developer team setting 

• Experience working with two or more from the following: Microservices development, Web Application development, Unix/Linux environments, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, networking, developing large software systems, and/or security software development. 

• Experience administering innovation with methodologies such as design thinking. 

• Ability to work independently and creatively, learn quickly, and solve complex problems in high-pressure situations 

• Adapts to every changing environment and changes approach or method to best fit the situation 

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