Manage agile software delivery teams and partner with the Area Product owner.
Deliver solutions leveraging modern technologies including cloud-backed APIs and microservices utilizing distributed database technologies.
Oversee all aspects of technology delivery.
Maintain a strong risk management mindset relative to managing risk and delivering technical tasks related to the solution, such as breaks, defects, patches, and upgrades.
Possess a strong talent assessment and talent management background.
Mentor team members to progress their technical and professional skills.
Build and maintain relationships with business and technology team members.
Triage technical issues and lead teams toward solving problems.
Plan team capacity to accommodate demands.
Drive down legacy technology platform footprint.
Leverage background in legacy technologies such as SOA and Mainframe, a plus but not required.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
Demonstrated proficiency in application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines.
Demonstrated proficiency with server side languages such as Java, Python, Ruby, PHP and JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React and Amber.
Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals.
Demonstrated experience building internet scale platforms from the ground up. Strong understanding of OOP & SOA principles, enterprise design patterns and industry best practices with experience using modern technology (e.g. Java, Cassandra, Kafka) and design patterns (e.g. microservices, APIs).
Expert level experience designing and building REST web services at internet scale.
Experience in cloud technologies and patterns (AWS, Google Cloud).
Experience with automated testing tools and capabilities (Cucumber, Selenium, ATDD, TDD).
Experience with high volume, mission critical applications.
Experience with tuning high volume applications.
Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, DB2, or Amazon RDS and messaging technologies such as IBM MQ and Apache Kafka.