PayPal Manager Software Engineering 

India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

956170563

This job manages software development projects, implements processes, ensures project delivery, analyzes technical issues, collaborates with stakeholders, and communicates technical issues with non-technical audiences. It involves setting operational targets and driving operational rigor.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Directly manages software development projects (including program management) and execution through individual contributors. May also lead project teams across platforms or groups
• Implements processes to drive strong operational hygiene for all components and systems within their group
• Responsible for the delivery of projects, including quality and timeliness, that impact their domain and potentially one other
• Demonstrates strong tactical ability by managing the roadmap for a scrum team responsible for technical issues of diverse scope where analysis requires an understanding of current business or tends
• Competent at communicating technical issues with non-technical audiences
• Analyzes multiple sources of information and identifies & resolves complex technical, operational, and organizational problems relating to software development.
• Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders such as Product Owners & PMO

Expected Qualifications:

• 5+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish outcomes and key results (OKRs) and successfully deliver them. Drive improvements in key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Increase the productivity and velocity of delivery teams.
• Develop, plan, and execute engineering roadmaps that bring value and quality to our customers.
• Collaborate and coordinate across teams and functions to ensure technical, product, and business objectives are met.
• Instill end-to-end ownership of products, projects, features, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

• 6+ years of experience in the software industry, with 2+ years of professional experience leading software development teams.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to address complex technical and non-technical challenges.
• Experience building and developing engineering teams that exhibit strong ownership, user empathy, and engineering excellence.
• Proven track record of delivering high quality systems and software that bring value to users.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders’ expectations.
• Ability to coach and mentor talent to reach their full potential.
• Experience in building large scale, high throughput, low latency systems.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, modern technology topics and frameworks, and developer operations best practices.

Our Benefits:

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