Job responsibilities
- Lead a software engineering feature team to build and scale a brand new application for use by internal customers.
- Collaborate with Tech Lead, Lead Developer, and Manager of other feature team to drive design and implementation planning.
- Lead team to prototype solutions, interacting directly with customers to gain feedback, iterating on and improving design.
- Provides guidance and coaching to immediate team of software engineers on daily tasks and activities.
- Sets the overall guidance and expectations for team output, practices, and collaboration.
- Anticipates dependencies with other teams to deliver products and applications in line with business requirements.
- Manages stakeholder relationships and the team’s work in accordance with compliance standards, service level agreements, and business requirements.
- Creates a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect for the team members and prioritizes diverse representation.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- 2+ years' experience with managing a team of technologists.
- Experience leading technology projects.
- Experience with running standups, sprint planning cadences, career development, troubleshooting blockers and code functions.
- Proficient in automation and continuous delivery methods.
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
- Practical cloud native experience.
- Experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and expertise in technology disciplines.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience working at code level with Python, Django, React, Typescript and/or Javascript.
- Familiarity with Python libraries.
- Understanding of databases and database queries.
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
- Experience of internal audit or technology risk management practices.