Engineering Manager
Job Description Summary
Manages technical teams and focal point for development issues across a development-wide program. Line manager of Development Teams, Developers and other technical roles.
Job Description
We're looking for an exceedingly talented Technologist to work as part of the Risk Engineering development team. As a Technologist in the team, you’ll be responsible for the technical direction of our Risk Products, ensuring that we are using appropriate technologies and helping drive initiatives to bring customer value and efficiency in operation. You’ll work closely with architects to ensure that technical choices are aligned with the overall architecture of our products. Mentoring members of the team also forms a crucial part of the role, working alongside the team management to ensure that the team has the capabilities it needs to deliver.
Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities
Design, build, and maintain software systems based on business requirements
Develop software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.
Lead group of engineers working with the delivery lead and management to coordinate and deliver larger developments.
Ensure that there is a focus on software quality through effective testing, doing what is necessary to provide a framework for teams to understand the quality of our developments.
Work closely with the QA team to ensure that code is developed to a high quality, evidenced through automated testing.
Leading the design of components, ensuring that they adhere to the application architecture
Provide technical support to operations or other development teams
Create, review, and maintain all required technical documentation to ensure supportability and reuse
Review work of peers and the team.
Assist with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow.
Participate in project planning sessions with team members to analyze development requirements, provide design options, and provide work breakdown and estimates of work.
Actively participate in team and status meetings, providing timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor
Key Relationships
Sr Management
Architects
Scrum Master
Development and QA Team
Essential Skills/Experience Required
15+ years of experience on working and managing Java based projects.
Core Java language, J2EE, Spring framework, data structures, multi-threading and exception handling
Experience of developing for the AWS Cloud
VueJS, React, Node for building dynamic user interfaces is an added advantage.
Working with relational databases - PostgreSQL/MySQL with proficiency in data-modelling, SQL, ORM, JPA, etc.
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues
Familiar with various design patterns
Experience of unit testing
Solid understanding of security implications and secure coding
Familiar with RESTful interfaces
Familiarity with build tools, such as Maven, webpack etc
Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components
Proficient using source code management tools such as Git or SVN
Experienced in a formal agile software development lifecycle
Familiar with continuous build and integration
Experience with Test Driven Development and / or Behavior Driven Development
Self-starter - does what it takes to get the job done
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
Education/ Certifications
A good relevant degree is desirable, but experience and the right approach to work are just as important.
Benefits
We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!
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