The Merchant & Acquirer Processing team is going through a transformation to converge our enterprise and small business platforms; while maintaining our market leading position and strong brand reputation across these segments. As a Director of Software Engineering, you will provide hands-on leadership to the team to execute this mission, by hiring and building a world-class team of engineers, defining, executing and delivering functional and non-functional features at scale quickly and promoting a culture of cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence. This position is based in Bangalore and will report to the Senior Director of Software Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
Lead a team of 10 to 20 members made up of both full-time employees and contractors.
Deliver the product despite complex technical interdependencies with cross geographical teams.
Provide technical leadership to development team by participating in design, performing design reviews and code reviews.
Build a culture of engineering excellence (quality, security, performance, scalability, availability, resilience etc.)
Partner with product managers in developing a strategy and roadmap that align with business goals.
Partner with remote teams to ensure alignment across product development.
Drive down technical debt and cost of operations/support.
Manage the prioritization and delivery of enhancements and bugfixes on platform.
Provide oversight for managed services work hapenning in your area.
Ensure the process for incident management, change management and problem management are followed.
Hire, retain and grow a high-performing team of software engineers.
Invest in the career development of direct reports.
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field required. Masters Degree or other advanced degree preferred.
15+ years of relevant experience with 4-6 years experience leading teams.
Expertise with the Java 8 platform or higher
Expertise with Spring, Vertx, Akka framework or similar
Experience building microservices, specifically with HTTP, REST, JSON and XML.
Experience with relationship and NoSQL database
Proven experience delivering highly scalable and available production systems.
Strong analytical, problem solving and communication/articulation skills.
Strong business acumen, ability to grasp big picture and explain to team in simple terms.
Track record of hiring and managing world-class software engineers.
Experience with Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle principles.
Ability to manage multiple competing top priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Job Classification
Industry: Banking, Financial Services, BrokingFunctional Area: IT Software - eCommerce, Internet Technologies, Role Category: Senior ManagementRole: Senior ManagementEmployement Type: Full time
Education
Under Graduation: Any Graduate in Any Specialization, Graduation Not RequiredPost Graduation: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization, Post Graduation Not RequiredDoctorate: Doctorate Not Required, Any Doctorate in Any Specialization