The Tech Manager of Engineering plans and directs all aspects of engineering activities and projects within the organization and manages a team of engineers. Ensures all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with organizations established policies and objectives. The ideal candidate should have strong technical skills and be able to provide expert technical guidance for engineering initiatives. He should also be good with project management skills and. Guides the team to follow the best software development and testing processes and tools to ensure best quality of products.
How will you make an impact
Work closely with product manager, technical architect, QA engineers, Technical writers, and software engineers to define/develop features - big and small for our products.
Actively guide and mentor the team to develop product features.
Assist in the development of short, medium, and long-term plans to achieve strategic objectives
Drive and impact all current processes related to software development and improvements across the org as necessary.
Manage all people aspects of the team, such as hiring, reviews, mentoring, and promotions, etc.
Prioritize, assign and manage department activities and projects in accordance with the R&D departments goals and objectives.
Develop performance-oriented culture
Promote innovation
Ensure best software quality of products
Have you got what it takes
15+ years of experience in Software Engineering
At least 4 years experience in managing teams of software developers and testers
Proven track record of managing the development of enterprise-grade software products that can perform, scale, and integrate into a broad enterprise ecosystem
Experience of working with cross geographical team is desirable
Deep experience with Agile/SCRUM/SAFe software development methodologies
Experience developing Cloud based software products that can perform, scale, and integrate into a broad Cloud ecosystem.
Experience of product development using Java and RESTful API driven architecture.
Experience with private and public cloud infrastructures and technologies specifically Amazon Web Services (AWS) is MUST.
Familiarity with Security Systems and practices (SAML, OAuth, JWT)
Experience with CI CD practices using standard tools such as Jenkins, Docker, VMs and Artifactory
Development experience with Web development technologies like JavaScript, Vue, Java Server Pages (JSP), NodeJS
Effective People Management skills - Holds team members accountable and inspires, motivates, develops, and engages team to create strong morale and spirit; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue, and creates a feeling of belonging in the team
Managerial Courage - Provides current, direct, complete, and actionable positive and corrective feedback to others; is not afraid to make difficult changes to the team when necessary
Drive for Results - Constantly and consistently one of the top performers; Pushes self and others for results; change agent; innovative; continuous improvement mindset
Change Management - Ready and capable to embrace change; guides employees through change;
Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills
Must have a strong work ethic and be assertive and positive
Strong time management and organization skills - able to multi-task and meet deadlines
Builds constructive and solid working relationships across the organization