Manager, Software Development 2

• Owns delivery of a scrum team and contributes to delivery of domain level goals
• Learning to be strategic but is largely responsible for goals with a defined strategy
• Establishes engineering plans (ie, sprint plans) and procedures, and directly decides allocation of resourcing within a scrum team
• Informs and influences technical decision-making for the components within their group to improve efficiency, productivity, and operational stability of all software systems in their group
• Typically, manages a scrum team of software development engineers, team may also include professionals in other job families
• 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
• Works with NiaB (Product, PMO) to deliver high-quality solutions on time
• 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
• 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 Clearly communicates difficult concepts through written communication infernally and with immediate leadership team
• Requires the ability to adapt approach and mobilize others in response to change, or gain alignment with, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of software development, platforms, and applications used to accomplish work and how software development contributes to the overall success of engineering
• Requires knowledge of software development practices, market trends and emerging technologies enabling team members to resolve technical issues of broad domain impact
• General familiarity with one or more tech languages, frameworks, architectures which may include mobile, front-end, back-end, full-stack development, test frameworks and models, APIs, managed services, etc, to advise, direct and possibly implement software solutions within the domain

Key Responsibilities:

• Exhibit leadership and management skills to design, develop and deliver high impact initiatives for PayPal India and emerging markets
• Responsible for end-end development life cycle of web and mobile products and features
• Manage the daily activities of the engineering team working on Agile scrum model
• Demonstrate high degree of people focus and be a team player who can collaborate effectively across various teams within PayPal with integrity and commitment
• Be highly customer centric and bat towards delivering customer delight through the products and features
• Act as a bridge between product and technology teams and marry business needs with technology solves
• Demonstrate Team and Stakeholder management skills towards meeting project timelines and delivery commitments
• Work closely with our integration teams and merchant partners to arrive at best-in-class payments experiences for our merchants
• Actively work towards developing products that meet high standards of convenience, security, performance and reliability for our consumers and merchants
• Work closely with the solutions architect, engineering leaders and the engineering team to deliver solutions for the customers
• Have strong business and technical vision and the ability to communicate this vision to multiple audiences
• Sense evolving business trends and translate them into needs into technology solves
• Represent the company in external industry and academic forums

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated experience with building large-scale web and mobile based software Solid understanding of Web platforms, scripting technologies with keen focus on ease of use, security and performance
• Strong Object-oriented programming skills and expertise in one of Java/J2EE or C++
• Working experience with databases such as MSSQL/ Oracle etc Knowledge of mobile programming in Android/iOS is a plus
• Experience and exposure to one or few of the following: Python or Scala or NoSQL

Qualifications:

BSCS plus 14+ years / MSCS plus 12 years of experience in software design, development and architecture