Software Development Manager (Team Management, Software Development, AWS, Micro Services Development, Big Data, Tomcat) in Philadelphia, PA

Software Development Manager (Team Management, Software Development, AWS, Micro Services Development, Big Data, Tomcat) in Philadelphia, PA

AWS, Big Data, Java Design, Linux, NoSQL, Software Development, Team Management, Tech Lead, Tomcat, XML

Location: Pennsylvania

Job Function: Software Development Manager

Date Of Job Posting: 04-08-2019

Software Development Manager (Team Management, Software Development, AWS, Micro Services Development, Big Data, Tomcat) in Philadelphia, PA

Position: TWO Tech Leads (Content Development, Talend, AWS, Java, NodeJS, Messaging)

Duration: Full-Time Permanent position (no contract, no corp to corp, no remote)

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Salary: Excellent compensation with benefits + bonus + 401K

VISA Transfer candidates will be considered.

Skills: Software Development Manager, Team Management, Software Development, AWS, Micro Services Development, Big Data, Tomcat, Java Design, RDBMS, NoSQL, Oracle, PostGreSQL, MySQL, Greenplum, Linux, Xpath, parsing, XML Processing Tools

ROLE DESCRIPTION: 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Responsible for software delivery as a part of the engineering team typically consisting 5+ engineers.
• Responsible to work with large team of software development contractors.
• Oversee the design and may develop prototype/actual code.
• Responsible for reviewing requirements, design, implementation, and unit testing.
• The candidate must have a track record of building and delivering high quality software in scalable commercial applications.
• Responsible for communicating accurately the status of ongoing work to stakeholders. Will present status updates to project management and senior managers.
• Attends project planning sessions with Product Owners, Clients and Business Analysts to analyze requirements.
• Accountable for tracking status of team\'s work and ensuring deliverables are produced on agreed schedules in coordination with the Product Owner.
• Ensures self and team develop modules using disciplined processes, adhering to industry standards and best practice guidelines, including security guidelines.
• Ensures self and team carry out unit and other testing, ensuring application meets needs of client and business.
• Provides assistance in researching and adopting new and emerging technologies, evaluating new tools, technologies and platforms to be included in projects.
• May have cost responsibility for own team/project, and/or contribute to forecasting budgets and recommending expenditure without being fully accountable for them.
• Identifies ways to improve the operation of own area and to achieve efficiencies and results and assists in process improvement.
• Leads and manages the day to day activities of their team including supporting career development of team (objective setting, performance management, talent management, etc.)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 

• Management experience of software engineering teams, including offshore and contractors
• Background in software development of commercial grade software
• Experience in AWS
• Micro services development experience
• Big Data concepts and technologies
• 8+ years of experience working as a software engineer developing commercial software
• Minimum 3 years in leading / managing software engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required (Master’s degree is a plus)
• Hands-on leadership of Big Data project design and implementation

Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience in the following:

• Java design and micro services development
• Working with RDMS and NoSQL databases.
• Web application servers (such as Tomcat)
• Oracle / PostgreSQL / MySQL / Greenplum
• Linux, AWS
• Xpath, parsing and related XML processing tools
• Strong understanding of security best practices
• Grasp and analyze complex, multi-dimensional problems
• Work collaboratively with relevant internal groups to achieve short, medium & long term results
• Proven track record in effectively leading and managing teams to produce on-time, high-quality deliverables with a high level of customer satisfaction
• Ability to work effectively as a team member, across project teams, and independently;
• Strong written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

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