Directs the activities of a software systems development function, software applications development function, and a software quality assurance function for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools. Most companies should be able to match to a specific software development management position. Use this position if company does not breakout software development positions such as Software Engineering (Applications) Mgmt (2142-2146) or Software Engineering (Systems) Mgmt (2162-2166). Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
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Job Title: Software Development Manager
Location: Chennai, IND
Job Description Summary
- Lead a product development team with a strong background and experience in Software Engineering and cloud-native application development, driving best practices and innovation.
- Oversee e2e SW development lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, deploy and maintenance of Cloud native products.
Primary
Responsibilities
- You will be playing a key role in the next-gen SaaS product and platform development.
- You will be responsible for full lifecycle of software engineering project (planning, execution/Delivery, monitoring, risk management, resolution of issues, and achievement of the targets) within agreed quality, time, budget, and other agreed KPIs/SLAs
- Provide guidance to the Software Engineering team and other departments in identifying product and technical requirements.
- Serve as primary point of contact and liaison between Software Engineering and other teams & stakeholders.
- You will lead the team for meeting the best software engineering practices, quality processes and methodologies.
- Direct implementation initiatives for new software products and applications. Manage software update process for existing applications and coordinates the roll-out of software releases.
- Manage all the deliverables to ensure adherence to deadlines, specifications and budgets. Implement performance metrics and prepare period reports and/or proposals.
- Ensures all engineers keep current with technological developments within the industry. Monitor and evaluate competitive applications and products
- You will promote and instil a culture of continuous improvement and efficiency to the software/business processes through out-of-the-box thinking on product and processes by utilizing or creating new software engineering tools and different innovation techniques
- You will manage multiple interfaces (internal and external), relationships and communication to ensure software delivery is aligned to meet not the customer requirements, but also adds value to their business
- Drive agile development practises and ensure team follow and adhere to best engineering methods.
Primary Skillset Requirements
- Minimum 6-8 years of experience in Core Java development and solid understanding of core java concepts.
- Experience in development of HA, scalable, secure and reliable web-apps in Cloud environment.
- Strong knowledge to use design patterns and produce reusable components
- Hands on experience in Spring, Spring Boot micro-services, Spring MVC, Hibernate and other Spring boot components and dependencies
- Hands on experience in SQL and any NoSQL DBs
- Hands on experience deploying and troubleshooting in cloud and Unix based systems.
- Experience in observability, monitoring and logging frameworks.
- Hands on experience in Kafka or any Message Broker.
- Hands on experience using docker and Kubernetes to deploy and scale applications
- Performs peer code reviews as part of everyday workflow.
- Knowledge of Junit or at least Java unit testing framework; preferably TDD practitioner
- Exposure to any Big Data analytics platform using Spark and ETL
- Foster engineering’s best practices for the development of high-quality products
- Strong problem-solving skills, learning agility and ability to manage multiple priorities in fast paced environment.
- Bachelor's / Master’s degree in Engineering/IT/Computers or equivalent
- 12-18 + years of experience in SW Engineering role & Delivery Role
5-10 years of experience in leading SW engineering team
- Thorough understanding of software development and/or support methodologies, principles, procedures and related software management tools.
- Experience building scalable SaaS platform is a clear advantage
- Preferred to have experience with Telecom Product development with TMF standards preferred
- Preferred to have experience working in NMS/OSS platforms and understanding of eTOM model.
- Knowledge or experience in AI/ML development and Data science would be an added value.
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