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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