Java Development Manager

Job Summary

The Development Manager is passionate about technology, thrives on helping teams solve hard problems, and is strongly motivated by seeing how their efforts are impacting the larger picture. This role will challenge the Development Manager to foster strong relationships across technical teams. Constantly working with the Scrum teams to elevate their abilities, challenge their technical assumptions, and address inefficiencies to arrive at optimal solutions. We’re looking for a strong, hands-on technical leader who can balance guiding teams towards lofty objectives while still being able to dive into the code and debate technical details and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Guide the day-to-day activities of development teams within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Challenge teams to find simple, elegant technical solutions to satisfy business needs.
• Evangelize technology adoption in key areas such as microservices and automation.
• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals; align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the long-term technical vision and roadmap within, and often beyond, the scope of your teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Qualifications

• 14+ years of overall experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on technical experience.
• 4+ years of proven technical leadership (managerial) experience.
• Strong hands-on experience leading development teams building multi-tenant, Cloud-based, SaaS solutions.
• Hands-on coding experience in the latest technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Python, Node.js, etc.
• Deep AWS and microservices background.
• Deep cloud and microservices experience – EKS, Lambda, or native Kubernetes experience is very beneficial.
• Experience working with single page applications such as React or AngularJS.
• Strong experience in developing enterprise scale products using Oracle, MySQL, and other RDBMS/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Oracle ERPs is desirable.
• Proven track record working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Demonstrable success transforming legacy applications into cloud-native, microservice-driven solutions. Hands-on experience converting monolith applications to microservices is a huge plus.
• Proven success working within a matrixed organization and providing strong leadership to multiple technical Scrum teams.
• Strong practical understanding of Agile development practices and know how to maximize the inherent benefits.
• Experience working with Java; having Python experience can be helpful.
• Familiarity and comfort with Spring and JSF will be helpful.
• Payments experience in a FinTech company is a very strong plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.