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Lead one or more engineering Scrum teams to build and maintain one or more of our core components or products. Provide engineering expertise for a given product area within the team and across the Engineering organization. Deliver support and assistance to customers and other teams within the organization. 

Responsibilities:

  • Manage a development team’s staff, including assignment of work items, employee performance, engagement and professional development
  • Work with Product Owner to design and develop software solutions to meet market need and assist in managing the product backlog for their functional area
  • Fulfill the Scrum Master role by leading the team in their Agile development process and working to foster a strong continuous improvement culture
  • Identify improvements in team development and quality including defining new strategies, processes, and required tooling to improve quality
  • Write, review and approve software development specifications, projects, proposals, methods and schedules
  • Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during code reviews
  • Advise staff members on complex technical problems including specifying proper software designs and use of existing facilities to solve common problems
  • Monitor progress on a variety of initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives
  • Review testing strategy and test plans for team’s product to ensure high product quality
  • Mentor team members to cultivate technical and financial domain knowledge expertise, and assist with developing other essential skills to further their careers
  • Develop, test, debug, and implement software programs, applications and projects using Java, C#, SQL, JavaScript, or other related software engineering languages as well as keeping abreast of emerging technologies impactful to our business
  • Work with the client services organization to provide support & maintenance to current customers
  • Coordinate with other Scrum teams within the R&D organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows
 

Experience:
 

  • A minimum of 10-12 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering role required with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a supervisory role.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR or Wealth Management is strongly desired
  • Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting and new/advanced programming languages
  • A minimum of 5 years working with an Agile development methodology
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to clearly and succinctly summarize results for upper management
  • Demonstrated experience in  organizing and running efficient meetings
  • Ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows
  • Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities
  • Strong contributor to project plans and backlog management

Education:
 

  • B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical course of study required. MS degree strongly preferred