Senior Manager, MTS

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Oversee the development of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective software solutions with an emphasis on quality, best-practice coding standards, and cost-effectiveness

• Participate as a team lead on projects, which includes training, coaching, and sharing technical knowledge with less experienced staff.
• Rapidly identify and resolve technical incidents as they emerge
• Build rapid technical prototypes for early customer validation of new technologies
• Collaborate effectively across Technology and Operations to understand, translate, and integrate methodologies into engineering build pipelines
• Collaborate with product owners to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions, providing leadership in the design and architecture processes.
• Provide expert apprenticeship to project teams on technology strategy, cultivating advanced skill sets in application engineering and implementing modern software engineering practices
• Lead and mentor a team of Software Developers and Senior Software Developers, providing guidance and support in their professional development
• Stay informed about the latest technology and methodology by participating in industry forums, having an active peer network, and engaging actively with customers
• Cultivate a team environment focused on continuous learning, where innovative technologies are developed and refined through collaborative effort

Domain Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering plus 5-8 years of experience in information technology solutions development and 2-3 years managing teams.
• Proven experience in leading and managing software development teams.
• 1-2 Yrs experience with C++ software development for windows applications(MFC would be a Plus)
• Strong C#.net skills for Windows application
• Must have the ability to provide solutions utilizing best practices for resilience, scalability and security.
• Basic project management skills

Required

• C++ experience (atleast 1-2 yrs) on Windows platform

• Proven experience with C#.net for Windows applications
• SQL Programming (Microsoft SQL Server/Any RDBMS)
• Experience with cloud computing (AWS preferred) •Strong testing and debugging abilities, functional, analytical and technical abilities, ability to find bugs, attention to detail, troubleshooting
• Resourceful technical leader, self-starter, and a team-player
• At least 8+ years of relevant work experience and 1-2 years in an Engineering manager capacity
• Desire to be deeply involved in product supplementation and automation
• Appreciation for and commitment to clean, reusable and well-tested code, architecture, and documentation
• Experience working in an Agile environment (scrum, kanban)
• Solid understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment environments
• Strong analytical skills and sense of technical creativity
• Excellent debugging and problem solving skills
• Detail oriented with a commitment to innovation
• Effective communication and writing skills are a must
• Experience in data analysis to identify trends and issues.
• Ability to review and evaluate technical designs and documents is a must

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