About the Team/Role

The Software Development Manager 3 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. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

How you'll make an impact

• Support applications both during and outside business hours;

• Research issues and Service Requests quickly and efficiently;

• Engage in discussions and propose solutions;

• Support production deployments, which occur on evenings and weekends. Contribute to post-deployment application validation. Quickly troubleshoot, evaluate, and resolve any issues that arise;

• Participate in and lead team meetings and feature discussions;

• Create basic designs for new and existing features;

• Develop solutions that can be performant, scalable, consistent, and supportable that can be accomplished within the available scope, time and budget;

• Participate in code reviews within the team and across other teams to ensure implementations adhere to goals, standards, and best practices;

• Deliver software that meets requirements by learning the product area to provide the best long-term solutions;

• Write code that is testable at all levels (unit, integration, and end-to-end.);

• Assist in increasing unit test coverage;

• Review requirements and provide meaningful and timely feedback to improve them;

• Ask questions to ensure requirements are feasible, implementation is efficient, and the design is aligned with the technical direction set by your team and Architects;

• Participate in estimation and prioritization of project requests;

• Establish relationships with Architects, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers and Business Analysts to collaborate on design and delivery decisions;

• Contribute to the prioritization of performance improvements and technical debt;

• Understand common security vulnerabilities and best practices defined by Architects to reduce risk of security threats;

• Design and develop technical solutions in all environments, resulting in an increased level of throughput. Others use your code as an example to learn from;

• Understand your team's product domain and act as an internal subject matter expert;

• Basic knowledge of multiple product domains;

• Able to discuss application behavior and technology outside of the Development department in both a technical and business communication style;

• Help others complete tasks to accomplish goals;

• Step into other roles to ensure project deadlines are met;

• Serve as a mentor with an ability to onboard new Software Engineers ensuring they have the proper tools and knowledge to become productive quickly;

• Participate in the interview process and provide valuable hiring recommendations;

• Provide technical and domain guidance to internal and external team members;

• Lead features or components through the full software deployment lifecycle, including integration, customer feedback, release, and support phases;

• Recommend ways to distribute work across your team to increase development efficiency.

Experience you'll bring

• Relevant experience typical in this role;

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field;

• Experience with tools and programming languages defined by Development Managers specific to their teams;

• Strong knowledge in Software Development Fundamentals and Process, Design, Documentation, Testing, and tools;

• Effective in distributed team environment;

• Strong oral and written communication skills;

• Hands on experience with automated testing tools to assist with unit testing.

It would be great, if you had already had the opportunity to work:

• Perform effectively in a cross-functional team environment to ensure successful execution and delivery of project commitments;

• Demonstrate expertise in a domain as evidenced by others seeking your peer reviews, advice, and problem solving;

• Communicate priorities and dependencies across teams to ensure successful execution and delivery of commitments;

• Build relationships with Business Analysts, Quality Assurance Engineers, Architects, Product Owners, Support, Management, Configuration Management, Database Administrators, etc.