Engineering Manager

Overview

Engineering Manager in the global Delivery function, assisting the Head of Development in executing technical and personnel management duties, and acting as direct line manager for a group of Development Leads and/or Senior Analyst Developers.

What you'll do

• Act as direct line manager for a group of Development Leads and/or Senior Analyst Developers and take responsibility for the overall performance of all reports.
• Promote a culture of excellence through monitoring and analysis of key metrics and KPIs, and maintain an accurate and balanced narrative explaining project and individual metrics.
• Set goals and manage the development team to improve.
• Assist the Head of Development in setting and maintaining a technical roadmap for the solution center covering codebase health, developer tooling and process.
• Be a key contact and point of escalation for technical issues in the solution center.
• Be involved in discussions that influence planning and technical direction.
• Assist the solution center leadership team in recruitment, including assessment centers, interviews and market engagement events.
• Support the Head of Development when representing the solution center in client engagements.
• Provide input into project resourcing based on knowledge of each developer's skill set.
• Implement personalized performance improvement plans where required, within the department and in conjunction with HR.
• Identify opportunities for developer training and implement training programmes to improve team skills.
• Look for and implement improvements to the development process, including measuring and improving build, code check-in, CI, release and deployment processes.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to Development Leads in the solution center.
• Work within the wider solution center management team to maintain staff work-life balance, including tracking excessive overtime and high leave balances.
• Ensure seamless and efficient onboarding of new starters and that they complete required training within expected timeframes.
• Define and enhance processes and help facilitate internships and graduate programme activities as required.
• Ensure developers have the best hardware, software and tooling to do their jobs well.
• Identify areas for improvement and propose change.
• Hold every member of the development team to a high standard of adherence to coding standards and best practice.
• Assist the Head of Development and technical leadership team in defining new standards and practices and driving improvements to existing ones.
• Own functional areas: development team process and compliance, career progression, and team performance.

What you'll need

• First class bachelor's degree or higher and/or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience working on large scale technology delivery projects and successfully delivering technology change as part of these projects.
• Experience with line management in large scale technology organisations.
• Confident and able to take a lead role in a delivery-focused environment.
• Experience working with different levels of stakeholders within a project environment.
• Expert in the FNZ platform, technologies and delivery methodologies.
• Expert in Microsoft .NET development products, including .NET, C# and SQL Server.
• Expert in web development, including ASP.NET, JavaScript and ReactJS.
• Understanding of financial products and markets.
• Understanding of web services.
• Familiarity with code analysis or automated testing tools.
• Independent, self-directing working style and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced industry.
• Enjoys working as part of a high-performance team, and is hard-working, innovative and takes pride in their work.
• Passionate about helping people reach their career aspirations and achieve their goals, and about creating innovative solutions for customers.

Nice to have

• Experience with legacy development products: ASP.NET MVC, VB.NET, legacy .NET Framework versions.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.
• Reports to the local Head of Development in their region.