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Engineering Manager

Burgess Hill, UK
Java Developer Engineering Manager Full Stack Java Developer
Actively hiring

Engineering Manager

American Express
Burgess Hill, UK
Java Developer Engineering Manager Full Stack Java Developer
American Express
Actively hiring

hackajob is partnering with American Express to fill this position. Create a profile to be automatically considered for this role—and others that match your experience.

 
How will you make an impact in this role?
 
  • Hands-on engineer with expertise in developing complex, large scale enterprise applications
  • Responsible for technical aspects of software engineering for assigned applications including design, developing prototypes, and coding assignments
  • Partners with customers and other internal teams and technical product managers to deliver improvements to the platform
  • Establish and accepts responsibility for engineering practices across teams for example the code review, build and release process and the effectiveness of the retrospective
  • Empower teams to automate demand driven scalable application deployments in test or production environments
  • Apply specialized knowledge of industry standards or practices to assigned initiatives to identify complex and or broad problems and issues and formulate recommendations
  • Collaborates with leadership across teams to define solutions and technical implementation to drive software maturity and practices
  • Manages resource allocation, project timeline, and budget for Software Engineering projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • People Leader to software engineering team, including colleagues and contractors
  • Promote, empower, and practice servant-leadership
  • Drives the team’s technical improvements and roadmap
  • Takes accountability for the technical maturity of the team
  • Oversees and mentors a team of Software Engineering colleagues, enabling a culture of continuous learning, growth opportunities, and inclusivity for all individual colleagues and teams.
  • Nurture an environment of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
  • Collaborates with senior leadership to hire top talent for the team, ensuring a high-functioning and cohesive unit, implementing strategies for talent retention and professional development 
Preferred Qualifications:
 
  • BS or MS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years’ experience with design and development in an Enterprise setting using Java, J2EE
  • Experience with leading employees including having one on one sessions to provide regular feedback and mentoring
  • Lead reviews of colleagues' work
  • Recent hands-on experience with the primary technology stacks within platform portfolio (relevant frameworks, languages, etc.)
  • Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate well with technical and non-technical partners
  • Foundation in design, data structures and algorithms, and strong analytical and debugging skills.
  • Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases
  • Demonstrated experience in Java application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment
  • REST API development experience
  • Demonstrated experience in Agile development, application design, software development, and testing
  • Ability to effectively communicate to internal and external business partners on solution design
 

hackajob is partnering with American Express to fill this position. Create a profile to be automatically considered for this role—and others that match your experience.

 

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