DescriptionFord Credit is experiencingsignificant business transformation in an everchanging digital world. To create this allnew automotive financing experience within our Ford Credit Tech team we aregathering a team of worldclass strategists innovators creators and technology leaders who will help tounlock the power of technology and transform our relationship with customers.
TheFord Credit Tech team in Indiais looking for anexperienced Software Engineering Managerwho is skilled in software engineering practices. The software engineering manager willlead a team of software engineers based out of our Chennai/ Bangalore offices and engage with our vendor partners totechnically lead and deliver products to enrich digital experience of our commercial customers.
The software engineering manager willcollaborate directly and continuouslywith Software Engineers Product Managers Designers Product Owners and Product Teams in US and Europe regions tobuild validate and release software productsearly and often in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
Responsibilities- Work with the Product Manager to develop productsused by Ford Credit commercial customers
- Collaborate with vendor partners to ensure successful delivery and support of critical foundational products
- Design and develop production quality codeto create products that customers want.
- Work independently and understand the requirements and conceptualize the solution for the product.
- Take complete end to end ownershipto design develop that includes utilities and cloud deployment.
- Apply advanced concepts theories and principles tocreate multidisciplinary innovations and solutionsfor the most complex or risky business situations.
- Actively seek toimprove the engineering delivery pipelinereducing cycle time and increasing quality and security posture.
- Work closely with and monitor external partnersengaged in working on these products
- Work with other internal product teams in order tointegrate products into various platformsacross Account Manager Core Modernization and Mobile apps etc.
- Works in anXP programming environmentwhich followspair programming and testdriven developmentusing proven Lean/Agile methods.
- Practice blue/green deploymentstrategy to keep applications up and running 24*7 with 99.99 availability
- A handson leaderwith good experience in technologies mentioned in the selection criteria section
Qualifications- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Business or similar discipline.
- 10 years of experience in a Software Engineeringrole.
- Strong handson knowledge ofCloud platform (GCP preferred) Java JavaScript React SpringBoot etc.
- Strong knowledge ofSQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL and MongoDB
- Strong knowledge ofSoftware Craftsmanship practicesincluding TDD Clean Code Refactoring etc.
- Experience withDevOps/Security toolslike Jenkins 42Crunch Sonarqube CheckMarx FOSSA etc.
- Knowledge of working withAgile software methodologiesi.e. Scrum eXtreme Programming SAFe etc.
- Proven experience of working with external vendor partners to ensure successful delivery
- Strongleadership and communication skillsand the ability to coach and teach others.
- StrongProblem Solvermindset
- Ability towork collaborativelywith geographically spread out teamsand navigate complex decision making.
- Ability tocollaborate well with product manager designers and business partners
Additional Qualifications:
- Activelymanaging the longterm delivery roadmapof the software product.
- Understanding business and user priorities and technical feasibility in order to prioritize the product backlog and manage risks.
- Gathering user and stakeholder feedbackto drive improvements and inform the product roadmap.
- Actively managing features and dependenciesin and across product releases.
- Communicating openly and frequentlywith the team by being responsive to inperson or in messaging tool prompts.
- Identifying risks and implementing mitigation and contingency plans focused on early mitigation or elimination of risks.
- Assessing the overall health of the productand prompting key decisions to move it forward.
Required Experience:
Manager