Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite
Position Description:
Vocera now a part of Stryker is seeking an experienced technical R&D manager with a strong background in software engineering and cloud domain coupled with excellent people management skills. In this role you will mentor and lead a team driving innovation and delivering high-quality enterprise-class products. You will oversee software development support and testing ensuring the scalability longevity and reliability of product releases.
What will you do:
Technical & Management Responsibilities:
- Experience managing the development testing and deployment of a mission-critical Java-based backend platform serving customers.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team in one or more of the following areas. (Java Kotlin Databases Security Observability Infrastructure Containerization CI/CD Cloud)
- Collaborate with teams in North America Technical Support Escalations and DevOps to anticipate and mitigate project issues as well as troubleshoot issues encountered by customers.
- Deliver high-quality releases on legacy platform including bug-fixes security patches and features as needed.
- Determine project staff assignments and schedule work to meet completion dates and R&D deliverables.
Build and mentor a high-performing team fostering an environment of trust psychological safety and continuous learning.
Lead with empathy and inclusion fostering a culture where team members feel supported challenged and valued.
Balance technical innovation with practical execution ensuring high-quality releases at speed.
Provide regular coaching and career development opportunities to help engineers grow their skills and advance in their careers.
- Experience executing a talent and performance management strategy.
Promote a culture of collaboration open communication and shared ownership.
What you will need:
Technical Skills:
- Proficient in building robust back-end applications usingJavaSpring Boot/ Spring Framework. Knowledge of Kotlin is a strong plus.
- Hands-on expertise withKafka Confluentfor event streaming and message brokering.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration of Java applications with tools such asDockerandKubernetes.
- Knowledge ofmicroservice architecture including designing developing and deploying scalable services.
- Knowledge of enterprise-grade observability tools (Datadog Splunk Prometheus or other)is a strong plus.
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such asJenkinsGitlab CI/CD or similar technologies.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such asAWSGCP orAzure and their associated services.
- A basic understanding of application security identity management and vulnerability management strategies is a strong plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex technical issues and develop creative solutions.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work in Agile development environments.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors degree in computer science or related field required. Masters in a related field preferred.
- 12 years applicable experience with 4 years direct people management experience.
- Strong hands-on development background in Java Kotlin or a similar programming language preferred.
Travel Percentage: 10%
Required Experience:
Manager