Senior Manager, Solution Engineering

Senior Manager Solution Engineering Pune India

Are you ready to join a team in a global company Are you an innovative person who is passionate about software engineering How about offering up your skills in a global business that is committed to moving money for better Join Western Union as Senior Manager Solution Engineering.

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As Senior Manager you will be Technology leader to Anchor (Single Point of Contact) and lead multiple teams in Payments Platforms with strong emphasis on collaboration with business and technology stakeholders spread across the globe. You will be responsible for setting strategic directions and ongoing operation and oversight of key technology deliveries governance processes streamlining within the IT Infrastructure and Operations organization. You would be performing below responsibilities

Role Responsibilities

• You will oversee a team of Managers engineers and operations associates and lead the ongoing operation enhancement and monitoring of KPIs. This includes monitoring on-going risks and providing resolutions driving process improvements resource planning & optimization and performance management.
• Must be a problem solver with demonstrated experience in solving difficult technology challenges with a can-do attitude
• Lead Teams and own Technical Deliveries for the Projects assigned with high quality.
• Identifies risks and mitigates them proactively. Drives efficiency and process improvements.
• Resource planning & optimization and performance management
• Develop and implement new softwares maintain and improve existing software.
• Ensure that software functionality is implemented with a with a focus on code optimization and organization. Recommend improvements to existing software programs.
• Troubleshoot application issues and coordinate issue resolution with operations functional and technical teams.
• Work with a software development team and Service providers in a geographically distributed structure.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to managers sr. Associates Associates and Junior Associates.
• Shall drive complex projects with focus on quality and stability. Apply Agile methodology daily and follow Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining unit test code coverage and integration test coverage.
• Strong knowledge of architecture design concepts object-oriented design and techniques
• Knowledge of logical and physical database architectures and operating systems
• Self-starter with ability to multi-task prioritize manage workload and consistently deliver results
• Strong communication skills with ability to interact with partners globally.

Role Requirements

• Overall 15 years of experience 10 years of relevant software development experience and 3 years of leadership experience with focus on high end delivery and leading teams for technology focused projects

Strong technical skills in the following areas

• Core Java Spring Boot
• TIBCO Business Events
• API design and integration including REST Soap XML/JSON and Web API
• Experience in architecting and developing microservices cloud native applications message queues
• Experience in middleware integrations Design patterns
• Have experience with dev/data ops CI/CD and building scalable fault-tolerant architectures to support rapid team growth.
• Experience with using the latest engineering tools (eg. Jenkins JIRA ConfluenceGit)
• Working exposure on Application Security concepts (SSL OAuth etc.)
• Fostering a collaborative culture encourages honest feedback and invests in team success.

Work Shift

Western Union values in-person collaboration problem solving and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives multiple health insurance options accident and life insurance and access to best-in-class development platforms to name a few ( Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India-specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund EPF
• Gratuity Payment
• Public holidays
• Annual Leave Sick leave Compensatory leave and Maternity / Paternity leave
• Annual Health Checkup
• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)
• Group Life Insurance Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage Business Travel Insurance
• Cab Facility
• Relocation Benefit

Other Details

As part of the application process all applicants are required to take assessments. Western Union has partnered with a 3rd party provider to administer these tests. Applicants will need to provide their name and email address in order to process the assessments. If you have any questions you may reach out to

We are passionate about honoring our employees identity and fostering a feeling of belonging. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race color national origin religion political affiliation sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants including those with disabilities during the recruitment process following applicable laws.

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