Software Engineering Manager

Management Level E Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder pension remediation and credit technology With over 6000 employees it supports 37 million people in 120 countries EQ India began its operations in 2014 as a Global India Captive Centre for Equiniti a leading fintech company specialising in shareholder management Within a decade EQ India strengthened its operations and transformed from being a capability centre to a Global Competency Centre to support EQ s growth story worldwide Capitalising on India s strong reputation as a global talent hub for IT ITES EQ India has structured the organisation to be a part of this growth story Today EQ India has evolved as an indispensable part of EQ Group providing critical fintech services to the US and UK Role Summary The Engineering Manager will guide drive and lead excellence within the teams to enable market-leading software engineering standards for the development and delivery of innovative products enabling iconic global recall to Equiniti With a passion for technology innovation and collaboration they keep their knowledge current continuously seeking to design build and deliver better than yesterday Principal engineers thrive on the chance to employ their multi-faceted skills to create industry-leading solutions in a way that moves the products the department their team and individuals forward They are keen to explore how advances in technology might support on-going continuous improvement or programme acceleration and contribute significantly to the department strategies practices toolkits and processes Professional Responsibilities Line Management responsibility for Engineers within the Engineering home Provide encouragement guidance coaching and mentoring to members of the team Lead the adoption of the over-arching Software Development Lifecycle and Agile TOM within the engineers aligned to your Home Develop and maintain software development processes standards and best practices to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality software products Identify and implement the engineering model best suited for Equiniti based on current business context and available resources Lead and promote engineering excellence and quality through appropriate use of analysis tools control gates and peer reviews by inculcating new ways of thinking to improve design productivity and quality Drive optimisation of the engineering lifecycle through a systematic knowledge management and continuous learning process to better enable the organization to meet market and client needs Responsible for and above all advocate for the reduction in technical debt across the estate and mission working alongside Product to ensure the reduction of technical debt is prioritised appropriately Foster and maintain the relationship with central EQ functions i e risk management compliance InfoSec etc and ensure any corrective actions are raised with Product for timely execution Mentor and guide all engineers within your team and assist with technical challenges as needed Infuse a sense of ownership pride amongst team members to deliver high quality work and Institute a self-directed and high-performance culture in the team Build a strong talent pipeline through hiring internal movements succession planning talent reviews etc Technical Responsibilities Develops organisational policies standards and guidelines for software construction and refactoring Plans and leads software construction activities for strategic large and complex development projects Adapts or develops new methods and organisational capabilities and drives adoption of and adherence to policies and standards Sets the release policy for the organisation in the context of both development and production operations Implements processes tools and resources to ensure that the transition of services service components and packages are planned and compliant Ensures that test validation and configuration management are included in all release and deployment activities Provides authorisation for critical release activity and point of escalation Ensures that all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures Drafts and maintains procedures and documentation for applications support Manages application enhancements to improve business performance Advises on application security licensing upgrades backups and disaster recovery needs Technical Experience at Expert Level Full Stack development including Mobile development NET C ReactJS BDD TDD Cucumber ADO GIT REST Services Database Design Responsive web design ORM frameworks Application architecture Containers Micro Services Awareness of DevOps Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment build pipelines SQL Amazon Web Services Domain Knowledge Experience in Financial Services preferred We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age disability sex gender reassignment sexual orientation pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks