Senior Software Development Manager

Meet Your Team We are building innovative solutions that delight customers and drive business growth. Join our dynamic engineering team where you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented peers and work on high-impact projects in an agile environment.

We're not just building systems; we're creating scalable, high-performance solutions that make a real difference in the world of global commerce. Our engineers work closely with design, product, and QA teams to deliver world-class experiences.

Job Description:

Role and Expectations:

• Owns delivery of a scrum team and contributes to delivery of domain level goals.

• Establishes engineering plans (i.e., sprint plans) and procedures, and directly decides allocation of resourcing within a scrum team

• Informs and influences technical decision-making for the components within their group to improve efficiency, productivity, and operational stability of all software systems in their group

• Typically, manages a scrum team of software development engineers, team may also include professionals in other job families

• Directly manages software development projects (including program management) and execution through individual contributors. May also lead project teams across platforms or groups Implements processes to drive strong operational hygiene for all components and systems within their group

• Works with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time

• Responsible for the delivery of projects, including quality and timeliness, that impact their domain and potentially one other

• Demonstrates strong tactical ability by managing the roadmap for a scrum team responsible for technical issues of diverse scope where analysis requires an understanding of current business trends

• Analyzes multiple sources of information and identifies & resolves complex technical, operational, and organizational problems relating to software development.

• Collaborates with direct team, managers in org, stakeholders such as Product Owners & PMO

• Clearly communicates difficult concepts through written communication effectively and with immediate leadership team

• Requires the ability to adapt approach and mobilize others in response to change, or gain alignment with, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship

• Demonstrates broad knowledge of software development, platforms, and applications used to accomplish work and how software development contributes to the overall success of engineering

• Requires knowledge of software development practices, market trends and emerging technologies enabling team members to resolve technical issues of broad domain impact

• General familiarity with one or more tech languages, frameworks, architectures which may include mobile, front-end, back-end, full-stack development, test frameworks and models, APIs, managed services, etc., to advise, direct and possibly implement software solutions within the domain

Key Responsibilities:

• Exhibit leadership and management skills to design, develop and deliver high impact initiatives for PayPal India and emerging markets.

• Responsible for end-to-end development life cycle of web and mobile products and features.

• Manage the daily activities of the engineering team working on Agile scrum model.

• Demonstrate high degree of people focus and be a team player who can collaborate effectively across various teams within the organization with integrity and commitment.

• Be highly customer centric and focused on delivering customer delight through the products and features.

• Act as a bridge between product and technology teams and marry business needs with technology solutions.

• Demonstrate Team and Stakeholder management skills towards meeting project timelines and delivery commitments.

• Work closely with integration teams and merchant partners to arrive at best-in-class payments experiences for merchants.

• Actively work towards developing products that meet high standards of convenience, security, performance and reliability for consumers and merchants.

• Work closely with the Solutions Architect, Engineering Leaders and the Engineering Team to deliver solutions for customers.

• Have strong business and technical vision and the ability to communicate this vision to multiple audiences. Sense evolving business trends and translate them into needs into technology solutions.

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated experience with building large-scale web and mobile based software

• Solid understanding of Web platforms, scripting technologies with keen focus on ease of use, security and performance.

• Strong Object-oriented programming skills and expertise in one of Java/J2EE or C++.

• Working experience with databases such as MSSQL/ Oracle etc.

• Knowledge of mobile programming in Android/iOS is a plus.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science plus 14+ years / Master's degree in Computer Science plus 12 years of experience in software design, development and architecture