Senior Engineering Director

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the transformation of our legacy applications and moving to a modern platform based on event-driven architecture.

Our ideal candidate has extensive experience in software development, including knowledge of Go, container-based technologies, GIT, Jenkins, TDD/BDD, mocking frameworks, CICD gates on security, code coverage, and code quality.

Additionally, we are looking for someone with experience in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and messaging services such as Kafka. A strong background in relational/NoSQL databases is also required.

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of engineers and working closely with product owners and technology counterparts globally to drive business growth, cost savings, platform maintenance, and platform modernization.

The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of functional workflows, agile development processes, and technical solution design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the Loyalty and Benefits domain and how it powers the AMEX experience for customers.
• Learn and support our legacy applications and modern platforms to develop a deep understanding of all functional workflows.
• Work closely with product owners and/or other technology counterparts globally as needed to further our initiatives targeting business growth, cost savings, platform maintenance, and platform modernization.
• Participate in agile development processes including sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
• Ability to come up with multiple architectural solutions, present pros and cons, and influence stakeholders towards a technical solution.
• Be actively involved in low-level design, coding, code reviews, unit and E2E testing, assist with production deployment, and ensure smooth CI/CD pipeline process.
• Coordinate delivery of the project across global teams. Manage risk through all stages of project lifecycle.
• Be a role model for engineering excellence within the team driving adoption of CICD and DevOps practices.
• Take ownership and lead initiatives. Lead a team of 6-14 engineers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required with at least 10 years of experience in software development.
• Delivered complex projects where complexity is a function of domain knowledge required, technical implementation, and stakeholders.
• Ability to independently work with product and business to gather requirements, architect, and implement solutions.
• At least 5 years of people management experience for a team of 6-14 engineers.
• Experience in software development in Go, container-based technologies (docker, Kubernetes), GIT, Jenkins, TDD/BDD, mocking frameworks, CICD gates on security, code coverage, and code quality.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture (REST) and messaging services such as Kafka.
• Experience working with relational/NoSQL databases.
• Experience working with Comcast Rulio or some type of rules engine.
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently.
• Commitment to write clean maintainable code with good documentation practices.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

Join us and take advantage of these benefits while making a meaningful contribution to our organization

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