Director Engineering

Job Description

The Director of Engineering will be primarily responsible for one or more product areas and leads a team comprising of Tech leaders and problem - solving engineers. - The Director should be hands - on in building scalable products used by millions of users and bring extraordinary leadership in Engineering and Operational excellence. - The Director should be obsessed about customer focus and curious about new possibilities and passionately explore them. - The Director must be able to cope and thrive in an environment of intense pressure and pace of change. Agility is extremely important at Phenom and ability to multi - task is critical. Job Requirements - Director for Engineering is ultimately responsible for the quality , on time and budget delivery of product release objectives established in conjunction with product management. - Diving deep into projects , issues when needed to get into details and demonstrate that no task is beneath them. - Facilitate communication upward and across project teams including project status , justifications for variances and technical information (design and implementation objectives). - Speed matters at Phenom and calculated risk taking is valued. Manage the trade - offs between time , budget and quality and communicate when that is happening and why. - Hiring the best talent by self - initiative , innovative methods and not just relying on Phenom recruitment team. - Embed sound industry - standard software engineering best practices within the broader engineering team that will be grappling with multiple priorities and pressures in every release. - Should have prior expertise in owning and delivering non - functional roadmap for complex products in terms of performance engineering , scalability , security and supportability. - Set high standards , lead the team in a dynamic environment and deliver project timelines while adapting to change. - Earn the trust of not only the team but cross functional teams across the board. - Ensure all processes and procedures , both internal to the team and interaction with other teams , are followed and work to improve whenever appropriate and necessary. - Coordinate to provide technical guidance / assistance to the team when necessary. - Appropriately escalate any issues / concerns that require immediate attention from other affected parties. - Identify , define , and coordinate the training needs of the team - Plan and execute a structured approach to enhancing the skill level and productivity levels of the team. Education BE / MS in Computer Science or equivalent Work Experience - Software Engineering expert with 10+ years of experience including 5+ years managing large (30+ people) international teams developing large transactional applications. - Hands - on experience developing web - based consumer applications especially in the financial services industry - Expertise in developing J2EE platforms using SOA and micro - services. Working experience on SaaS products & platforms will be added advantage - Strong Foundation of relational and nosql databases - Strong knowledge of frameworks like Play , Spring , Hibernate etc - Strong technical skills covering web based development tools (Java / J2EE) , scalable application development techniques to build large transactional systems , and consumer facing application development tools (HTML / CSS / Javascript). - Has to be able to understand complex technical systems and have good taste in architecture. - A sense for technical detail - know when to delegate and when to back off , but be able to make sure small things are just right - Proven Experience on enterprise systems , modern UI / html development , big data , etc. is good. - Good team building and management skills - Proven experience delivering release objectives in a variety of methodologies including agile methodologies such as Scrum - Recognized self - starter who enjoys a fast - paced environment and seeks the challenge of winning in a rapidly changing marketplace - Strong written and oral communication and persuasion skills - Strong business , project management and operational skills - Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines - Outstanding quantitative / analytical skills and attention to detail - Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization from senior management to engineers both internally and externally.,

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