The Applications Development Senior Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams in an effort to accomplish established goals
• Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
• Hands on with Design, code, test, and implement application release projects as part of development team
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
• Proactively notify program manager for risks, bottlenecks, problems, issues, and concerns. Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Provide in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions
• As an application manager – manages application stability, address end of life software, address COB and resilience related issues, optimize application performance.
• Promotes continuous process improvement especially in code quality, testability & reliability
• Provide leadership and guidance to team members. Promotes teamwork and builds strong relationships within and across global teams
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of relevant experience in an Apps Development or systems analysis role in the Financial Service industry.
• Experience as an Applications Development Manager and in a senior-level Applications Development role.
• Extensive development expertise in building high-scaled and performant software platforms for data computation and processing.
• Possess extensive experience in Data Modelling and Data Architecture, with a specialized focus on designing and implementing robust data solutions.
• Strong analysis and design skills, design patterns, and a proven ability to understand complex requirements and translate them into technical designs and code.
• Strong hands-on coding experience with Core Java and the Spring framework (Core, Boot, etc.), with a focus on building Java microservices.
• Design and delivery experience with DevOps practices, including strong knowledge of build tools (Ant/Maven), continuous integration (Jenkins), SCM (Bitbucket), code quality analysis (Sonar Qube), and unit/integration testing frameworks (JUnit).
• Strong knowledge of distributed messaging platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ) and experience with databases such as Oracle, Redis, and Mongo DB.
• Expertise in architecting and deploying cloud-native solutions using containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Open Shift).
• Hands-on coding experience in Python is a plus.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication, with the ability to create and present professional, technically-sound architecture designs and high-level technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation within the team
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and scrums.
• Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development for Lending/Credit Risk/Margining/Collateral Management will be a significant advantage.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Development

Time Type:

Full time

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