Educational Initiatives - Senior Manager - Software Development

Sr. Manager, Software Development

# of positions:

1 - Bangalore

1 - Ahmedabad

Desired qualities:

- A techno-leader. We would like you to be equally comfortable working on complex programs as well as with complex people!

- Technically savvy. We expect that you'll have had exposure to recent technologies and built projects with sound architecture.

- Potential to grow. We want you to lead different verticals within the department in the next 24 months or sooner!

Responsibilities:

- Hands-on management with deep-dive into the details of software design, implementation and debugging, software quality and configuration management.

- Working in partnership with the product teams and stake holders to define best practices for the development & design of technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.

- Lead all aspects of technology, through development and deployment of applications both web-based and mobile-based, as well as web-presence.

- Stay in the forefront of technology and multi-platform development (web, mobile, tablet etc).

- Play key role to help improving and optimizing the product development process in an agile (SCRUM) development environment.

- Proactively identify architectural weaknesses and recommend appropriate solutions.

- Mentor and guide a team of top notch full stack engineers across levels to ensure software engineering lifecycle best practices are followed.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- 8+ years of work experience in managing engineering teams and project delivery

- B. Tech or M. Tech in Engineering, or an equivalent degree

- Strong grasp of full stack networking, scalable web back-end, and all genres of platforms technologies (mobile and desktop)

- Strong in product-engineering, data science, object-oriented programming, software architecture, product and project management

- Thorough knowledge of web and mobile based technologies and no hesitation in coding hands on.

- Experience in integrating various social media platforms and APIs from different products.

- Strong hands on experience in at least one object oriented language (C++/Java).

- Experience with PHP, node.js would be an added advantage

- Sound understanding of web technologies (e.g. Javascript, HTML5, CSS3) and strong command over databases (MySQL, NoSQL).

- Hands on experience working with AWS cloud

- Knowledge of MVC frameworks is required.

- Demonstrated drive to get things done with a track record of success. .

- Record of setting high performance standards and holding self and others accountable.

- Professional and positive approach, self-motivated, strong in building relationships, team player, dynamic, creative with the ability to work on own initiative.

- Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate upwards and downwards.