Senior software engineer manager job description

With us, you'll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it - we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description

At Discover, be part of a culture where diversity, teamwork, and collaboration reign. Join a company that is just as employee focused as it is on its customers and is consistently awarded for both. We're all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. Be the reason we help millions of consumers build a brighter financial future and achieve yours along the way with a rewarding career.

This Senior Manager role will manage teams in Network Authorizations which support the Digital Product area and Value Stream. As a Sr. Manager Software Engineering you will be responsible for the technical development of software engineering staff, while using your technical expertise to drive vision into action and results.

While coaching and development of engineers is this role's primary responsibility, the Senior Manager will also work with their Sr. Manager Product Owner peers to help shape the product vision for their products. You'll be key in educating your chapter on the technical vision and turning vision into best-in-class execution across a team of software engineers. This is a high velocity environment where transaction switching and digital domain knowledge is helpful to the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

• Coaches and mentors team members. Supports individuals to achieve their individual development goals. Utilizes Agile and Lean practices to identify and solve systemic issues.
• Manages the workforce on assigned teams to hire new talent and develop existing team members.
• Consults with management in the analysis of short- and long-range business requirements and recommends innovations.
• Utilizes tools to support data-driven decision making. Identifies and removes blockers to enable the team to meet business goals.
• Manages software ownership and development from initial concept through continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

At a minimum, here's what we need from you:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 8+ years of experience in Application Development
• 2+ years of People Management

Preferred Qualifications

If we had our say, we'd also look for

Agile, DevOps, Digital and/or Payments experience

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants - with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.

• At least ten (10) years of experience in Software Engineering, with at least five (5) years of team development and management experience specifically with delivering UI frameworks and UI applications that are Enterprise grade

• Extremely thorough understanding and strong engineering track-record focusing on front-end development & technologies (JS/CSS/HTML) and modern frameworks and Design Systems like Angular, React and Material Design

• Thorough understanding of software design and development including programming languages, Object oriented analysis and design, and application architecture and design

• Strong foundations in Scrum methodology and has delivered large projects using Scrum practices.

• The ability to interact and communicate with all levels of staff and project management in both the business and the technical areas

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience managing global teams

• Strong foundation on test automation, CI/CD for UI applications

Here’s our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress.

What’s most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life -- while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more.

We started with computers, but we didn’t stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what’s next in technology, starting today.

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here.

Dell is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Dell are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Dell will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Dell encourages applicants of all ages. Read the full Equal Employment Opportunity Policy here.

The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. Handling over 600 billion queries per day (more than 100 times the query volume of search globally), our platform operates at an unprecedented scale. We have also built something even stronger and more valuable: an award-winning culture based on trust, ownership, empathy, and collaboration. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Do you have a passion for solving hard problems at scale? Are you eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team where your contributions will make a meaningful difference in building a better media ecosystem? Come and see why Fortune magazine consistently ranks The Trade Desk among the best small-medium-sized workplaces globally.
About the Role

The Markets team is responsible for the various market dynamics within our platform and across the AdTech ecosystem. It's our goal to ensure Agencies and Advertisers are executing against their goals effectively by upgrading the market dynamics of our platform and with our sell side partners. We have a deep sense of product but also work across many highly scaled services. We are looking for an engineering manager to help solve some of the companies biggest problems as well as support and grow the team.

Engineering managers lead their teams to higher levels of productivity. They collaborate with their team to find what works and what changes should be made to optimize for the long term. You are an end-to-end owner. You will participate actively in all aspects of product strategy - from designing, building, and delivering products for our clients. We have dozens of individual, mission-focused teams working across a wide spectrum of technological challenges. You will have the opportunity, depending on your interests and aptitude, to lead engineers that focus on building large-scale distributed systems coordinating thousands of servers in cloud and physical data centers around the world, petabyte-scale data challenges, machine learning, advanced visualizations, and interactive user interfaces - to name a few. Engineering managers contribute to more than our product - they build up our overall team. Through a combination of mentoring, technical leadership, hiring, and direct management of local and remote teams, you will make others better and raise the bar for those around you. You have the necessary skills to roll up your sleeves and jump into code with your fellow engineers. You can lead by example and bring your team to a solution. Engineering managers are excellent listeners and rely on their foundation of technical expertise to provide effective feedback for their team members to help develop career growth plans



WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:


You have a sustained track record of leading engineers with a wide range of experience, while also making significant strategic and tactical contributions to large and impactful software projects. You think beyond just the task at hand to deeply understand the 'why' and convey that vision to your team.



WHAT WE OFFER:


There are a ton of reasons why
TTD is a phenomenal company to work for,
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here are the top 6
that I think you'll find most interesting:

1. Our culture - We have a wonderful team of brilliant high achievers built on a culture of empathy, grit, collaboration, & ownership. We are an award-winning company - we have won ' Great Place to Work' awards across Australia, US, UK, Europe and Asia! 2. We are a globally collaborative environment. You will have the opportunity to work with brilliant & diverse teams from all over the world 3. We offer an attractive compensation package, flex work environment, beautiful offices with all the perks that you're used to (snacks, catered lunches, wine, beer), competitive equity, and an employee stock purchasing plan. We IPO'ed 5 yrs ago, with our stock price growing by 1000% in such a short time. 4. We promote an environment of reward and recognition - At TTD, you will be recognised for your efforts and for each anniversary at TTD, we will celebrate you, and reward you for your contribution! The ad-tech industry represents a unique growth opportunity - it's currently only making up for about 2% of the overall $600B advertising industry. As we like to say here, "We're only 2% done!" Join us and help us tackle the other 98%! 5. We celebrate continuous learning at TTD - here you will have opportunities to be sponsored for further education, certifications and we also have an in-house learning platform to support your further development 6. We promote an inclusive and diverse environment - we have many events and activities that truly make TTD a 'Great Place to Work' and promote inclusivity and diversity across our organisation. You are a driver. You will be leading and guiding teams in a ground-breaking and fast-paced environment. This includes task planning and conducting code reviews, as well as team You understand engineering fundamentals. At our scale, many off-the-shelf techniques and existing technologies (open source and enterprise) simply don't work. You are able to work from first principles to evaluate solutions and adapt them to a unique environment. You are a broadly skilled leader, accustomed to developing web services. You have experience building always-on systems, working across a variety of technologies and service layers, and leading engineers to deliver world-class systems. You have a product-focused mindset. You have the passion and ability to contribute to the process of discovering what will delight our clients and push forward one of the world's largest and most influential industries toward a vision of openness, transparency, and evidence-based decision-making. You work with confidence and without ego. Our engineers have deep knowledge and exercise a high degree of leadership in their daily work. You have strongly-held, defensible ideas, and advocate for what you believe is right. You are also adept at identifying and evaluating trade-offs, willing to be proven wrong, and quick to walk through fire to support your fellow teammates. You value, seek out, and foster diversity. We are a global team from many diverse backgrounds, with different experiences and perspectives. To complement this team, you will welcome ideas that are different from your own and be skilled at finding and building from common ground. You are a creative thinker, not bound by "the way things have always been done". What you know is less important than how well you learn and innovate. We need leaders who know how to facilitate the path to the answers no one has thought of yet, to the questions yet to be asked.

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Our Compensation and Benefits (for Colorado residents only)

•Base Compensation Range: $186,700 - $373,400

In accordance with Colorado law, the range provided is The Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills and abilities. The Trade Desk also offers a competitive benefits package. Click here to learn more.

The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.