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Manager, Software Development Engineering

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team at Expedia Group Bangalore, India. We are looking for a Software Development Manager who will lead a team of software development engineers to deliver top quality web and cloud software. This is a unique opportunity that combines programming and management. If you have passion for hands-on coding together with managing talented developers this is for you.

As an Engineering Manager in Loyalty Platform, you will work closely with our Product teams to set the technical direction for our Loyalty Platform, and to measure and drive improvements in the capabilities offered by Loyalty Platform and Launch of Commercial EG Loyalty Programmes to various regions across the globe.

What you'll do:

• Lead a team of software engineers to ensure execution and unlock creativity

• Analyze, learn and extend product vision by collaborating with all the stakeholders

• Team up with Tech Leads, Architects and Product Management to design and develop the features

• Develop staff by coaching, facilitating career aspirations and providing growth opportunities

• Provide leadership to achieve high standards of done in areas of quality, security, scalability, user experience

• Research and prototype new ideas, technologies and patterns relating to the task

Who you are:

• Develop the Loyalty Platform team through stellar hiring, coaching, and creating an environment that embraces diversity and continuous growth

• Drive innovation and delivery of road map features

• Collaborate and partner closely with teams across the globe

• Showcases Flexibility under changing conditions and the ability to multi-task between projects

• Passionate about customer success

• As an experienced leader, you have taken brave and innovative decisions that have grown your team and delivered business value.

• Have demonstrated excellent judgment and an independently solve problems.

• An authority on building and developing high performing, agile teams with a focus on continuous improvement.

• Drive and maintain high standards of platform availability, monitoring, quality and performance

• Bachelor’s degree in any Engineering discipline from reputed engineering college

• 7+ years of strong programming skills in Web and Cloud Technologies

• Strong in OOAD concepts and methodologies

• Hands-on experience on Java 8+, Spring, Spring Boot or any of the Web & Cloud technologies

• Hands-on experience of developing RESTful web services and integrating the same with heterogeneous clients

• Preferred to have Hands-on experience with Relational and NoSQL database technologies e.g. MySQL, DynamoDB

• Hands-on experience with Build and CI/CD tools like Ant, Gradle, Docker, Jenkins

• Hands-on experience with unit and automation testing tools such as Junit, Rest Assured, JMeter, etc

• Preferred experience with log aggregation and operational event monitoring technologies like Splunk or New Relic or ELK Stack

• Proficient in web servers, application servers like Tomcat, Nginx and scripting in Linux environment

• Working knowledge of UML, software design patterns, distributed systems, resiliency and security

• Familiarity with the software development process, including specification, quality assurance, and documentation

• Able to manage a product using Agile/Scrum Principles

• Preferred to have Certified Scrum Master or Advanced Scrum Master

• Experience working with product management on goals alignment and risks measurement

• Familiarity with the software development process, including specification, quality assurance, and documentation

• Strong communication skills with the ability to converse fluently with multiple types of audiences ranging from managers, architects, and partners

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

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