Senior Engineering Manager

• As an Engineering Manager, you will:
• People Leadership & Mentorship: Manage, coach, and grow a team of talented software engineers, supporting career development, conducting performance reviews, and fostering an inclusive, collaborative team culture.
• Technical Strategy & Architecture: Provide hands-on technical guidance, participate in design reviews, and define technical roadmaps for Java/Spring Boot microservices while ensuring high standards for architecture, security, and observability.
• Delivery & Platform Ownership: Oversee team execution, Sprint planning, and delivery timelines to ensure resilient, scalable core platform features and infrastructure.
• AI Integration: Research and apply AI/ML concepts and their usage to innovate and enhance the MFT (Managed File Transfer) and WLA (Workload Automation) product capabilities (e.g., intelligent routing, predictive maintenance, enhanced security).

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4 years of direct people management experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong Java, Spring Boot, and REST API skills with a solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, and architecture principles.
• Cloud Platform Expertise (AWS Preferred): Extensive experience architecting, deploying, and managing complex solutions on a major cloud platform, with a deep understanding of cloud concepts including networking, security, and cost optimization.
• Expertise in building distributed SaaS systems, micro services, APIs, Kubernetes, cloud platforms.
• AI Awareness: Proven familiarity with AI/ML concepts and their usage, with practical experience or a strong conceptual understanding of how to apply these techniques to solve engineering problems.
• DevOps Expertise: Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, and automated platform management.
• EKS/Kubernetes: Mastery of container orchestration, specifically with EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), including managing inter-component communication and cluster operations.
• Protocol Understanding: In-depth understanding of enterprise file transfer protocols (e.g., SFTP, FTPS, AS2) and secure communication protocols.
• Proven track record of building and managing high-performing engineering teams, hiring top talent, and driving team productivity.
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise application integration, preferably with SAP.

If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

THE LEGAL BIT
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