Software Development Manager
Solera Holdings, LLC.
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Job Description
Who We Are
Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. Additionally, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Software Development Manager who can act as a strong leader and provide guidance to multiple squads of Software Development Engineers. Our Manager will have a passion for building complex web and enterprise applications. As the leader of the squads, you will be creating clear objectives and deliverables with an emphasis on scalability, maintainability, security, and performance. Solera needs a leader that can ensure high-quality applications and on-time delivery of software that supports our growing business. Our innovative leader will work in an Agile environment that mentors and fosters team collaboration.
What You’ll Do
- Lead multiple software development squads toward the best technical solution for functionalities required within the product.
- Define expectations and develop metrics to monitor results.
- Troubleshoot and resolve the team’s technical impediments.
- Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to the team.
- Coach, train and provide regular feedback to the team.
- Coordinate with other Dev Managers and the Architecture Team when defining new designs and solutions.
- Suggest initiatives to improve current processes and technologies.
- Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to manageable & measurable tasks.
- Identify and correct code smells, eliminate bugs, and fix technical bottlenecks.
- Help maintain code quality, organization, and architecture.
- Perform code reviews to improve team code writing.
- Coordinate team deployments and setup/maintain CI/CD pipelines.
What You’ll Bring
- 8 years of experience in hands-on Software Development life cycle: Coding, peer reviewing, attending production issues.
- Minimum 3 years of Management/Technical Lead experience.
- Java, REST, SOAP, Performance tuning of Applications.
- Prior work experience in and understanding of Agile.
- Strong knowledge on CI/CD tools and workflows.
- Domain-Driven Design and Micro-service architectures.
- SQL Server, NoSQL, and/or Oracle Databases.
- API design.
- Strong knowledge in Business-Driven Design and Test Driven Development.
- Developing middleware applications using a variety of modern technologies with relational, non-relational databases and cloud hosted applications.
- Performance engineering and educating teams on non-functional requirements to achieve web-scale.
- Middleware and Security experience, fixing vulnerabilities.
- A strong background in the PaaS space preferred.
Key skills/competency
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Java
- RESTful APIs
- Agile Methodologies
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Microservices Architecture
- Domain-Driven Design
- SQL Databases
- NoSQL Databases
- Performance Tuning
How to Get Hired at Solera Holdings, LLC.
- Research Solera's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to understand their focus on transforming the vehicle lifecycle through data and software services.
- Tailor your resume for software leadership: Highlight your extensive experience in Java development, Agile methodologies, microservices architecture, and proven leadership in managing multiple development squads.
- Showcase problem-solving skills: Prepare specific examples of how you've resolved technical impediments, improved processes, and ensured high-quality, on-time software delivery in previous roles.
- Emphasize Agile and CI/CD expertise: Be ready to discuss your strong knowledge of CI/CD tools and workflows, and how you've fostered team collaboration in Agile environments.
- Demonstrate architectural understanding: Prepare to discuss your experience with Domain-Driven Design, API design, and cloud-hosted middleware applications, particularly in the PaaS space.
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