Senior Manager Software Engineering

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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:
What You'll Do
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.
Join our team as a Senior Manager, Software Engineering helping to lead the build of our next generation Diners Club International network and help Discover not just achieve our vision, but who are keen to learn new technologies, grow their skills and, most importantly, drive the evolution of our software engineering practices.
We're looking for passionate, collaborative individuals that can help shape the evolution our payment networks and position Discover Financial Services as the leading direct bank and payments partner who is responsible for the application ownership, development delivery, support for value streams and manages a team, including hiring, directing, mentoring, and assigning work.
This position is primarily responsible for managing resources and processes to deliver high quality applications, services and data in support of the company's objectives. As a key member of the Payment Network leadership team the individual will be expected to collaborate with key business and technology partners in helping to define the strategy and execution of our application development and architecture.
We embrace change and evolution, both in our staff and systems. We are building new payment systems for our networks that allow us to utilise modern technologies (APIs , Cloud, Open Source, Event driven real time processing) and approaches to delivery (Scaled Agile, CI/CD, TDD + BDD) that will enable us to produce software and systems to support our business and adapt to change within the fast paced FinTech world.
How You'll Do It

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

Qualifications You'll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors Information Technology or related
• Experience in Application Development experience
• People Management experience

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.
• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.
• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.
• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Proven track record of delivering quality in an Agile environment
• Proven track record of turning concepts and ideas into tangible solutions
• Servant leadership style backed up with strong emotional intelligence
• Strong communication skills with proven ability to articulate vision and inspire teams
• Self-motivated, Commercial understanding of the Payments domain
• Strong knowledge and understanding of emerging trends in software engineering
• Strong appreciation of operational excellence best practices
• Experience in supporting software solutions in a production environment
• Proven commercial experience engaging third party vendors
• Proven experience in coaching teams
• Commercial experience developing in a Scaled Agile environment
• Credible understanding of the technology stack
  • Java / J2EE , Spring, RESTful APIs, Open Source software, Relational Databases
  • Knowledge and understanding of CICD processes

• Passion for learning
• Strong collaborator
• Understanding of defining, measuring and governing against key delivery + quality metrics
• Ability to communicate and present in every direction (downwards, upwards, to peers)
• This position will require the candidate to perform a wide variety of tasks. A wide degree of creativity is expected as well as a strategic outlook with regard to technology.
• Agile, Scrum Master

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United Kingdom on a full-time basis.
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Application Deadline:
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on May-05-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.
What are you waiting for? Apply today!
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