Staff, Software Development Engineer

Summary:

Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools. Most companies should be able to match to a specific software development engineer position. Use this position if company does not breakout software development positions such as Software Engineer (Applications) (5141-5146) or Software Engineer (Systems) (5161-5166).

Duties & Responsibilities:

• You will be playing a key role in the next-gen SaaS product and platform development.
• You will be responsible for full lifecycle of software engineering project (planning, execution/Delivery, monitoring, risk management, resolution of issues, and achievement of the targets) within agreed quality, time, budget, and other agreed KPIs/SLAs
• You will be responsible for Team and People management (professional and personal care aspects)
• Provides guidance to the Software Engineering team and other departments in identifying product and technical requirements. Serves as primary point of contact and liaison between Software Engineering and other teams.
• You will lead the team for meeting the best software engineering practices, quality processesand methodologies
• Directs implementation initiatives for new software products and applications. Organizes software update process for existing applications and coordinates the roll-out of software releases.
• Manages all the deliverables to ensure adherence to deadlines, specifications and budgets. Implements performance metrics and prepares period reports and/or proposals. Monitors and tracks project progress and reports findings to leadership team.
• Ensures all engineers keep current with technological developments within the industry. Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products
• You will promote and instill a culture of continuous improvement and efficiency to the software/business processes through out-of-the-box thinking on product and processes by utilizing or creating new software engineering tools and different innovation techniques
• You will manage multiple interfaces (internal and external), relationships and communication to ensure software delivery is aligned to meet not only the customer requirements, but also adds value to their business

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Science/IT/Computing or equivalent
• 12-18 + years of experience in SW Engineering role & Delivery Role
• Significant proficiency/in-depth knowledge in the domain (technology and/or products)
• 5-10 years of experience in leading engineers through project lifecycle resulting successful deliverables
• Thorough understanding of software development and/or support methodologies, principles and procedures and related software management tools.
• Experience with Telecom Product development with TMF standards preferred
• Experience building scalable SaaS platform clear advantage.