Senior Software Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Experian's Financial Services Division Engineering team as a Senior Manager of Software Engineering, leading the development and operations of a real-time API platform. You will manage a high-performing team, overseeing architecture, design, and implementation of APIs, focusing on scalability and reliability. Responsibilities include team leadership, platform ownership, technical strategy, collaboration with other teams, and delivery execution. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 8+ years of software engineering experience (3+ years in leadership), and expertise in real-time API platforms, distributed systems, and cloud platforms. Experian offers a competitive compensation package, core benefits, flexible work arrangements, and a strong emphasis on employee well-being.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership roles
• Proven experience managing real-time, high-throughput API platforms in production environments
• Knowledge of distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and modern backend stacks (e.g., Node.js, Java, Go, or Python)
• Experience with API gateways, load balancing, caching, and observability tools (Kibana, Grafana, Datadog, and Prometheus)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, message queues (Kafka) and stream processing frameworks
• Experience developing ML Ops capabilities
• Data Science & ML experience
• DevOps Knowledge: Docker and Kubernetes

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, encouraging an inclusive engineering culture
• Manage hiring, performance management, and career development for your team
• Oversee the architecture, design, and implementation of real-time APIs with a focus on scalability, reliability, and latency
• Create platform evolution, including modernization, observability, and CI/CD best practices
• Champion Service level agreements, and incident response for platform services
• Collaborate with Architects and Principal Engineers to define the long-term vision and roadmap for the API platform
• Ensure the team follows software engineering best practices including testing, code reviews, and documentation
• Guide the use of latest technologies that support real-time processing, event streaming, and performance optimization
• Work with Product Management, DevOps, and other engineering teams to align technical plans with our goals
• Partner with security, compliance, and infrastructure teams to ensure platform meets regulatory and operational standards
• Manage the delivery lifecycle of major platform plans
• Track important performance metrics (availability, latency, throughput) and ensure continuous improvement
• Manage the delivery of insightful dashboards and data visualizations
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies

Benefits

• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits including full medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
• Flexible schedule, ability to work remotely, hybrid, or in-office
• Flexible time off, including volunteer time off, vacation, sick, and 12-paid holidays