Software Development Manager

Summary

Join Experian as a Software Development Manager, reporting to the Software Development Director. You will lead and manage a team of engineers, collaborating with technical and business teams to define and develop software features. This hands-on role involves approximately 20% coding, focusing on technical leadership, quality assurance, resource allocation, and team development. You will also manage project budgets, communicate effectively between technical and non-technical teams, and ensure efficient use of resources in on-prem and AWS environments. The position requires significant experience in software development and management, specifically within a healthcare organization and utilizing AWS services. Experian offers a remote work option within the U.S., a competitive compensation package, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related field
• 12+ years of software development experience, with a 3+ years in a management role is required
• Software development management experience within a healthcare organization
• 3+ years of cloud experience required
• Expert experience with ASP.NET C#/VB, .Net Core applications
• Knowledge of other relevant technologies like MVC, Entity Framework, Unit testing and LINQ are also essential
• Knowledge of message queuing technologies like MSMQ, Rabbit MQ is required
• High level of proficiency in using multiple AWS services such as EC2, Lambda (serverless), S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and CloudFormation is expected
• Experience with microservices architecture is important, including understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS for container orchestration
• Experience with ETL technologies like SSIS
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and AWS's DynamoDB

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the development team, guiding them to ensure we run a steady KTLO, while ensuring the changes/implementations being picked-up, are designed with the plan, and able to migrate them to AWS cloud with minimal re-work
• Oversee all stages of software development to ensure quality
• Establish and enforce code standards, perform code reviews, and lead troubleshooting efforts
• On-call rotation for any platform emergencies and release nights
• Ensure efficient use of resources in on-prem and AWS, such as EC2 instances and Lambda functions, to optimize costs and performance
• Coach development team members
• Facilitate their professional development and foster a positive and collaborative team environment
• Plan and manage the budget for the entire project
• Work with financial and leadership teams to forecast expenses and justify them
• Be the bridge between non-technical partners and the development team

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Developer certification could be an added advantage
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and other DevOps principles is beneficial
• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline or similar is desirable

Benefits

• This role is REMOTE from within the U.S
• Great compensation package and bonus plan
• Core benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
• Flexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-office
• Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays