Sr. Software Development Manager

Job description

Our client is looking for an exceptional leader to manage and motivate a global team of Software Development and QA Engineers.

It's a fun, collaborative company with great opportunities to succeed. This is the perfect opportunity for a candidate who loves technology and wants to be a leader, rather than just a manager.

Responsibilities:

* You will lead the Dublin activation engineering team and indirectly lead the associated team.
* Deliver high quality software in a timely manner. This requires that the team understands the need for high-performance, reliability and security, in addition to delivering the basic functionality that has been requested.
* Use a broad range of software development capabilities and skills to deliver milestones in a predictable manner, while working with program stakeholders to ensure expectations and acceptance criteria are clearly defined and achievable.
* Communicate technical issues in terms of customer impact.
* Mentor the team and share information to enable others to be more effective.
* Impart knowledge about how software tools, applications, and complex systems work (including, networking, configuration, security, and inter-system interaction) and provide mentoring that results in sound engineering decisions, troubleshooting and software maintenance skills.
* Work to enhance the capabilities of the product and manage technical debt, where applicable.

Job Requirements:

* Software development experience in a web application / transaction processing environment, with at least two years being in a management role.
* Experience managing software development / test teams.
* Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts pictorially, orally, or in writing.
* Good understanding of classical and modern software development lifecycles.
* In-depth knowledge of the Java programming language.
* Extensive experience using one or more Java EE engines (e.g., WebLogic, JBoss)
* Knowledge of J2EE design patterns
* Experience with RDBMS systems and an understanding of data structures and data normalization.
* Experience with SQL including query analysis and optimization.
* Knowledge of AJAX and JQuery
* Knowledge of test automation tools
* Strong scripting skills (e.g., shell, Perl, Python)
* Experience developing scalable, high performance systems
Adecco is an equal opportunity employer.

If this is of interest please get in touch via email Natalia.Merrittatadecco.ie or call on 00 353 (0) 18526950. If you are interested in other roles or career change please do not hesitate to contact me too.
Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.