Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Company: Discover Financial Services
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 20, 2024
Job Description:
Discover. A brighter future.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:As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering
you will be responsible for the technical development of software
engineering staff, while using your technical expertise to drive
vision into action and results. This role is in the Decisions and
Analytics (DNA) organization where you will be focused on building
and developing a world class, high performing team of engineers who
work on developing Discover's strategic Enterprise Machine Learning
Platform. If you're a hands-on Servant Leader and technical Subject
Matter Expert, keep reading!This Senior Manager role plays a
critical part in the development of their engineering team on the
Decisioning Delivery team and will take the lead on effectively
skilling, tooling and allocating engineering members to best
support the needs of the overall Data Science Decisioning Delivery
applications and services. Investing in the development of the
engineering team through coaching and leadership is part of the
Discover culture. We celebrate a culture of innovation and learning
which grows our technical talent and ultimately serves Discover
customers with high quality, reliable products and experiences.
While coaching and development of engineers is this role's primary
responsibility, the Senior Manager will also work with their
Product Owner peers to help shape the technical vision for their
products. You'll be key in educating your chapter on the technical
vision and turning vision into best-in-class execution across a
team of software engineers.This sounds exciting, but what about
hands-on work with technology? Keeping your technical skills fresh
is as important for engineers as it is for our chapter engineering
leaders. Uniquely, chapter engineering leaders have opportunities
to solve challenging and complex technical problems in a direct,
hands-on way when capacity allows. At Discover, we celebrate our
leaders role modeling advanced engineering practices to develop
both themselves, and their team members.If you have a passion for
technology and enjoy working with a wide array of latest
technologies in the cloud and container space and are skilled at
developing engineering talent, apply today!Responsibilities -
- Provides technical leadership in execution and delivery of
technology capabilities to support key business initiatives for our
Data Science partners.
- Collaborating closely with users and engineering teams
utilizing the platform on building and enhancing tooling and
automation solutions for faster resolution of issues impacting
SLA's and averting incidents altogether when possible.
- Hire, retain and lead high-functioning, diverse group of
engineering professionals, establishing clear objectives and key
results, developing consistent set of practices and processes
across the team and driving towards resolution of challenging
problems. This includes all performance management aspects of
leading engineers including acquiring and providing 360 feedback
and administering reviews.
- Lead and shape the technical vision within their domain and be
an essential member of leadership team including acting as a leader
in the Discover engineering community affecting and advancing the
architecture across the company and ensuring adherence to all
regulatory, compliance and audit requirements. This includes
defining how technical work should be done, selecting appropriate
tools, defining technology, quality, experience and implementation
standards and practices within own technical domain.
- Responsible for the application ownership, development
delivery, and support for value streams. Manages a team, -including
hiring, directing, mentoring, and assigning work. -
- Engage with internal and external communities of practice to
share experiences, contribute knowledge, learn and advocate for the
Discover Technology brand. Promotes team innovation and
collaboration of ideas across teams.
- Manages software ownership and development from initial concept
through continuous improvement advocating for an automation first
mindset.
- Coaches and mentors team members. Supports individuals to
achieve their individual development goals. Utilizes Agile and Lean
practices to identify and -solve systemic issues. -
- Consults with management in the analysis of short- and
long-range business requirements and recommends innovations. -
- Utilizes tools to support data-driven decision making.
Identifies and removes blockers to enable the team to meet business
goals. -Minimum Qualifications -At a minimum, here's what we need
from you: -
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field
-
- 8+ years of -experience in -Application Development, or
related
- 2+ years of -experience in people management -Preferred
Qualifications -If we had our say, we'd also look -for -
- At least 1+ years of working with containerization and
orchestration (Kubernetes/Openshift) and cloud providers like AWS,
Azure, GCP or others.
- Experience in key technologies to be leveraged by the team
including Java, Python / PySpark, Spark, CI/CD technologies
- Understanding of observability and how to achieve reliability
in a service
- Understanding of software testing principles and
methodologies
- Skilled in high availability & scalability design, as well as
performance monitoring
- Experience in Machine Learning Platforms and Data Science
Technologies
- Experience working with a variety of data platforms such as S3,
Snowflake, Redis, Cassandra
- Experience building and implementing API service
architectures
- Knowledge of messaging systems and streaming platforms such as
Kafka, Kinesis, MQ
- Knowledge of machine learning, deep learning and other AI use
cases -
- Agile, Scrum Master -#LI-KEApplication Deadline:The application
window for this position is anticipated to close on Mar-24-2024. We
encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be
available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.Compensation:The
base pay for this position generally ranges between $125,500.00 to
$211,500.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a
market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but
not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience,
education, and skill level may impact the pay for this
position.Benefits:We also offer a range of benefits and programs
based on eligibility. These benefits include:
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k) Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
- STD, Life, LTD and AD&D
- Recognition Program
- Education Assistance
- Commuter Benefits
- Family Support Programs
- Employee Stock Purchase PlanLearn more at .What are you waiting
for? Apply today!All Discover employees place our customers at the
very center of our work. -To deliver on our promises to our
customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values
compliance and risk management.Discover is committed to a diverse
and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer
and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age,
disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected
status. Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws
applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is
committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a
reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an
application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email .
-Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs
will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and
provide necessary accommodation.
Keywords: Discover Financial Services, Schaumburg , Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Executive , Chicago, Illinois
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