Director of Software Engineering - Miami, United States - Advanced Tech Placement

Description

The Director of Software Development is responsible for the development and availability of the organization's business systems and intelligence tools. The chosen candidate must meet project/department milestones/goals and adhere to the development timelines and deadlines.

Essential Duties

 Drive high quality software development process which maintain a spirit of fast fails, testing-in-production, and continuous integration/deployment

 Manage the design, development, and operations of a team within our object storage group

 Maintain real-time view into capacity and manage the capacity planning process for development projects.

 Responsible for the design and evolution of REST APIs that expose the capabilities of our OTT Video Platform

 Work with Product Management to translate internal and external customer and market requirements into a system, product, and technology roadmaps

 Support staffing exercises to make sure the right skills are within the team

 Ensure all applications comply with AWS IS Security Policies.

 Responsible for IS budget related to application development.

 Own software resource strategy and planning, including strategic working relationships with external partners.

 Work with Product Managers consulting and customer technical team to research/gather/analyze business requirements and competitive offerings.

 Manage a team that designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for IDCS/OIM and is the go to team for all aspects of maintenance starting with resolving software bugs, managing delivery of software and working on customer escalations

Supervision Exercised

 CRM Analyst

 Database Administrator

 User Interface Developer

 Full Stack Developer

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

 Deep technical skillset with strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

 Thorough understanding of software development life cycle and systems life cycle.

 Adept at managing expectations and realistic estimating costs and time related to software projects.

 Experience and skills in C# .net development, web services development and management, JavaScript and associated libraries, lean development, and rapid turn time development strategies.

 Ability to model processes, execute development, and document results.

 Ability to manage a staff of developers and system administrator(s).

 Ability to maintain and keep current multiple systems.

 Knowledge of and ability to read financial statements and P&L.

 Ability to mentor staff and help solve deep technical issues.

 Proficient with developing, deploying, customizing, and integrating Microsoft Dynamics.

 Demonstrated proficiency in understanding and implementing business workflows.

 Demonstrated proficiency in using either the CRM SDK or plugin platforms.

 Internally motivated and able to work proficiently independently and in a team environment.

 Able to manage small teams providing support, growth opportunities, and mediation when needed.

 Proven communication skills with both internal team members and external entities.

 Customer service-oriented with a problem-solving attitude.

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

 Effective organizational skills.

 Strong interpersonal skills.

 Enthusiastic, proactive, and uses initiative.

 Absolute attention to detail.

 Ability to work as part of a team.

 Willingness to learn new skills.

 Ability to work in a changing and flexible organization.

Required Education and Experience

 Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.

 7+ years experience with software development, specifically around Microsoft Dynamics

 Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments

 Significant experience leading development teams