Software Development Manager - Plano, United States - Perseus Operating Group

Description

Optimal Blue is the market leader in mortgage secondary marketing technology. The company facilitates transactions among mortgage market participants through its Marketplace Platform, actionable data, and technology vendor connections. The platform supports a range of functions for originators and investors to automate and optimize core processes related to product, pricing, and eligibility, hedge analytics, MSR valuation, loan trading, social media compliance, and counterparty oversight.

This opportunity is eligible for hybrid work out of our Plano, TX office. We are unable to sponsor work visas for this position at this time.

SUMMARY

We are seeking self-motivated individuals interested in working for a product-led organization to build scalable and distributed applications in Microsoft Azure.

The Software Development Manager will be responsible for designing and developing Azure hosted services and APIs on a Microsoft technical stack. Overseeing a team of developers, quality assurance and business analysts to build out our industry-leading API marketplace platform, you will take ownership of creating new offerings and enhancing existing solutions that create significant efficiencies in the mortgage technology space. Our platform supports many clients with complex workflows, and your efforts will directly influence increased adoption and growth. We leverage best-in-breed software tools and actively practice agile processes to accelerate our speed-to-market through transparency, automation and repeatability.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinates systems analysis and applications development activities through direct and indirect staff.
• Partner with business and technology leadership to define, prioritize and achieve strategic objectives related to approval application development projects and platforms.
• Identify opportunities to deliver business value through business process improvement, organizational change and/or technology integration.
• Analyze project risks, costs, and benefits and make relevant recommendations to business and technology leadership team.
• Manage end-to-end application scoping, sizing, estimating, analyzing cross-impacts, planning, development, implementation and post implementation maintenance and support.
• Directs development teams in the areas of scheduling, technical direction, future planning and standard development practices.
• Participates in budgeting and capital equipment processes and quality improvement activities for the development organization.
• Implement best practices to ensure that all core IT functions are fully documented, supportable, and in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Ensure systems are kept at current software levels and evaluate the costs/benefits of upgrades for applications.
• Coordinate the formal functional and performance testing processes.
• Develop processes and tools that encourage continuous performance improvements.
• Regularly communicate the status of application development to all impacted stakeholders, set expectations and manage team members.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience
• First level management role. Works under general direction of senior level management. Has advanced leadership skills and significant proficiency in development with a preferred focus on applications development. Typically manages and mentors supervisors, project leads and/or technical staff in one or more application development functions. Typically requires five (5) or more years of application development experience and one (1) or more years of experience in a lead role and/or directly supervising others
• Experience creating and deploying software to Azure cloud based platforms
• Experience developing highly scalable SaaS offerings
• Experience with Microsoft technologies, .NET, ASP.NET, Web API, SQL Server
• Experience developing web applications and web services (REST/SOAP)
• Strong software development experience (full stack)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery of software
• Knowledge of designing, coding, testing and debugging skills (Unit testing, automated testing, MS Tests, NUnit, xUnit etc.)
• Demonstrated track record of delivering multiple complex projects on time and within budget
• Extensive knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures
• Excellent analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to develop partnership-oriented relationships with business executives and functional leaders, especially as it relates to operations and technology
• Must be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with focus on timeliness, documentation, and communication with peers and business users alike
• Experience with project management and conflict resolution
• Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels within Dark Matter or outside the organization (executives, regulators, clients, etc.)
• Results oriented, business focused, and successful at interfacing across multiple organizational units

Business Unit:

OB - Hedge & Trading (H&T)

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