SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

FULL TIME - ALPHARETTA, GA - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

I'm writing to see if you or someone you may know would be available for a Full time.

The client is currently seeking a Manager, Software Development to join the management team for our Development team in Alpharetta. Client is a leading investment technology company with locations throughout the U.S., and in London, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Singapore. The client OMS™, our award-winning order management system (OMS), has been a market leader of investment technology since its launch in 1995. It is used by over 400 investment managers to streamline their investment process.
The client is a member of ConvergEx Group, a leading client-focused technology company providing products and services to asset managers and financial intermediaries globally. ConvergEx has offices in 22 cities throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.

Role Overview:

The Manager, Software Development assigns work, manages and monitors the progress of the development staff. This person also participates on a smaller scale with development efforts of overall team delivery of architecture specifications, application partitioning, object and data modeling, database design, programming, quality assurance, and implementation support while remaining active as a developer. Your goal is to build a productive, world-class, development team through participating in smart recruitment, mentoring and career development.

Key Functions:

• Oversee assigned team projects and provide high-level status of development, quality, operations, and system performance reporting to management on a weekly basis
• Develop execution plans which require constant coordination with the Product Management team and various additional internal groups, and external clients
• Execute against project plans and timing commitments by determining work requirements, priorities, and best use of resources for development projects
• Work closely with the engineers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach
• Contribute to and oversee the delivery of high quality code in C# or .NET that supports the Company’s proprietary software products
o Target of spending ~30% time writing code. All candidates are expected to demonstrate proficiency with writing code.
o Perform code reviews to ensure faithful implementation of design and high quality standards
• Ensure that changes adhere to existing architectural principles and do not violate requirements around security, scalability, performance, or maintainability
• Coaching and mentoring of Jr. Developers in the art of software development. In particular:
o Deep understanding of OOD/P and its application.
o Awareness of Design Patterns. How to use them, why to use them, and when to use them.
o Fluency in algorithmic thinking and problem solving

Leadership Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team within an Agile/Scrum environment
• Constantly strive to maintain and enhance a best-of-class engineering team
• Provide mentorship and guidance to team members while guiding team members’ career development
o Provide feedback to management on individual and team performance