Backbase

EngineeringManager

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Market Sentiment
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The Brief

“Engineering Manager at Backbase. Skills: Engineering Management, Release Management, Agile Methodologies, Team Leadership, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). lead a best-in-class, functional team of software engineers. define and promote the team’s ways of working, hiring, and training strategies”

What You'll Achieve.

facilitate the quick delivery of essential applications features and enhancements to the customer; upholding the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the production environment; reduce manual intervention

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Experience identifying and resolving

Eligibility Requirements

flexibility to support operations outside standard 9–5 business hours

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum of a bachelor’s degree, 6+ years of engineering, Experience identifying and resolving, Experience leading application support teams, Effective in managing responsibilities in high-stress situations, Experience in Development, Experience planning next, Verification and validation of changes, Post-release sanity check and production stabilization, Coordinate with the support team to ensure a smooth handover, Identify and implement Release Management Improvements such as reduce manual intervention, Ensure the definition and alignment of the release management Roadmap with product teams, Experience as people manager of a software development cross-discipline team of at least 10 members, Be able to manage ambiguity, stakeholder management skills, Spanish and English communication skills, J2EE, Spring Microservices, Cloud Native app, DevOps, Security Testing

Nice to Have

ITIL v4

What You'll Do.

functional team of software engineers

define and promote the team’s ways of working

and training strategies

building procedures and artifacts that are necessary for its development

manage the release management cycle

from strategic planning

seamless deployment and the effective control of a software release

facilitate the quick delivery of essential applications features and enhancements to the customer by multidisciplinary development teams in a complex environment while simultaneously upholding the integrity

and availability of the production environment

Experience identifying and resolving

Experience leading application support teams

Experience in Development

Experience planning next

Verification and validation of changes

Post-release sanity check and production stabilization

Coordinate with the support team to ensure a smooth handover

Identify and implement Release Management Improvements such as reduce manual intervention

Ensure the definition and alignment of the release management Roadmap with product teams

Experience as people manager of a software development cross-discipline team of at least 10 members

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

lead a best-in-class, functional team of software engineers; Coordinate with the support team to ensure a smooth handover; Ensure the definition and alignment of the release management Roadmap with product teams; software development cross-discipline team

Communication Scope

Spanish and English communication skills

Process & Methodology

strategic planning, conceptualization, scheduling, seamless deployment, effective control of a software release, planning next, release management Roadmap

Full Job Description

The job in short In this key leadership position, where you will lead a best-in-class, functional team of software engineers. Along with leading and growing the team, you define and promote the team’s ways of working, hiring, and training strategies. Meet the job Strong background in SDLC Release Management in an agile environment, building procedures and artifacts that are necessary for its development. Be able to manage the release management cycle, from strategic planning, conceptualization, scheduling, rigorous testing, seamless deployment and the effective control of a software release. The primary objective is to facilitate the quick delivery of essential applications features and enhancements to the customer by multidisciplinary development teams in a complex environment while simultaneously upholding the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the production environment. How about you Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering; 6+ years of engineering experience; Experience identifying and resolving risks; Experience leading application support teams. Effective in managing responsibilities in high-stress situations Given the 24/7 nature of the Bank industry and our client base across North America, this role requires the flexibility to support operations outside standard 9–5 business hours Experience in Development and Test; Experience planning next iterations; Verification and validation of changes Post-release sanity check and production stabilization Coordinate with the support team to ensure a smooth handover Identify and implement Release Management Improvements such as reduce manual intervention Ensure the definition and alignment of the release management Roadmap with product teams Experience as people manager of a software development cross-discipline team of at least 10 members Be able to manage ambiguity Strong stakeholder management skills Strong Spanish and English communication skills Preferable ITIL v4 You are expected to have a good

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