Manager, Software Development Jobs in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
About the role
The Manager, Software Development will manage a team of Software Developers. Utilizing their technical and software development experience. This role is accountable for the overall architecture, quality and security of applications, the development and on-time implementation of projects, coaching and mentoring the development team and addressing business requirements and expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic thought leadership, build technology roadmaps, address and remove obstacles for the team, prioritize resource allocation to projects and sustains production support
- Establish and maintain open and appropriate communication with application staff and management
- Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team providing coaching, leadership, guidance and performance management as required
- Document development deliverables, schedules and other necessary information providing progress reports as required
- Liaise with all relevant organizational departments in order to plan and execute projects providing assurance project scopes are accurately and adequately defined in relation to software development
- Perform maintenance of programming for existing versions of the organization's software offerings
- Ensure the functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules and system architecture for each system
- Actively participate in team meetings and offer recommendations /ideas on design projects
- Actively participate in discussion on architecture and design decisions with architects and translate them into implementation details
- Design, code, and test major features in collaboration with Team Members, Design Engineers, Documentation Specialists, Application architects, and other members of the development and technical team to deliver complex changes
- Recruit qualified staff and conduct performance evaluations
- Other duties as assigned
- Bring leading edge software development methodologies, tools and technologies to software development practice
- Lead developers in addressing and resolving functional and non-functional requirements
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent discipline
Experience
- 5+ years of experience managing application teams
- 10+ years' experience in an object-oriented development and enterprise environment (.Net preferred) along with a focus on application security
Qualifications
- Experience in web application development and good security practices
- Experience with API design and development
- Knowledge and experience with 1) cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure; 2) relational/non-relational databases; and big data 3) DevOps and CI/CD
- Demonstrated time management, project management and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to various parties including non-technical members of the organization.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills both verbal and written
- Demonstrated collaborative work style with the ability to effectively collaborate and work with all levels of the organization
- Ability to follow through and complete overlapping projects while adhering to strict deadlines
- High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts
- Excellent teamwork and team building skills with a proven ability to delegate
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