Software Development Manager
Location
The Woodlands, TX | United States
Job description
Software Development Manager Location The Woodlands, TX :
About Us
TechBlocks is a leading global digital product development firm. We unify strategy, design and technology with continuous growth-centric digital product engineering solutions for F500 companies and global brands including Bell Telecom, Bausch Health (Previously Valeant Pharma), Honda Motors, AES Corp, Thomson Reuters Carswell, First American and Colliers International.
Our passion is empowering innovators and change-makers at every level of the product life cycle. We specialize in building customized business apps that allow organizations and enterprises to improve their efficiency, collaboration and user experience. Based in Toronto with offices in the U.S., and India we work with clients around the planet. What separates us from the rest is our ability to help businesses transform into digital businesses with our consulting, engineering and post-go-live, go-to-market services. If you have a passion for innovation and looking for the opportunity to work on leading-edge projects, then join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Work with Senior Management to build a long-term road map of the engineering team.
- Help the development team with day-to-day activities and projects, solve challenges, build and improve standards, and help the organization to adhere to the best development practices
- Skilled at managing projects related to e-commerce application design, coding, deployment and maintenance of applications across multiple platforms
- Ability to Mentor development team members in adopting best practices in the software development lifecycle
- Ability to review new and existing program/project architecture for compliance with IT standards, policies and architectural plans
- Act as a coach for the technical teams by providing direction, functional and technical training, and technical expertise.
- Work side by side with Architects to introduce modern software development practices for the entire software development lifecycle and help introduce these to the organization.
- Give architectural recommendations, and design major components of the architecture, including APIs, user interface, and middleware.
- Advocate, document, and enforce best engineering practices, design and implementation principles, and coding standards; drive high quality in all phases of software development.
- Work with customers and collect requirements, define and communicate technical requirements, architecture, and design.
Requirements
- Bachelor's and/or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related degree, or equivalent experience
- Over 5 years in a leadership capacity
- 10+ years of experience in Software Development, Design, and Testing
- Must have experience in managing e-commerce project. 2+ years of experience working on medium/large e-commerce implementations
- Should have at least been part of 1 or more end-to-end e-commerce implementations
- Previous experience as software Developer
- Experience in taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Experience working on complex business problems and providing technical solutions that are effective, creative, and efficient.
- Deep experience in agile software development life cycle, practices, and tools (coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes, QA)
- Ability to coach team members in technical skills and provide advice and assistance on project management, time management, coding, and testing
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and demanding environment
- Strong experience in MS Azure or AWS
- Good knowledge of relational data models, SQL, and RDBMS (MS SQL and PostgreSQL)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to details
Job Type: Contract
Benefits:
Experience level:
Experience:
- Software development: 10 years (Required)
- E-commerce: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- The Woodlands, TX (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- The Woodlands, TX: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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