Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Job Details:

The Director of Software Engineering will leverage their background and expertise in software engineering and agile methodologies to internally drive the planning and delivery of our large scale and globally distributed  products. The incumbent of this role will have a strong engineering background, business acumen, be a champion of transformation, mentor the teams on building world class software, and help drive automation, ensure resiliency and quality of all our products.

For this role, you will be responsible for  multiple managers leading .NET engineering teams leveraging modern development practices to deliver Global Payment next generation boarding platform and integrations. The development  is 100% cloud native and relevant previous experience is highly desired. 

Responsibilities

Guide the engineering team in lock-step with development  policies, processes, and guidelines

Establish and implement engineering practices around design, code, development process, etc.

Release and operate the services with the highest standard of excellence with a relentless focus on customer success

Work with Product leadership to deliver the value to our customers using a combination of Agile methodologies and product operating model to achieve outcomes.

Lead technical discussions with senior leadership, leveraging a balance of technical and business acumen

Work with both technical stakeholders and internal technology teams to help develop the technical strategy and roadmap

Manage technical risk of development teams’ efforts toward planned goals and milestones as set forth with stakeholders

Ensure Security best practices are followed in all aspects of software development

Lead, mentor and grow strong development teams, carefully balancing the current teams with the demand and needs as the business grows rapidly

Ongoing assessment of existing and emerging internal and external technologies and if/how they can be leveraged to improve capabilities and prepare for areas of growing demand

Identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to introduce automation into manual business and technical processes

Growth and professional development of team members

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
 

Technical Skills

At least 5  years of experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of managing complex technical solutions.

2+ years of cloud experience preferably in an engineering or DevOps capacity.

Previous experience leading teams in cloud development preferably leveraging .NET technologies.

Extensive experience with Agile development methodologies & SDLC best practices

Extensive experience with modern software development and release processes & tools

Expert knowledge of modern architectural standards and frameworks

Experience in collaborating with product managers representing Sales, Operations, Product, and technology and balancing competing interests and needs across the organization to define a clear roadmap for deliverables

Working knowledge of cloud architecture best practices

Working knowledge of software development and programming languages

Strong, proven technical leadership experience and a strategic problem-solver

Computer Science & Management Information Systems background
 

Leadership Qualifications

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Strong remote team leadership qualities. Ability to work independently and across many time zones.

Experience mentoring team members as well as helping them set and achieve goals for growth in their careers. This includes regular one on one meetings as well as the creation of formal performance evaluations and action plans

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to relate technical solutions to business terminology and goals

An ownership mentality and entrepreneurial approach, including comfort with intelligent risk-taking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or equivalent.

10+ years of related experience
 

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree, master's preferred

At least 5 years experience in a leadership role within delivery-focused consulting or financial services industry

Previous experience restructuring or reorganizing an organization successfully

Proven experience growing revenue within a professional services organization

Previous experience building and leading digital transformation strategy projects

Experience managing a team of managers

Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and develop teams

Experience developing disaster recovery and business continuity plans

Understanding of ML/AI and experience with data science tools and methods, preferred

Experience with process automation and orchestration software, preferred

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