Manager Software Engineering

Why Choose Bottomline?

Are you ready to transform the way businesses pay and get paid? Bottomline is a global leader in business payments and cash management, with over 35 years of experience and moving more than $16 trillion in payments annually. Were looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help drive impactful results for our customers. If youre dedicated to delighting customers and promoting growth and innovation - we want you on our team!

Position Summary

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead an engineering team in an agile environment building solutions. The key to the success of this position is having strong & innovative approach to problem solving, great technical leadership, excellent communication (written and verbal, formal and informal), flexibility, and a self-motivated working style with attention to detail.

Directs the activity of team leaders within a group or a specific area within the engineering function. Manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. Defines objectives and work plans and determines modes of employing resources to attain objectives and meet schedules. Serves as a professional authority for subordinate employees regarding problem-solving and schedule-meeting schedules.

This position is based at our Bangalore, India office.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative leadership and technical expertise with hands on coding, to guide the development and enhancement of our solutions.
• Work with Sr. leadership to align engineering initiatives with the companys strategic goals and objectives.
• Set clear goals and performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and provide constructive feedback to nurture individual and team growth.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, inspiring a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, implementation teams, Production support, and operations, to ensure best-in class customer experience.
• Think differently and foster a culture of curiosity, reasoning and innovation.
• Establish and enforce stringent quality practices, Non-functional standards and best practices throughout the engineering process to deliver products that exceed customer expectations.
• Develop and implement robust frameworks to track schedules, milestones and success criteria. Provide inputs to relevant stakeholders regarding schedule progress, health, issues/risks, and key dependencies.
• Improve, optimize and identify opportunities for efficient software development processes.
  
  

Technical Expertise

• Hands-on experience on using Java and related open source technologies for building enterprise class web applications
• High technical credibility - ability to audit technical decisions and push for the best solution to a problem.
• Sound technical foundation of single and multi-tier architecture, web-based development, and Services Oriented Architecture.
• Solid experience in spring, hibernate, spring boot and docker.
• Solid knowledge of version control systems like GitLab and build tools like
• Familiarity with observability tools like Elastic, Splunk, Grafana, and other microservices tools
• Experience with design patterns and microservices
• Knowledge of scalability and availability best practices
• Knowledge of incident management and resolution processes
• Ability and willingness to analyze and integrate inputs from technical and business resources to draw clear conclusions.
• Ability to see the big picture, while not losing sight of necessary details
• Proven track record of leading productive engineering teams and shipping world class products
  
  

Result Oriented

• A bias towards action and an iterative approach to problem-solving
• Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly. Consistently seek ways to improve existing processes.
• Proactive risk management: Ability to identify and mitigate risks.
• Data driven: Ability to identify meaningful data to be captured and present it in a clear, concise way. Influence data driven decisions as part of continuous improvement.
• Strong experience collaborating with Product, Production support, and other cross-functional stakeholders in metrics and goal driven organization.
• Ability to step up in complex situations while maintaining poise and professionalism.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks and keep delivery on schedule.
  
  

People development

• Create an environment conducive to individual and team success while upholding Bottomlines mission and values.
• Passion for developing people with effective coaching and mentoring skills.
• Ability to identify and successfully groom new leaders in technical areas for handling higher level of responsibilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal written, and verbal communications and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, freely, and concisely to influence, negotiate, and convince.
  
  

Experience And Education

• 10+ years of industry experience with 4+ years of leadership/management experience with a team of 5-10.
• Bachelors/Masters degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
  
  

We welcome talent at all career stages and are dedicated to understanding and supporting additional needs. Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive and open environment for everyone.

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