The Senior Engineer in Production Management will be responsible for the development and overall implementation of software in a complex, critical, and large cross-departmental and multidisciplinary area.
The role is part of a multi-year transformation journey that will require a successful candidate to establish best practices and motivate and promote a cultural shift that will ensure a successful adoption of Engineering Principles and Practices within Production Management.
The role requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Accountable for the delivery of a full range of end-to-end projects.
Excellent communication skills required to negotiate internally.
Involved in short- to medium-term planning of actions and resources for their own area.
Compensation level for NYC is 140000-160000 USD gross based on the interview results.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle and how it integrates within the overall technology landscape to deliver scalable, reliable, and resilient applications.
Ability to operate in a global environment with on-/near-/off-shore matrix reporting structures.
Operates in a highly regulated environment that requires an in-depth understanding of the regulatory requirements and the industry implications for our technologies.
Improve the service level the team provides to our end users, which includes maximizing operational efficiencies and strengthening incident management, problem management, and knowledge sharing practices.
Drives Continuous Delivery and Automation efforts across the supported applications by means of root cause analysis reviews, knowledge management, performance tuning, and user training.
Fosters a culture that promotes transparency and innovation for increased team productivity.
Coaching members of the team and outside the immediate reporting line about the best practices and recognizing anti-patterns that are quickly addressed.
Implements the Agile Framework through one of its implementations, like SCRUM or Kanban, and ensures it integrates with the overall organization processes.
Avidly communicates progress and project status across the organization and ensures that stakeholders are managed appropriately throughout the execution period.
Mandatory Skills Description:
6+ years of hands‑on Java development
4+ years of experience with React
Kubernetes and Containerization knowledge
Relevant experience in a critical software development role with high business impact, ability to understand how software delivers business value
Excellent engineering skills and senior architecture
Excellent working knowledge of key computer science concepts (networking, operating systems, virtualization, containerization, etc.)
Polyglot full-stack developer mentality and ability to pick up new languages and skills
Excellent understanding of Software Engineering concepts like Software Development Life Cycle and GitOps
Excellent debugging and analytical skills: ability to isolate root cause across networking/infrastructure, application and database stacks
Operational experience of deploying and running services at scale on top of a Docker/Kubernetes stack and a service mesh, like Istio, is highly desirable
Operational experience with orchestration tools for CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.) is highly desirable
Experience of delivering software using Agile delivery methodologies is a must (SCRUM/Kanban)
Operational experience of using middleware technologies (MQ, Apache Kafka, etc.) to run services at scale is desirable
Strong experience with end-to-end observability stacks (Datadog, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, etc.) is desirable
A degree in computer science/mathematics/physics, or a related technical subject is desirable
Experience of senior stakeholder management
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
