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Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Taylor & FrancisBengaluru, Karnataka, India
30+ days ago
Job description

Job Description

Introduction :

We are currently looking to bring on a talented, self-motivated and conscientious Engineering Manager to work in our Open Access platform focusing on helping researchers, institutes publish research content through one of our 3000+ journals.

We are in an exciting phase of change, where we are embarking on a journey of building new digital products, in enriching the experience of our customers / users. This position plays a key role in ensuring that we provide a robust solution to support our services and customers. In this role, you’ll lead a talented team of driven Engineers working on some highly visible, large-scale projects with influence over a wide range of business and technology stakeholders .

What you’ll be doing :

  • Lead a team of ~20 Software Engineers
  • Build and grow a High Performance, motivated team of engineers
  • Foster and maintain a safe, inclusive work atmosphere and build a healthy and collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
  • Work closely with Business teams, Product managers, engineers, and QA to plan, own and deliver solutions with quality and as per agreed and committed timelines
  • Use Agile methodologies and principles. Constantly work towards introducing and evolving best practices and processes within the team
  • Cultivate an engineering culture of constant growth and continuous improvement via coaching, mentoring, providing constant feedback and setting clear and measurable goals
  • Display ownership in ensuring design, development, enhancement and implementation of reliable features and services, in adherence to the targeted design and architecture
  • Help set the vision of the services under the team's ownership
  • Help align the roadmap based on customer and company desires
  • Build the technology the right way : for us, this means simple, well-tested services that gradually grow over time, and that provide plenty of insight into production performance.
  • Attract, Hire and retain talented engineers into the team

What we’re looking for :

  • 12-15 years of overall experience with at-least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams.
  • Demonstrated team management and leadership skills
  • Demonstrated ability to multitask
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills
  • Proven track record of shipping features and meeting milestones consistently with quality
  • Demonstrated stakeholder management skills and an ability to build strong relationships and trust throughout the organization
  • Excellent Prioritization skills, ability to anticipate and plan ahead
  • Ability to sense, plan and execute automation where needed
  • Sense of urgency and mindset to improve consistently
  • In-depth knowledge and experience developing applications using MEAN Stack.
  • Experience working on cloud computing services like AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, SNS / SQS, S3, etc.
  • Experience with CI / CD tools like GitHub, GitHub Actions, Travis, NPM, Shell Script etc.
  • Excellent knowledge of microservices, data modelling techniques, REST Web services
  • Experience designing / developing with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer).
  • Excellent communication skills while addressing technical and non-technical audiences
  • Prior experience delivering using Agile on at least 2 key projects.

    • Qualifications

  • Relevant years of experience in an IT technical role.
  • Excellent knowledge of a wide area of information systems concepts and practice, both within and beyond own organization. Including all stages of systems development. Has a deep and demonstrable knowledge of at least one area of specialisation
  • Can demonstrate a rational and organized approach to the tasks undertaken and an awareness of the need to achieve quality
  • Experience with publishing, royalties or finance business processes would be an advantage.
  • Excellent analytical ability, attention to detail, and understanding of the importance of commercial constraints
  • Good problem-solving abilities
  • Excellent communication skills with stakeholders of all levels

    • Additional Information

    Additional Information

  • 24 days annual leave
  • 4 volunteering days annually
  • Day off for your birthday
  • Pension contributions
  • Medical insurance for self and dependants; life cover and personal accident cover for self
  • Seasonal social and charitable events
  • Training and development
  • Blended style and flexi working time
  • Right tools for remote working

    • At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.