Manager, Software Development

SAS; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SAS in Pune's R&D Center is seeking a Software Manager to lead the development of SaaS enterprise applications. You will organize resources, guide technical direction, and ensure delivery milestones while upholding best practices.

The right candidate has 12+ years in software development, 2–4 years in leadership, strong Java/Spring/MVC, and experience with SDLC, CI/CD, and cloud-based deployments. Excellent communication and mentoring skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software development.
• 2–4 years of leadership in software teams.
• Experience with SaaS enterprise applications.
• Strong Java, Spring, and MVC expertise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Organizes, develops, prioritizes, and assigns resources to deliver high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines, while adhering to R&D best practices and processes.
• Leads development project designs and enforces technical standards to ensure solutions are implemented correctly across browsers, devices and OS.
• Proactively engages stakeholders to ensure requirements are met and aligned with R&D standards.
• Manages scoping and scheduling; tracks progress and alerts management of concerns.
• Ensures product quality with comprehensive testing and manages code changes for enhancements and bug fixes.
• Maintains accountability for the entire life cycle of the code for internal and external users.
• Ensures design and technical documentation is accurate for all consumers.
• Collaborates with Product Management, Marketing, Sales and Customers to guide project direction.
• Provides technical leadership through mentoring and team management.
• Oversees department activities including performance management and growth with HR and leadership.

Skills

Software management

Java

Spring

MVC

Agile

SDLC knowledge

Team leadership

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

About the role:

The role is based in the Pune R&D Center, at SAS R&D Pune facility.We are looking for a Software Manager to development product within the Industrial division. You will be leading the development activities, optimizing allocation for team members, lead the team technically, involve all the stakeholders appropriately, and maintain project standards and best practices and deliver outcomes as planned.

Essential Experience:

• At least 12 years of working experience in software development
• At least 2 years of management/leading experience of software development teams
• Experience of architecting technically sophisticated systems.
• Strong experience in Agile software development cycle
• Experience in enforcing best technical practices in software development
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Understanding of manual and automation testing processes and architecture
• Understanding of full stack of technology
• Proficiency in JAVA, Spring, and MVC patterns, Gradle, Maven
• Experience with web development frameworks to include one or more of the following: jQuery, NodeJS, AngularJS, Ember, React or equivalent
• Experience with Postgres, Oracle databases
• Must be familiar with all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Ability to make UI recommendations based on solid understanding of user interactions.
• Experience with software design patterns and architectural patterns.
• Good understanding of data modelling best practices
• Experience in leading/managing teams with energy and optimism
• Ability to motivate team members to function collaboratively
• Good in multi-tasking

Experience of these items would be useful:

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Management in development on any public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, etc.
• Managing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI, CD) model

We are a friendly team, and we’ll be offering you plenty of opportunities to develop your career.

Primary Responsibilities

• Organizes, develops, prioritizes, and assigns resources to deliver high quality, testable and scalable software solutions within established timelines, while adhering to R&D best practices and processes.
• Leads development project designs and enforces technical standards to ensure solutions are executed correctly across various supported environments (i.e. browsers, devices, operating systems).
• Proactively leads and solicits the involvement of other project stakeholders (e.g. managers, developers, user interface and visual designers, product managers) to ensure implementation satisfies functional requirements and is consistent with established R&D standards.
• Manages and leads project scoping and scheduling; tracks progress of individual tasks and alerts executive management and stakeholders of concerns meeting schedules, while following established R&D standards.
• Manages product quality standards by ensuring functional, unit and performance testing is comprehensive and thorough; works closely with development and testing teams to verify test plans. Organizes, prioritizes, and assigns resources to implement and resolve code changes related to enhancements, redesigns and/or bug fixes.
• Maintains accountability for the entire life cycle of the code including support for both internal and external consumers.
• Ensures the veracity of design and technical documentation to satisfy both internal and external consumers.
• Contributes to product or project direction through collaboration with Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Customers, and others within SAS.
• Provides technical leadership as appropriate for projects and to the team through mentoring, training, and managing the activities of the team.
• Manages all aspects of the department including teamwork, performance management, feedback, professional growth through collaboration with SAS human resources, SAS education and executive leadership.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Background and Experience

SAS is seeking a Software Manager with overall experience of 12+ years, with 2 to 4 years management/leading experience. The candidate should have development and management experience in Saas enterprise applications. The candidate should have excellent organizing and prioritizing skills, and sharp technical skills to choose the right direction technically. Candidate should have proven track record of delivery management and people management. Candidates should also have excellent verbal and written communication skills and possess the confidence to pull the work in the right direction, keeping all stake holders involved and engaged.