Offshore Java Development Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

We are looking for a highly energetic and skillful technical leader who can help us re-architect our existing customer / employee facing systems and develop new capabilities in a completely cloud-native environment. This individual will be highly proficient in leading technical teams of both full time and contract employees and have significant experience in AWS, node.js, spring boot, angular, react, react native and similar technologies. We are a team of highly innovative and entrepreneurial individuals and the leader for this group needs to demonstrate the same level of curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity in their current and past roles. This role will be central to the overall transformation of the company as we look to build new, compelling, and novel experiences that will revolutionize how customers engage with automotive service.

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Duties & Responsibilities

             Oversee user experience for all facets of employee / customer facing technologies including consumer mobile application, employee mobile application, employee

             Develop and deliver overall full stack architecture developing in a cloud-native environment using RESTFUL services

             Lead and motivate a team of 12-15 engineers

             Participate as part of the IT Leadership Team (direct reports to the CIO) and participate in many Senior Leadership Team meetings

             Lead the standardization of all development practices leveraging full agile development

             Lead, develop and mentor the team, developing new team members successfully

             Influence and set strategic direction for all customer / employee technologies

             Must be able to quickly establish credibility at all levels of the organization including senior-level business executives

             Manage budget, resources and schedules across multiple projects, internal and system integrator staff. Coordinate with other programs and IT's horizontal services

             Identify, manage and communicate issues, risks and dependencies to project stakeholders and sponsors

             Help maintain and evolve the IT applications roadmap and drive strategic recommendations

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

             At least 10 years' experience leading systems engineering capabilities ideally within a notable startup or digital group within a Fortune 500 environment

             Experience managing teams over 10 FTEs, including subcontractors and offshore resources

             Demonstrated ability to anticipate and handle critical situation, negotiating solutions and resolving conflicts with customers, IT partners and vendors

             Demonstrated ability to manage staff remotely, across multiple time zones

             Demonstrated experience in setting and influencing strategic business solutions

             Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and able to work effectively with VP and C-level executives

             Leadership skills; able to influence others to the desired outcome, supervise and inspire team members

             Experience leading agile and modern software development tools such as Github, JIRA / Confluence, Jenkins

             Experience in cloud-based technologies including hands-on experience with DevOps

             Hands-on experience with java / fullstack technologies including SpringBoot, Node.js, Angular.js, React, React Native, etc.

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