Manager Software Engineering - REMOTE

You are a driven and motivated problem solver ready to pursue meaningful work. You strive to make an impact every day & not only at work, but in your personal life and community too. If that sounds like you, then you've landed in the right place. You are a driven and motivated problem solver ready to pursue meaningful work. You strive to make an impact every day, not only at work, but in your personal life and community too. If that sounds like you, then you've landed in the right place. The Hartford's MLC IT Team is seeking a highly motivated, experienced IT Leader who is responsible for leading engineering teams to successfully drive the transformation of our application landscape. The Software Engineering Manager will have end-to-end accountabilities in IT Operations across the application portfolio. Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate strong leadership skills, excellent partnership with stakeholders and partner teams, solid technical acumen, experience in delivering quality technical solutions as well as setting and executing on a strategic technical vision to ensure the systems are stable, performant, and secure. Responsibilities: Function as the go-to technical leader for the software applications supported, requiring depth and breadth of knowledge in technologies, applications, integration, interfaces and business domain Serve as key liaison between the architecture and technical delivery teams to influence the technical strategy for the organization, keeping in mind its cross functional impacts, integration across the organization, and architecture rationalization. Collaboration with teams to identify opportunities for integration across tools used in the life cycle, including agile, test automation, platform configuration management, and drive efficiencies. Ability to provide concise, transparent communications about potential risks, mitigations and business impacts in a timely manner. Hires, trains, and develops talent for growth opportunities; monitors team/individual's morale and engagement to maintain highly effective and collaborative environments. Ability to understand technology trade off risks and rewards for the best customer value delivery. Challenges teams for continuous improvement ideas and supports the team for implementation. Takes ownership to drive innovation for effectively leveraging technology to solve the customer problem. Oversee technical deliverables, coaching and mentoring of junior developers and provide technical leadership for same; enforcing development guidelines and best practices. Foster an environment of experimentation and continual improvement through regular Innovation Sprints, technical debt reduction and a forward-thinking architectural runway. Experience in building and advocating RESTful services, API design best practices, distributed systems, micro services architecture and other architectural patterns. Proactively address technical issues and risks that could impact project schedule and/or integrity of the application environment Work closely with stakeholders to design and document solutions that align with the business needs and are consistent with the architectural vision Qualifications: 7+ years of experience in application software solution development along with managing software engineering teams. Strategic planning, process analysis and execution skills for introducing evolving architecture based solutions like Cloud, SaaS, and open source frameworks. Experience building scalable back-end services and application components using Java/JVM stack, Spring Boot, JPA, RDBMS, RESTful APIs etc Ability to write and review well-abstracted, reusable code for all backend components. Experience with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, preferred tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Rally, SonarQube etc. Contribute to the code base and ensure code and processes adhere to clean code practices and industry best practices. Experience working in an Agile or SAFe development environment Experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS) across platform innovations and management Superior organization skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to present confidently before a large audience Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills Knowledge of project management methodologies and best practices. Very well-qualified candidates will also have experience in front end web technologies and frameworks like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, and Angular or React Must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship Remote candidates welcome Equal Opportunity Employer/Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age Compensation The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is: $121,840 - $182,760 Equal Opportunity Employer/Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age About Us Culture & Employee Insights Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Benefits Manager Software Engineering - IE07FE Skills: