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Job Description:
JOB SUMMARY:
This position is for a Software Engineering Senior Manager to lead multiple scrum teams in the Vertex Compliance and Returns value stream on a strategic customer facing SaaS product with critical deliverables. As a Software Engineering Senior Manager, you will apply knowledge of people leadership, software development methodologies, best practices, and proven processes to a greenfield project to deliver timely outcomes with high quality standards. This role will collaborate across the teams on software development needs including design, development, and testing software. In addition to the collaboration with teams, this role will collaborate with partners to ensure our requirements are met. The Software Engineering Senior Manager will build high performing teams and evaluate their teams’ results to determine if project objectives are being met as well as analyze and resolve software development needs.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Encourage a Growth Mindset and accountability across all team members.
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Manage multiple teams of highly skilled technical individuals in different time zones.
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Act in the role of Product Owners and collaborate with Product Managers to develop the roadmap and translate into team backlogs.
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Work closely with architecture, user experience, product management, and engineering to ensure delivered products are in alignment with corporate strategy and engineering best practices.
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Interpret how the business strategy links to individual roles and responsibilities.
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Establish effective processes and practices for knowledge sharing and communication.
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Guide overall team activity to support team/business objectives.
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Develop and direct plans for improving team performance.
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Clarify how change will help the organization meet business goals and articulate benefits of change.
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Make recommendations regarding appropriate staff levels and skills to achieve goals and objectives.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Determine appropriate resourcing of staff to achieve goals and objectives.
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Define annual Key Performance Indicators aligned with corporate goals.
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Manage and mentor employees on performance gaps, career development opportunities, and strategies.
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Manage and coach employees on all human resource related processes including onboarding, performance management, succession planning, employee relations, selection, terminations, compensation, and rewards.
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Recognize others’ contributions and share credit for success.
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Own attainment of high employee satisfaction and retention; lead development of program and initiatives within group to attain high employee satisfaction.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
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Have a wide range of skills, including some of the following:
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Application Languages: C#, Java
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Databases: RDBMS and OODBMS, Postgresql, AWS DynamoDB, Snowflake
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UI Technologies: React, Typescript
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Cloud Technologies: AWS, Azure, or GCP – examples: EKS, EC2, S3, Lambda, SNS, SQS, SES
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Build and Deploy: branching strategies, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
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Testing: Unit, API, and UI technologies: JUnit, NUnit, Python, Postman/Newman, Cypress, Selenium
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Source Control: GitHub
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Experience with Microservice based design and development.
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Experience with SaaS Based tenant development.
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Understanding of best practices regarding software development and software testing.
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Understanding of security best practices when architecting environments, applications, and CI/CD processes.
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Experience with container technologies like Kubernetes, Docker preferred.
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Enjoy working with a large variety of services and technologies.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
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Ten (10) plus years of experience in software development with five (5) plus years of leadership experience
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Experience in a DevOps culture
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Experience in production SaaS environment
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Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
Top Skills
What We Do
The Trusted Leader in Tax Technology.
We're Vertex (VERX). A pioneer in tax automation for more than 40 years. We proudly serve over 4,000 customers worldwide with distinction and provide comprehensive tax solutions that enable global businesses to transact, comply and grow with confidence.
Our collaborative, friendly culture is the foundation of everything we do and who we are. We're proud to be an employer guided by a common purpose by building trusted relationships at work, in business and in our communities. We strive to be a values-driven employer of choice who attracts, retains, and inspires talented professionals to achieve their full potential. We employ over 1,500 full-time professionals across three continents: US, Europe, and Brazil.
Our software, content, and services address the increasing complexities of global commerce and compliance by reducing friction, enhancing transparency and enabling greater confidence in meeting indirect tax obligations. As a result, our software is ubiquitous within our customers’ business systems, touching nearly every line item of every transaction that an enterprise can conduct. Our software is fueled by over 300 million data-driven effective tax rules and supports indirect tax compliance in more than 19,000 jurisdictions worldwide.
We partner with the world’s most respected companies and harness their strengths to deliver the best tax technology solution to businesses across the globe. We integrate with key technology partners that span ERP, CRM, procurement, billing, POS and e-commerce platforms. We also work closely with over 50 tax, accounting and consulting firms to provide the integrated tax technology solutions.
Why Work With Us
We are a team-first culture that ensures every employee has the opportunity to grow and learn. At Vertex, Inc. we provide professional development opportunities and work with team members to achieve their full potential. Join our team and feel good about what you're doing and where you are going.
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