Software Engineering Manager

Company: Umpqua Bank
Location: Hillsboro
Posted on: September 14, 2020

Job Description:

Leads a diverse team of software engineers responsible for delivering web experiences, core system integrations and APIs to associates and customers. Provides technical leadership and direction on engineering best practices. Ensures proficiency and continuity of staff through training, development opportunities, and performance reviews. Partners with business and technology stakeholders to align on priorities and deploy resources to solve business needs. Leads continuous process improvement activities for the development team. Strong bond with site reliability engineering managers to influence, guide and collaborate throughout the release lifecycle. Functions: Responsible for coaching and developing a team of software engineers. Evangelize and promote automation over manual methods. Encourage transparency and visibility. Drive engineering best practices across all current and new software development projects. Responsible for resource management, including frequent performance feedback and annual performance review. Coordinate with business and technology stakeholders to help identify and prioritize needs and to ensure resource needs are met. Facilitate communication within the team and with business and technology stakeholders. Develop high-performing development team through recruitment, retention and training opportunities Develop a culture of continuous improvement. Assist with removing roadblocks and empowering the team to deliver best work. Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes. Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training. Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description. May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert. Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Umpqua corporate culture in all actions and words. Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate. Embraces our vision to become "The World's Greatest Bank." May perform other duties as assigned. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES 10-12 employees REQUIREMENTS: Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent work experienced required. 5-8 years of relevant experience in software development. 3-5 years experience in leadership/management role with responsibility of hiring and performance management. Experience in all facets of the SDLC for software development projects. Experience with cloud, hybrid cloud development and release practices (Azure, AWS) Ability to collaborate with business and technology stakeholders across the organization to align on priorities. Experience with Microsoft technology stack; web and mobile development; web services design and implementation; (C#, .Net Core, Angular, Ember). Demonstrated experience with building and developing high-performance teams. Knowledge of agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban). Experience leading software developers through design and development of custom applications. PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS Office environment no specific or unusual physical or environmental demands. Occasional travel. About Us We do things a little differently here at Umpqua. Our retail stores serve as community hubs, our associates are given up to 40 hours of volunteer time each year, and we're never satisfied with the status quo. It's no wonder we've made "Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For" eight years in a row. But greatness has no finish line, so we continue every day to keep people at the center of everything we do. We focus on building relationships, understanding our customers' needs and connecting to people in new and innovative ways -- always staying true to our mission of providing personalized banking for all people, whenever and however they prefer to bank. Umpqua Bank is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran status, or disability. We maintain a drug-free workplace and may perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. #LI-CH1

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