Manager, Software Engineering

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

About the role:

You are part of a highly dynamic and innovative development team working on the latest technologies and in the exciting fast-growing property technology (PropTech) space. As the Manager, Software Engineering, you will lead 2 to 3 agile development teams guiding feature development, technical debt remediation, platform development, CI/CD, and support. This role strives to ensure that engineering activities are conducted to a high standard aligned with the right business priorities and needs.  We value high quality engineers, and you will help ensure that our team members continuously grow by setting goals, reviewing progress and ensuring individual growth.  This is a hands-on role, perfect for a manager who has experience delivering high-quality software solutions in a highly dynamic development environment. Additionally, someone who enjoys rolling their sleeves up and helping to define technical solutions, solve problems and remove obstacles.

This leader applies communication, problem-solving and best practices to lead the team in the design, development and deployment of mission-critical applications and services.  This position will also coordinate and oversee all maintenance and support of existing applications, including managing technical communications with key internal and external stakeholders.

Why you should work here: 

• Promotion path is merit based

• The company culture is incredible

• World class engineering organization that’s customer focused, always exploring new and innovative tech to deliver highest possible quality to our end users

• Modern practices and technologies and a culture of continuous improvement

• Our goal as an Engineering organization is to help you hit your internal targets, develop your career and increase your income

What Part Will You Play?

• Manage, coach and mentor a team of software engineers.

• Work closely with Product Management on product planning.

• Drive technical implementation of software development projects.

• Coordinate development, test and production release of all new features.

• Coordinate maintenance activities required to support existing features.

• Research and recommend best practices and technology to support new development.

• Conduct performance appraisals and perform salary administration.

• Recruit and hire new staff members.

• Provide regular reporting on projects, resources and state of the department.

• Function as a technical liaison interacting with partner integrations.

What Are We Looking For in This Role?

• Extensive experience with the Agile/Scrum software development methodology

• 8+ years of hands-on analysis, software design, development and systems management.

• 3+ years as technical leader of software/application development team.

• Experience with modern architecture design paradigms like microservices.

• Experience with .NET, Node.js or Java preferred.

• Good project management and product lifecycle skills.

• 3+ years of experience with the Agile/Scrum development methodology.

• Extremely detail-oriented, creative, dependable and trustworthy, with positive a attitude.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Highly self-motivated and self-directed.

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.