Software Engineering Director I--Enterprise Payments Ecosystem
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RegularLanguage Fluency: English (Required)
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1st shift (United States of America)Please review the following job description:
Lead a team or teams responsible for technology solutions that meet business needs and satisfy risk and operational requirements of the Tech organization. Identify and resolve complex technical, operational, risk management, and organizational challenges for an LOB or several Sub LOBs. Leverage emerging technologies and automation to improve business efficiencies, enhance speed-to-market of solution delivery, and support business and enterprise transformation and optimization. Has full management responsibilities for teammates: hiring, disciplinary, coaching, terminating, performance reviews.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
1. Direct the engineering and deployment of significant delivery projects in accordance with specified technical requirements, schedules and budgets, including Agile methodologies.
2. Lead delivery of mission-critical payments capabilities (Zelle / faster payments): Own end-to-end execution across analysis, design, build, test, and release of highly complex solutions with significant dependencies and risk; ensure predictable delivery and stakeholder transparency.
3. Lead complex initiatives with automation-first, AI/DUO-enabled end-to-end delivery: Drive application delivery from planning/design through engineering, testing, release, and deployment using Agile or Waterfall; implement and govern AI-assisted engineering across the SDLC (e.g., code/test generation, PR review augmentation, incident triage, knowledge retrieval) with a quantified DUO leverage plan and measurable outcomes (cycle time, defect leakage, MTTR), while ensuring security, model-risk controls, and auditability.
4. In an Agile environment: Act as an Agile champion. Primarily responsible for delivering high quality working software and automating manual/reusable tasks. Leverage engineering practices to deliver business value. Responsible for oversight of software engineering and unit testing, and supporting integration and functional testing. Oversee warranty support and knowledge transfer to production support. Ensure developed code is in accordance with the acceptance criteria established by the Product Owner.
5. Set engineering standards, controls, and quality bars: Ensure consistent adherence to enterprise and industry standards (security, resiliency, compliance), and drive engineering excellence through reviews, guardrails, and automated quality gates.
6. Develop departmental plans, including business, financial, production and/or organizational priorities based on IT and focuses on long-term operations planning and performance, and broader business objectives and priorities.
7. Apply an in-depth understanding of systems engineering and administration and a basic understanding of other IT disciplines in guiding and coaching team members
8. Maintain appropriate Risk Profile through owning the first line of Risk defense, proactively identifying risks, and implementing the necessary mitigations where
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