Manager, IT Engineering

The Manager, IT Engineering will lead a team of engineers in developing and maintaining software solutions across AAR’s portfolio. This role involves collaborating with local and remote teams, making technology recommendations, and actively participating in product development. Strong inter-personal skills are essential for effective teamwork and communication. Specific technical responsibility includes information gathering/research, liaising with Product teams, undertaking design and architecture work, and writing code as needed including active development on products, prototypes, and proofs of concept. They will be responsible for all system developments using, and integrating, appropriate technologies for new developments in their area of responsibility.

As a leader:

• Develop and support a diverse range of new and existing applications across a global stack – focusing on quality, maintainability, consistent design, and customer satisfaction
• Manage tasks, assign work, handle/troubleshoot issues, and mentor team members inside and outside your direct team including those with QA, Product, and Database skills
• Be focused on growing your team’s skills and developing them personally and professionally
• Using training, research, and your own passions understand the future of technology and help drive the technical roadmap for the company to keep us up to date with modern practices and solutions
• Work with your immediate manager (Director, Architecture and Software Development) to grow and continually shape your team and manage relationships with external contractors
• Be a good communicator, leader, motivator, and influencer – lead from the front and be a trusted partner for your colleagues and your team
• Provide guidance and supervision to direct reports ensuring well-written, testable, and high-quality code is produced not only individually but across the team
• Operate as the local contact for business stakeholders and system and process owners in respect of project resourcing, development design, quality, and system testing of software systems within their remAll other duties as assigned

As an engineer and architect:

• Design and develop APIs in support of web and mobile applications and partner integrations using modern languages including JAVA Springboot for multiple projects and products
• Create software solutions engineered to incorporate best practices in service orientated architectures in coordination with other software development and cloud computing teams.
• Perform testing of code/projects to ensure accuracy, integrity, and completeness to achieve desired results taking responsibility for the final quality of developed products
• Drive technology strategy and technical capabilities for our applications; leveraging deep understanding of business processes and technical building blocks to design application architectures that balance business and customer needs with technical non-functional requirements for resiliency, security, and efficiency

What you need to be successful in this role: 

• A strong understanding of the full lifecycle of software development
• Familiarity with microservices, event driven architecture, message brokers architecture framework 
• Familiarity with software architecture, using Azure cloud services preferred 
• Proven experience of working in a secure data environment 
• Proven knowledge and experience in an agile development environment
• Knowledge and experience of implementing standards and quality assurance in delivering software solutions 
• Experience of managing, motivating, and developing a technical development team
• A proven track record of experience in systems analysis, software design, and expertise in the development and integration of systems using appropriate technologies
• The ability to maintain and develop good technical knowledge of industry innovations and strategic technical direction 
• An aptitude for planning, stra