Company Description
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments — from buying a home or a car to sending a child to college to growing a business by connecting with new customers — we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
We have 17,800 people operating across 44 countries, and every day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation to help all our clients maximize every opportunity. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Learn more at www.experianplc.com or visit our global content hub at our global news blog for the latest news and insights from the Group
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments — from buying a home or a car to sending a child to college to growing a business by connecting with new customers — we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
We have 17,800 people operating across 44 countries, and every day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation to help all our clients maximize every opportunity. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Learn more at www.experianplc.com or visit our global content hub at our global news blog for the latest news and insights from the Group
Job Description
Position Summary
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, unlocking the power of data to create more opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We are thrilled to share that FORTUNE has named Experian one of the 100 Best Companies to work for. In addition, for the last five years we’ve been named in the 100 “World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes Magazine.
Experian Automotive is looking for a highly motivated software development leader that can thrive in fast paced agile environment. You will be leading agile development team(s) that deliver a diverse product portfolio. You will work closely with product managers, scrum master, developers, and sales to manage deliverables that align with organization’s strategy. We also seek a person with vast knowledge of modern/AWS technology and strong leadership to champion the innovation required for the growth of the business.
Primary Responsibilities include:
- Lead multinational engineering scrum team(s) to develop high quality software products that enable business to achieve strategic objectives.
- Lead development teams to deliver on-time, on budget, high value complex projects.
- Partner with product management & customer deliverable teams to build shared goals.
- Your deep experience in application design, solutions architecting, development and testing will be required to set strategic direction and solve complex problems.
- Work effectively with members of cross-functional product development teams including Product Managers, Architects, Scrum master’s and Analysts on various sized projects and initiatives.
- Move fluidly from the big picture to details and lead the engineering teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
- Estimate timelines for both long-term roadmap initiatives and short-term deliverables.
- Establish and enforce best practices in code control, code reviews, unit testing, DevOps, and cloud architecture.
- Assess existing solutions and identify opportunities for automation and upgrading technology platform
- Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress. Identify communication gaps, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities. Drive results proactively.
- Play an integral role in making sure that software products are developed in accordance with company’s risk, security, and architecture guidelines.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Computer Science Degree or equivalent
- 14 to 17 years of overall technology experience in software development environment; developer background is a must.
- Minimum 8 years of experience leading development teams with direct reports
- Strong background in API development, authentication, and integration
- Experience with cloud development on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform with services including API Gateway, Lambda, EC2, ECS, SQS, SNS, Fargate, Redshift, Glue, Athena, Dynamo DB and Aurora DB.
- Hands on experience of JAVA/J2EE, Spring Boot, Bitbucket/GIT, JS framework (React and/or Node)
- Knowledge of multithreaded programming and concurrency control
- Strong background in data modeling and database design concepts E
- Ability to comprehend and implement detailed project specifications as well as the ability to adapt to various technologies and simultaneously work on multiple projects.
- Knowledge of a broad range of both commercial and opensource solutions/tools - React/Vue.JS, KAFKA, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Unix shell.
- Experience in Cloud migration projects and implementing solutions leveraging AWS (serverless preferred) capabilities and Infrastructure as Code/SAM (Kubernetes, Observability, CI/CD).
- Excellent communication skills and a deep understanding of technology
- Experience in preparing materials and presenting to wider audiences, translating technologies into products.
- Proven success in developing teams to deliver and demonstrated engineering excellence.
- Secure development mindset with proven track record.
- Comfortable and experienced communications with clients and senior management
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