Engineering Manager (Java Background)

N-iX is a software development service company that helps businesses across the globe develop successful software products. During 22 years on the market and by leveraging the capabilities of Eastern Europe talents the company has grown to 2200+ professionals with a broad portfolio of customers in the area of Fortune 500 companies as well as technological start-ups. N-iX has come a long way and increased its presence in nine countries - Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Sweden, Malta, the UK, the US, and Colombia.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager with a Java technical background to join and lead one of the key development streams.

About the project:

Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States. Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U.S. airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts. 

N-iX has built a successful cooperation with the client delivering a range of complex initiatives. As a result, N-iX has been selected as a strategic long-term partner to drive the digital transformation on an enterprise level, fully remodeling the technology landscape for 55,000 employees and millions of people across North America. 

As Engineering Manager, responsible for facilitating alignment between product and technical streams, providing oversight and direction to technical leadership within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment, and managing and controlling integrations. you will lead a development stream responsible for core application suitе. You will be provided with the opportunity to involve development teams and non-development stakeholders to achieve mission critical goals of the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a group of development tech leaders ensuring efficiency, goal orientation and achievement of business goals and ensure following architecture governance;
• Improve software development processes across teams based on Agile principles and practices;
• Cooperate with key functional components of development stream (development teams, Program manager, Product manager, Architect, etc) and cross-stream stakeholders;
• Participate planning efforts involving development, product, architecture and quality perspectives;
• Help Identify and communicate development risks alongside mitigation strategies;
• Contribute to project prioritization based on development and product inputs;
• Address customer issues efficiently, lead towards process and product improvement;
• Integrations and release management

Requirements: 

• 5+ years of experience in software development on modern technology stack using Java technology stack
• 3+ years of experience on Tech Lead or Architect role
• Experience with Cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and DevOps practices
• Practical knowledge of cloud native software observability and monitoring
• Strong understanding of architecture, quality and security perspectives on software development

Why Join Us:

• Innovative Projects: Work on cutting-edge data platform modernization projects with leading industry clients.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.
• Collaborative Environment: Join a team of passionate experts dedicated to delivering excellence.
• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary and benefits package.