Manager, Software Development

Description

Manager, Software Development

Chennai, India

The Opportunity: 

Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.

The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com. 

This role focuses on Anthology’s LMS, Blackboard, which provides students with a simple and intuitive learning experience that they can access anytime and anywhere. It is a solution that’s continuously evolving to meet users’ needs, and we’re looking for someone to join the team and get deeply involved in the existing product code base, improving the quality, and enhancing the functionality of the product.

As Software Development Manager, you will be responsible for demonstrating expertise with Java and REST APIs. You will become an active member of an agile team of developers participating in daily stand-ups, design sessions, code reviews, and sprint demos. You will embrace test driven development as an integral part of what you deliver as a software developer. You will also be willing to respond to the unique challenges of delivering and maintaining cloud-based software including troubleshooting live production environments, minimizing downtime, and responding to client-reported issues. You would build the capabilities for looking at the complete stack of technology layers for providing fixes and developing features.

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• 4-6 years of experience within cloud software development 
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and written and oral communication skills 
• Proven track record of managing and growing high performing teams providing education or enterprise SaaS 
• Considerable experience with Java and SQL on database management systems such as SQL Server, Oracle, and Postgres 
• Experienced with current web development technologies like Spring, jQuery, Angular, React, and Typescript 
• A working understanding of software engineering best practices and Agile methods 
• Experience working with product management at a senior management level 
• Experience with large consumer-facing applications 
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Experience in implementing XP (Extreme Programming) practices
• Experience with cloud-based hosting solutions (AWS) 

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.