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GM Financial Hiring for AVP Software Development Engineering Job at Arlington, TX Full Time

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Overview:

The AVP Software Development Engineering – Servicing is responsible for technology, engineering and people management and is actively engaged in developing the team to deliver on business priorities that flow through Agile leadership. You will manage up and manage out to promote the team and build relationships within the larger organization.As a technology leader, you set the boundaries and expectations for delivering a quality product and timely solutions; you are an avid promoter of process improvement; you seek out and promote best practices; you own and refine the technical architecture, continually investing in refactoring and refinement to incorporate modern engineering tools and practices.As a people manager, you consistently invest in your people to grow their technical skills and soft skills; you celebrate successes; you identify books, classes, events, and assignments that expose team members to new ways of thinking and working; you promote inter-team and intra-team collaboration to build trust; you hire good people, effectively manage poor performers, and provide constant feedback to create a team of leaders.As a servant leader, your role is to inspire, motivate, and enable the team by removing impediments; and focus on the big picture; where the product is headed and what are the architecture decisions, tools, and skills needed to get there.

Responsibilities:


JOB DUTIES
  • Understand, communicate, and commit to the organization’s vision, goals, and strategies
  • Define technology strategy, architecture and roadmap in alignment with the Business, DevOps, and Cloud strategies
  • Lead the team in building capabilities, platforms and services by providing thought leadership in an Agile environment
  • Analyze complex issues, apply financial analysis, and use sound judgment to make strategic decisions that balance long and short business goals and objectives
  • Foster and champion an environment that promotes trust, continuous improvement, innovation, quality outcomes and self-development
  • Align department priorities to that of the organization and realign strategic direction when appropriate
  • Foster open communication, that welcomes information sharing, seeks input from others and values diverse viewpoints
  • Coach, mentor and train team members to establish a consistent level of quality, accuracy, accountability, and compliance of department standards
  • Build relationships across the organization, while leveraging individual and cultural diversity to assist in achieving business goals and objectives
  • Establish relevant learning plans that grow the team professionally and technically Motivate the team to share ideas and learnings to promote innovation and excitement throughout the team
  • Take an active role in defining metrics that measure our ability to deliver on business and service level objectives; use metrics to improve process and product
  • As a servant leader, work closely with the team to anticipate and remove impediments
  • Perform other duties as assigned
  • Conform with all company policies and procedures

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

VP

Qualifications:


Knowledge
  • Solid experience in software engineering and test automation relevant to supported products with a drive for continual learning
  • Lead creation of prioritized critical tasks, and enable test and learn approaches to iteratively deliver technical and business solutions
  • Experience working with Agile or Waterfall teams
  • Understanding of and investment in emotional intelligence components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill
  • Exhibit in-depth knowledge of GM Financial’s core business functions, policies and procedures
  • Industry Standard knowledge of Waterfall, Agile and Scrum management software

Skills
  • Ability to provide leadership through influence, inspiration, collaboration and teamwork
  • Ability to identify opportunities and facilitate ideation
  • Present team strategies and accomplishments to peers and upper management
  • Establish strong working relationships and build trust with peers
  • Oversee platform definition, software architecture, and tool selection
  • Champion and execute strategies that deliver measurable business value
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and writing skills
  • Ability to listen actively and communicate effectively with others both orally and in writing
  • Ability to analyze, see the big picture of workflow business processes and how they interface within the company infrastructure
  • Ability to make decisions
  • Ability to apply creative thinking and negotiations skills to develop solutions that are acceptable to different needs
  • Ability to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills in day-to-day problems and solutions
  • Ability to demonstrate integrity while successfully managing work demands and pressure
  • Continually pursues personal development

Additional Knowledge Skills and Abilities
  • TechnologiesThe SDE will have experience with the following technologies as required for the product being developed• Low-code environments: Logic Apps, Outsystems• Enterprise Service Bus: Tibco BusinessWorks (APIs and integration workflows)• Pipeline Automation: Azure DevOps (YAML, ARM), Terraform, Jenkins, Chef, Octopus Deploy• Code Scanning: SonarQube, Checkmarx• Source Code repos: Git• Mobile: XamariniOS, XamarinAndroid, XamarinForms• UI: Angular, Javascript, CSS, Nodejs, ASPNET MVC• Containerization: Azure Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes (open source), Docker• High level programming languages: Java, C# (NET MVC and NET Core), Go• Scripting: Powershell, Bash• Database: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL (eg CosmosDB)• Test Automation: XamarinUITest, Specflow, DevTest, Selenium, Test Data Manager, Postman, Maven, TestNG,JMeter• Operating systems: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu)

Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work or military experience required
  • Master’s Degree preferred

Experience
  • 5-7 years of people and program leadership experience required
  • 7-10 years of experience in developing and delivering enterprise grade software cloud based applications
  • Greater than 10 years of prior experience in an IT software environment required
  • 7-10 years years of technology leadership, including solid understanding of technology selection, architecture, and full stack implementation of digital solutions preferred

Licenses (highly preferred but not required)
  • Azure Fundamentals
  • Azure Developer Associate
  • Azure DevOps Solutions
  • Azure Architect Technologies

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Job Overview

  • ID: 175784
  • Date Posted:
  • Job Title: GM Financial Hiring for AVP Software Development Engineering Job at Arlington, TX