Finexus Sdn Bhd

Software Engineering Manager Position

As a Software Engineering Manager in Finexus' R&D department, you will lead the company's next generation of products and technologies. You may oversee a combination of company-wide platforms & frameworks meant to accelerate and modernize the company's entire tech stack. You will report directly to the R&D Director and your initial scope will be Backend Platform, covering:

1. Development frameworks
   1. Microservice frameworks (for Java & Python)
   2. Data Platform (OLTP)
   3. Data Engineering (OLAP)
2. Deployment Infrastructure
   1. CI/CD & Test Automation
   2. Monitoring & Observability
   3. Docker & K8s Infra
3. AI/ML Infra
   1. Supporting applications such as eKYC
   2. Credit scoring
   3. Document analysis
   4. Fraud detection

Your team's platform will be deployed company-wide to improve development efficiency and bring modern technologies and standards to new and legacy applications.

General Expectations:

Leadership & Collaboration

• Determines how to meet goals & schedules based on high-level company objectives that are determined in collaboration with senior management.
• Provides senior management with feedback on the feasibility of team strategy proposed by org-wide leadership.
• Communicates well across teams and ensures that company-wide priorities are aligned with all related teams' work.
• Must communicate priorities & strategy to team members.

Team Execution

• Serves as the team's Project Manager and Product Owner when there is no dedicated person for these roles.
• Ensures high-quality execution and attainment of the team's goals & constantly re-evaluates priorities ensuring the most important work is always put first.
• Ensures proper technical design and project plans, along with Tech Leads and PMs (if applicable).
• Ensures best practices & organizational processes are being followed within the team.
• Responsible for producing a long-term strategic roadmap of the team, with ICs and tech leads being responsible for the more detailed components.

People Management & Growth

• Actively manages team performance & is ultimately accountable for the performance of their subordinates & regular appraisals.
• Understands team member's strengths and weaknesses, areas of growth, whether they are meeting their specific role expectations, and has a plan to address under & over performance.
• Responsible for proposing promotions, role changes, and performance-improvement-plans.
• Ensures the growth of team members.
• Coaches, provides timely, actionable feedback, and invests time in career development of team members.
• Creates a healthy team environment & culture with low attrition & high team member satisfaction.
• Conducts regular 1:1s, at least 2x per month, to review these topics.

Recruiting & Hiring

• Creates detailed recruiting plans for open roles, and hires qualified candidates in the most efficient time span possible.
• Organizes & improves engineering interview processes, following and improving company standards.
• Trains engineering interviewers and provides continuous feedback.
• Helps close candidates by selling them on the opportunity and why it is a career boost.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, with 2+ years as a lead or manager.
• Experience in a mix of MNCs and local companies is preferred.
• Experience in small-medium fast-paced companies or startups is a plus.
• Experience in fintech, banking, or AI is a plus.
• Strong programming skills in either Java or Python (Java experience preferred).
• Familiarity with a modern tech stack, and expertise in a few components of it.
• Preferably: At least 1 year of experience in releasing software products within a CI/CD environment.
• At least 1 year experience working with cloud services.

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Finexus Sdn Bhd

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Finexus Sdn Bhd
Houston