Director Software Engineering (FT Remote)
Job Description
Date Active
Sep 11, 2023 2:06:54 PMRequisition #
23-1725Hours Per Week
40Location
200 Executive Blvd South-HF433City
SouthingtonState
ConnecticutJob Description/ Requirements
If you’re looking for a meaningful career, you’ll find it here at Webster. Founded in 1935, our focus has always been to put people first--doing whatever we can to help individuals, families, businesses and our colleagues achieve their financial goals. As a leading commercial bank, we remain passionate about serving our clients and supporting our communities. Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Agility, Respect, Excellence are Webster’s values, these set us apart as a bank and as an employer.
Come join our team where you can expand your career potential, benefit from our robust development opportunities, and enjoy meaningful work!
The Lead Software Engineer - Shared Platform Services role provides subject matter expertise for multiple shared platforms used in IT solutions across the enterprise. Responsibilities include administration, support, and enhancement through configuration and customization of these platforms. These platforms may be internal or third-party cloud services that are integrated with Webster Bank applications and services as part of our business processes. Integrations with these shared platforms will be via API and/or file exchange and may be bi-directional.
This role will work as a member of a team of technical software engineers researching and building subject matter expertise in platforms to be used across the enterprise. This subject matter expertise includes understanding the capabilities and benefits of the shared platform, configuration and/or customization of the platform, and any related coding and testing.
This is a lead engineer role that focuses on architecture and strategy. The Lead Software Engineer will work closely with the business, peers, and other IT teams to understand the business/technical requirements, which they use in conjunction with Solution Architects to design the overall technical solution. Specifically, they will focus on how our shared services can provide a solution to the requirements and the integration strategy for how other systems will interact with the shared platforms. Ultimately, this engineer will implement solutions to business requirements using our shared platforms.
From a leadership perspective, the Lead Software Engineer will set standards and guide the efforts of contractors and other software engineers in designing/implementing solutions leveraging their respective shared platform. Additionally, they will educate and document how the platform should be used by users.
Strategically, the Lead Software Engineer will conduct research and implement POC’s for designs and shared platform capabilities including defining the standards for how the share platforms are to be used. This role will disseminate designs and learnings to other Software Engineers and users and will define the vision for how the platforms evolve over time, and how new features and capabilities can be used for the benefit of the bank.
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Equal Opportunities
Application Instructions
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Apply OnlinePosted: 9/12/2023
Job Status: Full Time
Job Reference #: 23-1725