Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering

Manages the execution of processes to develop and guide new application software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and to develop documents that clarify application design and code. Leads application-focused code and/or functional reviews to drive improvements across a project. Leads and reviews teams to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix application issues across multiple components or functional areas. Leads teams in troubleshooting and resolving issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality, integration, and service-to-service interactions. Leads teams to design and develop application software, systems, and services. Collaborates with stakeholders and external clients and/or partners to understand customer use cases and align application solutions. Leads team(s) to provide technical guidance and appropriately prioritize support to customers regarding application-related issues. Collaborates with teams and other stakeholders within and outside of the group to establish, follow, and enforce documented security criteria, application development best practices and processes, and coding standards. Ensures clarity of teams’ operational objectives for adherence to broad acceptance criteria. Leads teams in performing periodic maintenance and testing operations for application systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities).
Career Level - M3
Key Responsibilities
Application Software Development:
Leads multiple teams or a small group owning a significant application surface area (e.g., multiple services/features) with measurable reliability, security, and performance outcomes.
Software Development and Coding - Design, Testing, and Optimization:
Leads teams and provides technical recommendations and guidance in designing software solutions and identifying, analyzing and ensuring alignment with requirements.
Manages the execution of processes to develop and guide new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and to develop documents to clarify software design and code.
Leads code and/or functional reviews to drive improvements across a project.
Leads and reviews teams to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix software issues across multiple components or functional areas.
Provides teams guidance to implement software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional), quality assurance processes, software error logging, monitoring, and observability for effective debugging.
Utilizes an analytic approach to conduct performance profiling and optimization of coding.
Leads teams in troubleshooting and resolving issues related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.
Leads teams to implement API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
Software Architecture - Software System Structural Design:
Leads teams to design and develop software, systems, and services.
Acts as a role model to provide technical guidance and domain expertise in software architecture decisions and best practices.
Leads teams to conduct periodic reviews and ensures adherence to architectural framework(s) and internal development practices and standards.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams to align and build software architecture with business and/or customer goals and priorities in focus.
Leads teams to implement performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
Impacts teams to conduct regular technology research and evaluation for architectural enhancements.
Issue/Defect Collaboration - Software Products Support:
Collaborates with stakeholders and external clients and/or partners to understand customer issues and align solutions.
Leads team(s) to provide technical guidance and appropriately prioritize support to customers regarding reported issues.
Acts as a role model for teams to advocate for customers' interests and suggests product enhancements based on feedback.
Develops, modifies, and executes policies to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication.
Leads teams through processes for handling customer issues and/or defects handling and directs them to training opportunities as needed.
Manages the investigation and troubleshooting of complex product maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions.
Practices and Standards Compliance - Security and Compliance:
Collaborates with teams and other stakeholders within and outside of group to establish, follow, and enforce documented security criteria, development industry best practices and processes, and coding standards.
Ensures clarity of teams' operational objectives for adherence to broad acceptance criteria.
Implements moderately complex secure software development practices requiring information gathering and analysis to prevent security vulnerabilities.
Development Operations - System Maintenance:
Leads teams in performing periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities).
Delegates assignments to teams to implement and evolve standard operating procedures (SOP) for development and for driving improvements, ensuring automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
Manages multiple medium- to large-scale projects or initiatives across teams, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable are monitored and met.
Provides direction to teams on project work, setting priorities, and aligning with business needs.
Guides teams on adjusting plans to accommodate resource or timeline changes.