Manager, Software Development

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Job Overview
Are you ready to join the Un-carrier movement?
Leads the build out, development, and management of a team of developers, who will establish and help in building and maintaining systems, platforms and tools. They rapidly deliver world class software solutions to T-Mobile business customers both internal and external.
The Device Finance Platform team is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Development Manager to lead our skilled development team. You will be able to make a huge impact on world-class system development. Your passion for delivering highly secure, highly resilient and high-performance system solutions will contribute directly to the transformation of T-Mobile as a data-informed, AI-enabled, digital-first company. Our team is responsible for building vital backend systems that support T-Mobile device financial products and services. We work closely with multi-functional teams to deliver seamless customer experiences and foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
We are a team that encourages innovation and advocates an agile and open approach, truly working and playing in the Un-carrier way!

Responsibilities:

Leadership and Team Management:

• Effectively manage a team of 5-10 software engineers and SREs.
• Provide career development plans, ensuring assignments with growing levels of responsibility.
• Foster a healthy team working culture.
• Interview and hire qualified team members, striving to scale teams.

Collaboration and Execution:

• Collaborate with Product Management, partner engineering groups, and business collaborators to define and prioritize development roadmaps.
• Translate business goals into technical work and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality solutions and seamless customer experiences.
• Drive operational efficiency by implementing standard processes in software development and delivery.

Technical Leadership:

• Define and drive continuous development practice improvements across technical fields and organizations.
• Manage the current and future state platform roadmap in collaboration with Design and Enterprise Architecture.

Program and Project Management:

• Manage numerous projects simultaneously, ensuring alignment with timelines, budgets, and objectives.
• Identify and mitigate development risks, resolve dependencies, and ensure effective communication across teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in software development, with 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience managing and scaling engineering teams.
• Strong technical background in software development methodologies, frameworks, and technologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated success in delivering complex software projects on time and within budget.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Passion for innovation and a track record of fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and backend system development.
• Expertise with high-resilience and high-performing system design.
• Experience with Gitlab/Github CI/CD pipeline, Oracle DB, SaaS, PaaS, Private & Public Clouds, distributed system design, microservices, Kubernetes, containerized applications, Splunk, Java, SQL, Python.
• Strong skills in coding, troubleshooting, debugging, and data modeling.
• Capability of managing aggressive project development and on-time delivery.
• AI/ML experience will be a plus.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or software engineering preferred.

Travel:
May require periodic overnight travel to/from the Bellevue Headquarters and other satellite offices where the geographically distributed teams are located.

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States
Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No):Yes
DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No

Base Pay Range: $136,600 - $246,300

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ304570¶dox=1

At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

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