Company Description
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.
Intro to role:
We are currently looking to bring on a talented, self-motivated and conscientious Engineering Manager to work in our eBooks platform focusing on helping researchers, institutes/universities/college librarians discover eBooks and other digital products.
We are in an exciting phase of change, where we are embarking on a journey of building new digital products, in enriching the experience of our customers / users. This position plays a key role in ensuring that we provide a robust solution to support our services and customers. In this role, you'll lead a talented team of driven Engineers working on some highly visible, large-scale projects with influence over a wide range of business and technology stakeholders.
What you'll be doing:
Lead a team of ~10 Software Engineers
Build and grow a High Performance, motivated team of engineers
Foster and maintain a safe, inclusive work atmosphere and build a healthy and collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
Work closely with Business teams, Product managers, engineers, and QA to plan, own and deliver solutions with quality and as per agreed and committed timelines
Use Agile methodologies and principles. Constantly work towards introducing and evolving best practices and processes within the team
Cultivate an engineering culture of constant growth and continuous improvement via coaching, mentoring, providing constant feedback and setting clear and measurable goals
Display ownership in ensuring design, development, enhancement and implementation of reliable features and services, in adherence to the targeted design and architecture
Help set the vision of the services under the team's ownership
Help align the roadmap based on customer and company desires
Build the technology the right way: for us, this means simple, well-tested services that gradually grow over time, and that provide plenty of insight into production performance.
Attract, Hire and retain talented engineers into the team
Qualifications
What we're looking for:
12-15 years of overall experience with at-least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams.
Demonstrated team management and leadership skills
Demonstrated ability to multitask
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Proven track record of shipping features and meeting milestones consistently with quality
Demonstrated stakeholder management skills and an ability to build strong relationships and trust throughout the organization
Excellent Prioritization skills, ability to anticipate and plan ahead
Ability to sense, plan and execute automation where needed
Sense of urgency and mindset to improve consistently
In-depth knowledge and experience developing applications using MEAN Stack.
Experience working on cloud computing services like AWS Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, SNS/SQS, S3, etc.
Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub, GitHub Actions, Travis, NPM, Shell Script etc.
Excellent knowledge of microservices, data modelling techniques, REST Web services
Experience designing / developing with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer).
Excellent communication skills while addressing technical and non-technical audiences
Prior experience delivering using Agile on at least 2 key projects.
Additional Information
A comprehensive benefit package
24 days annual leave
4 volunteering days annually
Day off for your birthday
Pension contributions
Medical insurance for self and dependents; life cover and personal accident cover for self
Seasonal social and charitable events
Training and development
Blended style and flexi working time
Right tools for remote working
At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.
Additional Information:
You must have the right to work and live in the India
This role is based at our Bangalore office or may be remote
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