My Dublin-based client is actively recruiting an API Engineering Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.

Job Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the technical leadership and mentoring of engineering squads;
• You will need to ensure that the quality of the solutions delivered into operational support are fit for purpose.
• Providing technical guidance to engineering squads across a number of technology disciplines
• Leading the process to assess whether incoming change is ‘engineering ready’ and works with business and IT colleagues to establish and manage entry requirements
• Defining the technical capabilities and resource profiles required within the squads, and works with internal resource management and external delivery partners to ensure the right capability is in place within the teams
• Being a leader for other engineers and ensures that career path and knowledge sharing is embedded in ways of working, also providing coaching and developing other engineers
• Ensuring engineering squads have the requisite tooling, methodology and process to drive delivery efficiency
• Identifying, developing proposals and managing the execution of initiatives to automate, simplify and scale services
• Leading the analysis and idea generation of tools and techniques to drive down the cost of Change
• As a People Manager and member of IT Engineering Leadership team you will drive engagement, and will be accountable for demonstrating and role modelling the Group’s values and behaviours through your people management and the way in which you deliver business goals

Experience Required

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as Engineering Lead in the development of frontend & backend software, infrastructure services and data assets
• Deep technical knowledge of Integration architecture and technologies (e.g. Mulesoft)
• 3+ years demonstrated strong track record of team leadership or technical roles within an Operations, Manufacturing or IT function.
• Experience of complex operational processes and continuous performance improvement initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies
• Strong analytical, mediation and problem resolution skills and the ability to evaluate complex processes.

Essential and Desirable Skills

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences;
• SAFe Agile Software Engineering

Educational Requirements

• BSc or MSc on Engineering based discipline (specialization on automation, continuous process improvement or manufacturing, project/program management).