Senior Development Manager - Java

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Development Manager to join our ever evolving NAP team and help us unleash the potential of every business.

What you'll own as the Development Manager Senior

We are looking for a dedicated Development Manager to coordinate a strong team of Software Engineers. You will foster collaboration and innovation; you will unlock continuous learning while helping the engineers to keep solutions compliant with current internal policies and regulatory requirements.  

As part of your responsibilities, you will:

• manage multiple Software Engineers, split across multiple development teams

• facilitate team members growth (functional, technical) by offering the suited context to acquire or strengthen new/existing skills or via internal trainings

• participate in all recruitment phases and onboarding of new team members

• ensure that appropriate technical standards are in place and that these are consistently met

• ensure alignment with the Acquiring Platform architecture roadmap

• drive continuous improvement and challenging the team to constantly exceed past performance

• work closely with project/program management as well as managers of related applications or functions

• fully understand and constantly communicate the technical roadmap and strategic direction to your teams

• take technical responsibility for all stages in the software development process

• attend program level planning meetings and ensure plans can be delivered by the development teams

• focus on people motivation and retention, performance, and compensation evaluation

What you'll bring

• Experience managing Software Engineers, preferably in medium/large companies; exposure to multicultural environments and different stakeholders

• Proven management and people skills, ability to manage personnel activities of staff (e.g., hires, mentors, coach, trains, appraises, rewards, motivates, and disciplines, and recommends termination as necessary, 1-on-1's, performance reviews, etc. of direct reports)

• Able to make decisions at the appropriate time, considering the needs of the situation, priorities, constraints and the availability of necessary information

• Great attention to detail and a result driven approach

• Excellent organizational and leadership abilities

• Ability to provide direction, expertise, and support to other team members

• Responsive, assertive and drive a continuous improvement ethos in all interactions

• Ability to work in fast paced environment

• Passion about sharing knowledge and best practices

• Strong development skills (experience in Java or similar a must)

• Knowledge of Engineering, DevOps and Testing best practice

• Practical experience of Agile development and associated technical practices (CI/CD, test automation, BDD, TDD etc.)

• Passionate about technology and driven to remain current with latest technology trends and developments

• Experience of working across the whole software development & support lifecycle

• An operational mindset where you care about customer service levels and seize every incident as an opportunity to fix a problem across the estate and progress our technology to be self-operating

• Relevant experience of managing development teams for at least 3 years

• Ability to work in virtual teams and in matrixed organizations

• Excellent communication skills, able to articulate technical and non-technical issues

• Fluent English (written/verbal)

It’s a bonus if you have

• Knowledge of the global payments industry or a good understanding of payments transaction life cycle

About the team

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What makes a Worldpayer

What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions and finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open and winning and failing as one.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer. Apply now to write the next chapter in your career.

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