Backend Engineer - Senior Manager - Consulting - Location OPEN
EY
Location: Anywhere in Country
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At EY, our purpose is to shape the future. The insights and quality services we provide help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and economies all over the world. We develop outstanding leaders who are teamed to deliver our promises to all our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
The opportunity
The Platforms Practice specializes in mission-critical, intelligent platforms for the world’s most ambitious organizations. Using our product-driven, AI-centric approach, we empower organizations to build for the intelligent digital future. Our elite team of product leaders, data scientists, designers, and software engineers enable our clients to solve their most complex product challenges and positively impact people and the world. Software engineers are problem solvers. While most have deep expertise in specific areas of the technology stack (front end, back end, data, security etc.), all are comfortable swimming across lanes. This is really important in delivering the product and platform outcomes that our customers expect.
As a Senior Manager, you will play a pivotal role in identifying and defining user/customer requirements while focusing on developing user interfaces across various platforms including mobile, web, and tablets. You will be responsible for coding, programming, and creating specifications to deliver development services that align with business requirements.
Your key responsibilities
In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex processes and solutions, ensuring quality and risk management while navigating operational dynamics. You will be responsible for managing client relationships and revenue generation, providing leadership across multiple activities, and achieving performance objectives. This position requires regular travel to meet with external clients, and you will engage in planning, execution, and closure of client engagements.
- Lead engagement delivery and manage client relationships daily.
- Accountable for program/project management and engagement economics.
- Develop resource plans and budgets for the entire engagement.
Skills and attributes for success
To excel in this role, you will need a blend of technical and business skills. Your ability to communicate effectively and build trust with clients will be essential.
- Work on a team with a get-things-done attitude, so you'll have lots of autonomy to create impact while tackling complex technical challenges.
- Contribute to design and architecture investigations and decisions.
- Will work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules.
- Write clean, maintainable code, and perform peer code-reviews.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery and development methodologies.
- Proficient in application development tools and quality assurance processes.
- Ability to develop solutions to complex problems and recommend policy changes.
To qualify for the role, you must have
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Typically, no less than 5 - 7 years of relevant experience.
- Experience building successful production scalable software systems preferred.
- Programming languages: 5+ years of experience with Java or C#
- Frameworks: 5+ years of experience with Spring Boot, .Net or .Net Core
- Nice to have: Experience with AWS or GCP
- A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals.
- Experience with unit testing or TDD.
- A team player possessing strong communication skills with staff at all levels.
- You are a self- and quick learner, regardless of the languages and technologies used.
- Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- A passion for delivering commercial software products and platforms to market
- Be deeply technical and constantly in a state of learning
- Able to communicate clearly and efficiently with a variety of audiences including developers, clients, customers, partners and executives
- Fearless in getting “hands-on” with technology and execution
- Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes
- Deep understanding and interest in cloud and distributed systems architectures
- Comfortable with ambiguity with a drive for clarity
- Experience leading and growing technical talent (for software engineering managers)
- Experience in leading teams and managing change effectively.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- A proven track record of building and managing client relationships.
What we look for
We seek individuals who demonstrate emotional agility, digital fluency, and a commitment to leading teams towards success. Top performers are those who not only excel in their technical capabilities but also possess the ability to communicate with impact and foster collaboration in hybrid environments.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
- We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $171,600 to $392,100. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $205,900 to $445,700. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
- Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
- Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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