Development Manager - IT

Job Title & Summary:

Developer, Manager

The offshore technical Manager is a hands-on position responsible for the design, development, testing, management and maintenance for modules within Epsilon's industry leading marketing platform.

Key Accountabilities :

- Manage Lead software engineers and provide technical direction and manage project timelines.

- Efficiently and effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical internal team members as well as third party client stakeholders.

- As needed, gather requirements and analyze, understand and translate those requirements into technical specifications.

- Participate in design reviews and provide input to design recommendations where necessary.

- Participate in code reviews and acceptance process in order to improve methodology and delivery.

- Perform and manage development in a high volume, multi-tiered, transactional environment.

Education & Qualification :

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required

Essential skills & experience :

- Must have 9 to 12 years of total IT experience out of which minimum 2 years of team leading and project mgmt. experience. Should have managed 5+ team members in last 2 engagements.

- Should have technical background in Microsoft .Net along with either SQL or ORACLE database during the developer / Lead levels prior to taking up manager role.

- Must be able to discuss technical aspects of architecture /design / code issues directly with technical teams.

- Must be have experience in planning, analyzing requirements, designing solutions and developing code using .net technologies.

- Experience with Agile development methodologies is required. This role will lead a sprint team and the manager must manage the stories and task breakdowns for all development work.

- A strong desire to teach and mentor junior and mid-level developers and direct growth and goals of individual team members is essential.

- Strong communication skills as well as a dedicated work ethic is a must.

- The ability to display strong problem solving skills and perform under pressure is required.

Preferred qualifications

- Prior experience with enterprise class application/web development as developer or manager strongly preferred.

About Epsilon :

Epsilon is the global leader in creating connections between people and brands. An all-encompassing global marketing company, supporting 15 of the top 20 global brands, we harness the power of rich data, groundbreaking technologies, engaging creative and transformative ideas to get the results our clients require.

Epsilon is part of Alliance Data, a Fortune 500 company and a leading provider of marketing, loyalty, and credit solutions that uses the power of data to achieve results for our clients. Together, Alliance Data's three lines of business manage more than 100 million consumer relationships for some of the world's leading brands.

Epsilon employs over 7,000 associates in more than 70 offices.

For more information, visit http://www.epsilon.com/ or follow us on Twitter @Epsilon_India.

Our culture :

There's a feeling you get as you walk around an Epsilon office. It's energy. It's passion. It's a commitment to delivering the best and always improving on our past success. Everyone who works here strives for excellence, every single day. That's the number one thing we ask of all our associates. But we know being brilliant is hard if you- re not happy. So our values make Epsilon a really enjoyable place to work:

- We- re inclusive

- We- re accessible

- We- re transparent

- We- re dedicated

- We- re friendly

- We- re fun

Reward :

- Competitive salary

- Health insurance covering associate, spouse, children and parents

- Life and accidental disability cover

- Higher education assistance

- Employee Assistance Program provided by Cigna

- Onsite cafeteria and pantry services

- Transportation services

- Employee recognition programs

- Fitness center on site

- Business travel accident insurance provided by Minnesota Life