Job Description

The VP of Engineering, Marketplaces will play a critical role in driving the growth of our fastest growing domain in the Experian Consumer Services business.  This technical leader will partner with key business and product leaders to define a technical strategy to support both the short and long-term goals of the business.   Participate in defining OKRs for the domain, then define and execute the organizational and technical strategy to meet those goals.  Build a world class team building products that will delight customers by providing them the access to a marketplace focused on giving the consumer the financial power and flexibility they deserve.    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:   MANAGEMENT / LEADERSHIP 

• Provide management, leadership, and technical vision for the engineering team.
• Drive a culture of innovation within the team, obsessed with identifying the
• Develop and execute software engineering plans, manage software engineering schedules, resource, allocation, and budget.
• Coach and support engineers on the team, with a strong focus on feedback and growth
• Champion engineering best practices, iterative progress, delivering value, and data driven decision making
• Strategize with the marketplace leadership team to lead growth planning objectives, OKRs and roadmap planning
• Provide sound decision making for software engineering and product development while being sensitive to the constraints and needs of the business.
• Drive hiring, training, career plans, and performance reviews for the engineering team.
• Provide employee development, coaching, mentoring, and team building.
• Help Agile software development teams by building a culture of continuous improvement.

TECHNICAL

• Monitor technology trends such as emerging standards for new technology opportunities.
• Define tactical plans to execute on
• Engage in hands-on, in-depth analysis, review and design of the software systems.
• Champion software development processes including coding standards, technical documentation standards, QA processes, build, and configuration management to ensure reproducible methods and maintain high quality software deliverables.
• Embrace and champion a Devops mentality within the engineering team
• Drive overall architecture, design, security, and certifications of software products

PRODUCT

• Work closely with the marketplace leadership team to help define product direction and overall roadmap.
• Champion tactical execution of product initiatives, defining milestones to minimize risk and maximize customer benefit.
• Lead and represent Experian in solutioning calls with clients and partners
• Translate product requirements into engineering specifications and designs.
• Identify sources of technology and data that can enhance product/tech capabilities and offerings.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software architecture and engineering required. Extensive experience with developing and delivering commercial multi-tiered enterprise software is required.
• 5+ Years project management experience required, including experience managing developments
• Experience with Agile methodology practices.
• Experience with the latest cloud based technologies:
  • AWS
  • Microservice development
  • Spring Cloud
  • NodeJS
  • Kafka
  • Reactive Programming
• Experience with Big Data technologies:
  • ML Pipelines
  • Data streaming
  • Real-time analytics
• Strong product development, object oriented design, and development skills
• Good understanding of the software business and its practices
• Strong communications skills, both in writing and speaking. Ability to excite and motivate employees, partners, and customers with a compelling vision
• Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• Excellent people skills as well as a team player
• Good organizational and time management skills
• Fintech domain knowledge a plus

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and and it reflects what we believe.  See our DEI work in action!

If you live in Colorado, Connecticut or New York City, please contact us here for the salary range of this position (include this Job Title in your email). In addition to a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunity, Experian offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off including parental and family care leave, an employee stock purchase plan and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

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