QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or equivalent area
- 13+ years of total experience in building enterprise software products that are customer facing B2B or B2C products
- 5+ years of successful experience in managing engineering teams
- 5+ years of experience in big data and cloud related technologies including AWS/Azure, SOA with API, REST, RPC and distributed systems with Spark/Databricks
- Technical credibility through lengthy software engineering experience (ideally full-stack)
- Experience working with and/or managing geographically distributed teams
- Actively coached, mentored and grown team members in their careers
- Ability to thrive with a high level of self-direction, autonomy and responsibility
- Track record of recruiting and retaining great people to your teams
- Working knowledge of modern-day DevOps and software development practices
- Familiarity of compliance and certifications, e.g. SOC2 is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
You’ll work with our Periscope team in Bangalore or Gurugram. Periscope is a part of McKinsey Marketing & Sales practice.
You’ll be a member of Periscope’s technology team. Periscope is the asset based arm of McKinsey’s Marketing & Sales practice and is at the leading edge of the new ways we serve clients. This integrated model of serving clients, i.e. combining our generalist consulting approaches with the solutions, is a proof of the firm’s commitment to continue our innovation in the spirit of bringing the best of the firm to our clients.
Periscope® by McKinsey enables better commercial decisions by uncovering actionable insights. The Periscope platform combines world leading intellectual property, prescriptive analytics, and cloud based tools to provide more than 25 solutions focused on insights and marketing, with expert support and training. It is a unique combination that drives revenue growth both now and in the future. Customer experience, performance, pricing, category, and sales optimization are powered by the Periscope platform. Periscope has a presence in 26 locations across 16 countries with a team of 1000+ business and IT professionals and a network of 300+ experts. To learn more about how Periscope’s solutions and experts are helping businesses continually drive better performance, visit http://www.periscope-solutions.com/
WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will provide strong technical leadership to design, build, deliver and maintain enterprise software applications and services. In this role, you will be responsible for full software lifecycle including activities starting from requirement analysis to design, development, implementation and support.
You will aide in continuous improvement by fostering the culture of innovation in the teams to improve quality, application performance, productivity and team efficiency. You will show your proven ability to build a world class software development team and talent management by attracting, hiring, developing and retaining the best talent.
You will help grow engineers’ skills, experience and confidence through regular one-on-one meetings, coaching, actionable feedback, work and peer alignment, and career advocacy. You will empower engineers to solve problems, fostering a balance of velocity and rigor through scalable, asynchronous decision making practices. You will lead, improve, and steward engineering practices (technical design, implementation, release, and iteration) for our
working groups to minimize developer friction and blockages.
You will communicate regularly with stakeholders and adjacent teams to build a shared understanding and accommodation of competing priorities. You will support and guide other people-managers at Periscope as a member of our young engineering management discipline. You will a be an active member of the engineering leadership team in Periscope and a proactive agent for improvement changes across the periscope organization.
