Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Job Description

Publicis Sapient is looking for a Manager Technology, Java to lead a team of top-notch technologists. You will work with global agile teams on a range of technologies to develop, test, and deliver products with quality for leading clients in the US. Working alongside other talented minds with strong technical skills, you’ll solve complex business problems to deliver software applications and services that positively impact our clients and their customers.

Your Daily Duties and Impact:

Help define and prioritize Epics and Stories, grooming Stories functionally and help define the acceptance criteria (Functional and Non-Functional/NFRs) and collaborate with stakeholders to shape end-to-end customer requirementsLead the technical grooming, brainstorming, and whiteboarding design sessions to define and articulate the solution approaches, identify tasks and estimates, and design and document sub-system(s) along with interfaces and wireframesBring in expertise to optimize and make the relevant design decisions (considering trade-offs) at the sub-system level and question the status quoWork with architects and technology managers to define the overall system architecture, standards, and guidelines, helping them with the details of the sub-system specificsProactive about reduction of tech debts, eliminating waste, increasing automation, using productivity tools and dashboards for monitoring and alertsAccountable for sub-system design, development, and deployment, quality with an E2E focus, following the engineering best practices, standardsResolve problems at an epic level, given the overall business requirementsDesign Sub-systems concentrated on solving business problems; Ensure Implementation is in-line with design and well-integrated with all other dependent sub-systems/systemsEvangelize adoption of test-first approach and TDD, and apply BDD for Functional and Integration testing; Review Unit and Acceptance Test suitesWork in the spirit of agile and a product engineering mindset, motivating the sprint outcomes, iteratively and incrementally, following the agile ceremoniesUse SCM like GIT and advocate the relevant branching strategies for code developmentUse Static Analysis and Profiling tools to ensure high code quality and performanceDocument Code (Doc as Code), Functional Features (BDD), configuration as code, user manuals to help in the support and trainingCollaborate with global teams using integrated tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.Perform peer reviews of system/sub-system, module-level design, and implementation and work with SDE-IIIs to establish coding standardsPractice DevOps mindset, adopting CI/CD to Deliver, deploy and support the implementation from Dev., QA environments to productionMentor and guide, regularly evangelize the engineering mindset and culture,Share knowledge within peer groups, SDE-Is, ASDEs, while providing and receiving constructive feedback

Qualifications

Your Technical Skills and Experience:

8+ years of strong software development experience with expertise in Java 8 and above. Experience with Multi-threading, Collections, and concurrent API. Knowledge and how to apply the latest Java (9) featuresA breadth of concepts, tools, and technologies to address NFRs like security, performance, reliability, maintainability and advocate relevant trade-offsThorough experience in writing high-quality code with full automated unit test coverage (Junit, Mockito, etc.)Experience in Microservices, 12-factor methodology, and automated integration testingExperience in API management, SwaggerDeep experience in defining and applying design standards, patterns, quality matrix depending on the solutionsWorking experience with data platforms (relational and/or NoSQL) and messaging technologiesExcellent OOPs, data structure, algorithm knowledgeWorking experience with common UNIX commands and scriptsUnderstanding of HTTPS/TLS, Symmetric/Asymmetric Cryptography, Certificates, SAML, Vaults, Key rotation, OAuth, JWT, MFA, DDOS, etc.Experience with containers and virtualization (Docker, Vagrant)Experience with distributed, cloud design patterns and architectural stylesExperience with developing high performance and high scalability enterprise applications using one or more supporting cloud platforms across SaaS and PaaS including Amazon AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud PlatformExperience practicing infra as code using tools like terraform, cloud-formation, ansible, etc.Ability to set up a CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure from grounds-up (Jenkins, Bamboo)Knowledge of load-balancers, CDNs, Edge caching, reverse proxiesAbility and willingness to learn technologies at paceExcellent verbal and written communicationBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Set Yourself Apart With:

Experience in one or more front-end development technologiesWorking experience creating high performing applications including profiling and tuning (of those applications to boost performance)Knowledge of one or more security or integration frameworkExperience in TDD/BDDExperience in Scrum/AgileCloud Certifications at a professional or Architect level

Travel:

3 days/week to client's office in Dallas, TX

Additional Information

Pay Range: $123,000 - $175,000

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

Benefits of Working Here:

Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued16 paid holidays throughout the yearGenerous parental leave and new parent transition programTuition reimbursement Corporate gift matching program 

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.