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Who we are: Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.

What You’ll Do:

• Hire the right development talent for our team and work with our Application Principals (Technical Product Owners) to evaluate the performance of individual team members.
• Facilitate the appropriate coaching and mentoring to optimize each team member’s contributions.
• Continuously drive technical and process improvements.
• Collaborate with our Application Principals and Systems Architect to ensure optimal leverage of existing software and effective integration with common systems.
• Work with these leaders to recommend policies, processes and procedures to constantly improve operation of the software development team.
• Create and modify software programs throughout various phases of the development lifecycle including design, coding/configuration, test, installation and maintenance. (IE: You will maintain some level of hands-on development responsibility, in addition to your team leadership.)
• Active research and learning about new technologies to ensure the ongoing relevancy of modernity of our development practices.
• Distribute applicable knowledge to the development team.
• Maintain and champion a team culture, help employees thrive in an inclusive and collaborative environment.
• Attend code walkthroughs and provide constructive feedback to foster ongoing growth.
• Participate in employee reviews and contribute input for the promotion/merit process.
• Implement KPIs to measure success across the development team.
• Participate in strategy and long range planning processes within areas of responsibility in support of business and IT strategies.
• Identify training needs, gather relevant information for approvals and make necessary arrangements for attending participants.
• Identify hiring needs and execute the recruitment process to interview and onboard new members.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with a variety of different audiences.
• Telecommuting permitted, but must be able to come into the office as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5 years of experience as a Senior Software Development Engineer or other role in software development.
• 3 years of experience with team leadership responsibilities.
• Proven ability to coach and lead developers to optimize performance and maintain positive morale.
• Experience in improving operating performance of existing systems and development practices.
• In-depth understanding of technology and IT tools and methods applicable to the applications development area.
• Experience in the application security and OWASP principles.
• Solid understanding of different formal methodologies, processes, and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to understand business processes and to design solutions that most efficiently address business needs.

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