Remote - Development Manager
contract•San José
About this role
About World Business Lenders (www.wbl.com)
World Business Lenders (WBL) provides general purpose short-term real estate collateralized commercial loans to a broad customer base comprised of small and medium sized businesses throughout the United States that lack access to traditional funding.
- This is a Contract/Consultant position. Generally, working hours will be 9:00am-6:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, although hours worked may be greater based upon operational requirements. The job requires excellent oral and written command of the English language.
CV's submitted must be in English.
Responsibilities:
- Data Platform Progress: Percentage of legacy Excel/PDF processes migrated to consolidated platform; time-to-insight reduction; data quality and completeness metrics
- Architecture Maturity: Adoption of architectural standards and practices; reduction in critical technical debt; system reliability and availability metrics
- Business Impact: Cost savings from automation and modernization; revenue impact of product enhancements; process cycle time reductions; business user satisfaction with data and tooling
- Technology Stack: Successful evaluation, piloting, and adoption of modernization technologies; platform cost efficiency and performance metrics
- Capability Building: Technical skill development across teams; successful mentorship of junior engineers
- Team Satisfaction: Employee engagement scores; feedback from skip-level reviews; team feedback on leadership effectiveness
- Recruitment Success: Time-to-hire; quality of new hires; diversity and inclusion in hiring outcomes
- Project Delivery: On-time and on-budget delivery of application features and data infrastructure projects; scope change and rework rates
- Quality Metrics: Defect escape rate; production incident frequency and severity; automated test coverage; code review effectiveness
- Velocity & Efficiency: Sprint velocity trends; deployment frequency; cycle time from requirement to production
- Technical Debt Management: Technical debt trend (tracking and reduction); balance of modernization vs. new feature delivery
- Stakeholder Satisfaction & Communication
- CIO & Leadership Alignment: CIO feedback on strategic contribution and decision-making; stakeholder confidence in technical roadmap and delivery
- Cross-Functional Partnerships: Feedback from Business Intelligence, Product Management, Security, and business stakeholders on collaboration and responsiveness
- Transparency: Quality and timeliness of status reporting; predictability and accuracy of forecasts; stakeholder confidence in risk visibility
- We’re looking for candidates with a robust background in software or data engineering, boasting a minimum of 8 to 10 years in the field.
- Ideally, you’ll have at least 3 to 5 years of experience in team leadership, serving as a technical team lead or in senior engineering positions.
Industry Experience:
- Proven track record in at least three of the following areas: application software development, data engineering and analytics, cloud platform architecture, system integration, IT modernization initiatives, or leading technology teams
- Exceptional ability to deliver intricate technical projects on time, ensuring high quality and stakeholder satisfaction
- Experience collaborating within cross-functional teams, engaging with diverse business and technology stakeholders
- Solid background in Agile or iterative development methodologies
- Experience in managing technical teams or assuming substantial leadership roles within technical organizations
Key Soft Skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English; adept at articulating intricate technical concepts clearly to both technical experts and non-experts alike.
- Exceptional collaborative spirit and team-building expertise; thrives in cross-departmental environments and excels at forging consensus among a variety of stakeholders.
- Proven emotional intelligence; skilled in delivering and receiving constructive feedback and comfortable navigating coaching scenarios and challenging discussions.
- Capable of balancing the advocacy for team needs with overarching organizational goals; a respected voice in leadership conversations while valuing diverse viewpoints.
- A keen interest in business operations, organizational dynamics, and cutting-edge technologies; proactive in uncovering root causes and seeking opportunities for enhancement.
Key Technical Skills
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, and Data Engineering
- Salary in USD
- Paid Time Off Options
- Enjoy the flexibility of 100% Remote Work
What you'll do
- The Development Manager will oversee the migration of legacy processes to a consolidated data platform and ensure the adoption of architectural standards. They will also focus on team satisfaction, recruitment success, and project delivery metrics.
About World Business Lenders, LLC
At World Business Lenders (WBL) Our motto, 'We Lend. You Grow' is simple, yet powerful. We make working capital available to eligible businesses for expansion and growth.
WBL was founded by a seasoned team of entrepreneurs with strong track records of launching, financing and growing successful small businesses. We understand what businesses need in terms of working capital, and are well-aware of how little is actually available for small businesses in the current marketplace. WBL understands how additional working capital can help you navigate your business to maximum success.
Our unique approach to lending makes your business the focal point for loan decisions. Instead of concentrating on personal assets and a business owner's credit score, we believe the history and financial performance of your business should outweigh all other factors in our decision making process.
WBL bases each loan decision on your business’s ability to make affordable daily payments to satisfy the loan. While there are many challenges small business owners face, WBL believes access to working capital shouldn't be one of them.
WBL's sole focus is making loans to small businesses. This is all we do!
We Lend. You Grow.
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