Backend Engineer - Manager - Consulting

Location

Anywhere in Country

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help build a better working world. Our purpose is to shape the future by providing insights and quality services that build trust and confidence in capital markets and economies worldwide.

We develop outstanding leaders who deliver our promises to all stakeholders, playing a critical role in building a better working world for people, clients, and communities.

The Platforms Practice specializes in mission‑critical, intelligent platforms for the world’s most ambitious organizations. Using a product‑driven, AI‑centric approach, we empower organizations to build for the intelligent digital future. Our elite team of product leaders, data scientists, designers, and software engineers solve complex product challenges and positively impact people and the world. Software engineers are problem solvers who are comfortable crossing technology stacks.

As a Manager in Application Design and Development, you will lead the effective management and delivery of processes, solutions, and projects, ensuring a strong focus on quality and risk management. The role presents exciting growth opportunities and involves guiding others, recommending quality solutions, and engaging with external clients through planning to closure. Travel may be required as needed by external clients.

• Develop solutions to complex problems, recommending changes to policies and establishing procedures that impact your work area.
• Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Provide direction and feedback to team members, ensuring successful task completion.

To thrive, you will need a blend of technical and business skills that will make a significant impact. Your ability to build and manage relationships, communicate effectively, and lead teams is essential.

• Work on a team with a get‑things‑done attitude, having autonomy to create impact while tackling complex technical challenges.
• Contribute to design and architecture investigations and decisions.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high‑quality software against aggressive schedules.
• Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code‑reviews.
• Proficient in Agile delivery and development methodologies.
• Experienced in application delivery processes and application development tools.
• Strong understanding of quality assurance and testing practices.
• Knowledgeable in system development lifecycle and technology integration.

• A bachelor’s degree (4‑year degree).
• Typically 4‑6 years of relevant experience.
• Experience building successful production‑scalable software systems (preferred).
• 4+ years of experience with Java or C#.
• 4+ years of experience with Spring Boot, .NET, or .NET Core.
• Nice to have:
  Experience with AWS or GCP.
• A solid grounding in computer science fundamentals.
• Experience with unit testing or TDD.
• A team player possessing strong communication skills at all levels.
• You are a self‑ and quick learner, regardless of languages and technologies used.
• Analytical mind with problem‑solving aptitude.

• A passion for delivering commercial software products and platforms to market.
• Be deeply technical and constantly in a state of learning.
• Able to communicate clearly and efficiently with developers, clients, customers, partners, and executives.
• Fearless in getting “hands‑on” with technology and execution.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes.
• Deep understanding and interest in cloud and distributed systems architectures.
• Comfortable with ambiguity with a drive for clarity.
• Experience leading and growing technical talent (for software engineering managers).
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience in managing change effectively.
• A track record of leading teams successfully.

We seek individuals who are not only technically proficient but also possess…