VP Application Development at Equifax Inc. in Alpharetta, Georgia

Job Description:

Equifax is looking for a skilled VP, Application Development to join our team in our Atlanta, GA headquarters.  The VP, Application Development will be responsible for the following: 

• Setting the vision and strategy for multiple products or product lines.




• Managing, coaching & allocating team resources, ensuring quality achievement of strategic information technology goals in a cost-efficient and timely manner while ensuring a healthy, productive and positive team environment. 




• Providing technical advice, high level design and solutions to the project team. 




• Ensuring the project timeline is met, development efforts remain on target, and deliverables meet project expectations within budgetary constraints and according to corporate quality standards. 




• Ensure rapid resolution of production and operational issues.




• Identify, recruit, develop, and retain a high performance team of managers and professionals.

 

Who is Equifax? 

Equifax is a global data, analytics, and technology company. We believe knowledge drives progress. We blend unique data, analytics and technology with a passion for serving customers globally, to create insights to power the decisions that move people forward. ​We serve as a consumer advocate, steward of financial literacy, and champion of economic advancement. 

As an innovative global company that enables access to credit, we’re part of breakthrough collaborations and innovations that address complex social challenges such as social welfare, community relations and financial education for underprivileged youth. We establish relationships that create economically healthy communities. We help individuals gain financial independence by increasing access to capital for small businesses. And we provide young adults entering college or university with financial education tools. 

Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our people makes a difference in our business. We are Powering the World with Knowledge and looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best. 

The Perks of being an Equifax Employee?

• We offer excellent compensation packages with market competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.




• Grow at your own pace through online courses at Learning @ Equifax.

What You’ll Do

• You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software




• You will manage individual project priorities, deadlines and work you're doing




• You have the ability to translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design




• You will need extensive understanding of BDD/TDD practices, code review and analysis techniques, and open source agile testing frameworks.




• You are part of a community and participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards




• You have a real passion for innovation! Any experience with Cloud Platforms like AWS, GCP and Deploying and automating infrastructure/applications using Chef, RPM, Docker, AWS (ECS, ECR), Terraform, etc. will help us on our exciting journey




• You have experience in overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance




• Depending on level, you may work with product owners, UX and other business partners to define work for the team




• You enjoy mentoring other engineers, having a voice in defining our challenging technical culture, and helping to build a fast-growing team (depending on level)

• Passion for architecting and delivering products and solutions with an extreme focus on client needs, end user experience, and adoption strategy




• Engage with the customers, internal and external product owners, SMEs to understand the customer journey, adoption strategy, product roadmaps, priorities, and time-to-market




• Lean product development mindset to strategize, develop, and deliver innovative products and solutions in short cycles, ensuring customer needs and value




• Strong communication and technical presentation skills for working across the organization, capable of building strong relationships with customers, leadership, SMEs, and peers




• Previous experience leading R&D teams, cross functional, fullstack, high-performance delivery teams




• Previous experience working directly with customers, product teams building trust, collaboration, whilst being able to overcome technical, cultural, or organisational impediment

Qualifications 

• 10+ years of experience with deep application development expertise 




• Comfortable presenting to clients and senior management, including being able to communicate complex concepts in simple terms to different audiences




• Able to successfully execute in a fast-paced, matrix environment

• Experience working in an Agile environment

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience required

 

Extra Points for any of the Following

• An open mind to learn and adapt in improving the team every day




• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to lead and drive change through influence




• Attention to detail and superior organization skills, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills 

Success Attributes of an Equifax employee; does this describe you?

• Accountability




• Bravery




• Curiosity




• Collaboration




• Think and act differently




• Trust




• Ownership




• Decide-Execute-Ship

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

If this sounds like somewhere you want to work, don’t delay, apply today - we’re looking for you!

Primary Location:

USA-Atlanta JV White

Function:

Function - Tech Dev and Client Services

Schedule:

Full time

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