Manager, Applications Development

JOB SUMMARY:

The Manager, Applications Development is a member of the Information Technology management team and is responsible for the development of a state-of-the-art microservices application platform and guides the development of cloud-native applications and frameworks using an API-first strategy. This individual will provide oversight to all phases of the software development process, with specific emphasis on quality and on time delivery. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of growing, leading and managing successful teams and individuals in an agile software development environment. Extensive knowledge of modern development processes and technologies is essential in this role. This individual will also be expected to work closely with business and technology leadership to influence, refine and communicate out platform strategies to the broader team.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Design and drive internal methodologies and process improvements shaping the engineering organization into a world-class team utilizing best-in-class practices and technologies. Key processes include:
• Agile (Scrum)
• Cross-domain E2E design and implementation of complex features
• Continuous Integration and Delivery (DevOps)
• Software maturity and quality
• Versioning and Scope control
• Unit testing, code analysis
• Application security design and testing
• Excellent leadership, communication, facilitation and motivational skills, with the ability to build rapport and grow consensus with peers and other groups.
• Professional experience building and leading teams that built distributed scalable enterprise-class web/mobile applications with a few of the following technologies: NodeJS, HTML5, DHTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript Frameworks (Angular, Bootstrap, React, Cordova, etc.), MongoDB.
• Ability to attract, engage and retain top diverse technical talent.
• Domain knowledge and experience in application development, including: client/server, web services, portal, middleware, microservices and mobile app.
• Understand and leverage team member strengths to accomplish corporate goals.
• Client focused mindset - exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.
• Must be capable of clearly articulating complex technical issues to all levels of the organization.
• Manage staff performance, and identify training needs to develop a high-performing team.
• Review and approve project deliverables to ensure that they are architecturally sound and fit into the enterprise design.
• Ensure all internal controls and policies are adhered to for projects and systems change management.
• Enforce quality practices (unit test, code analysis, integration test, etc.) and provide quality measurements to leadership team. Drive quality initiatives within design and development phases.
• Provide direction, guidance, and promote growth of DevOps function within the company.
• Manage scope and delivery expectations with business partners and communicate status and big picture to the leadership team. Remove obstacles, close gaps and manage and mitigate risks.
• Partner closely with business and enterprise architecture teams to ensure application design and implementation meets requirements, technical roadmap and business direction.
• Provide oversight and direction for the design, implementation, timely release and maintenance of products that meet customer expectations and high standards for quality, stability and performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years overall IT system architecture, design, development, deployment experience.
• 3+ years of experience coaching on Agile methodologies and tools (i.e. Scrum, DevOps, XP, Kanban, etc.).
• 3+ years of leadership experience in software development overseeing the direction, development and delivery of large scale, distributed, web-based mission critical products/platforms in fast pace agile environments using continuous delivery.
• Knowledge and experience in developing software using agile methodologies.
• Knowledge and experience in developing enterprise applications using OO Design, Microservices architecture, SOLID Design principles.
• Solid experience in emerging and traditional technologies such as: NodeJS, AngularJS, Cordova/Ionic, Docker, REST, JSON, XML, HTML/HTML5, CSS, NoSQL, and Azure/AWS/Container Platform etc.
• Experience with NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, etc.
• Experience developing containerized applications using Azure, AWS, Docker.
• Solid knowledge and experience in CI/CD tools and DevOps principles.
• Effective leader with exceptional interpersonal & communication skills and strong experience with talent development.
• Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Solid experience with web services, system integration and service-oriented architecture.
• Flexible and adaptable attitude, disciplined to manage multiple responsibilities.
• Experience with the Atlassian suite of products (Confluence, Jira, GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Require limited supervision and direction; drive results, and set priorities appropriately and independently.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Highly detail-oriented.
• Demonstrable leadership and influencing skills.
• Proficient in multi-tasking and managing multiple projects.