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Job Description
Job Description
A market-leading B2C company has engaged our firm in a search for a Manager of Application Development to drive their digital transformation initiatives. This role will lead a small development team focused on modernizing their customer experience platform and enhancing their digital commerce capabilities. A major focus will be launching their next-generation digital platform in early 2025, including new customer engagement features and enhanced integration capabilities.
This is a full-time, hybrid on-site position at their headquarters in West Chester, PA.
The Role You'll Play
In this role, you'll drive the technical vision and execution of our client's digital experience platform and other customer-facing applications while leading a small internal team of developers and coordinating with external development partners. This role combines hands-on technical leadership (you will still be coding!) with strategic planning and team management.
Lead architectural decisions and technical direction for customer-facing applications
Drive adoption of modern development practices and cloud-native architectures
Manage sprint planning and execution across multiple concurrent projects
Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
Provide mentorship and career development for team members
Oversee integration with third-party platforms and services
Ensure code quality through reviews and implementation of best practices
Build relationships with external development partners and vendors
Guide the modernization of legacy applications
Optimize deployment processes and application performance
Background Profile :
We're seeking a technical leader who can balance hands-on development expertise with team leadership and stakeholder management. The ideal candidate will have experience modernizing legacy platforms and implementing cloud-native solutions.
5 years of full-stack development experience focusing on modern web technologies
Strong background in cloud platforms, particularly Azure
Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks and microservices architectures
Track record of leading small, high-performing development teams
Proven success managing both internal teams and external partners
Experience with enterprise integration patterns and API design
Strong communication skills and business acumen
Background in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
Preferred :
Experience with digital commerce platforms
Knowledge of integration platforms (iPaaS)
Background in legacy system modernization
