What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Manager position at The CE Shop?
Job Description – Software Development Manager
Division / Department: Information Technology
Reports to (position): Director of Software Development (and Everything else IT)
Leadership Level: Manager
Supervisory Responsibility: This position does supervise the work of others
Location: Denver
Employment Type: Full Time
Work Conditions: Telecommute
Travel: None
Minimum Educational Req: Four-year college degree in a related field of study
Years of Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar or related position
Position Summary:
The Development Manager is primarily responsible for managing all aspects of the software
development teams to ensure the delivery of quality software given the budget, strategy, and market
timing constraints. Teams include both internal and external team members including development and
QA. The Manager will provide administrative, technical architecture leadership, and people leadership
along with coaching and guiding teams to enable future success. This position will collaborate and work
closely with the Director of Software Development and Technology, the Director of Product Innovation,
Scrum Master and Business Analysts to develop new and enhanced consumer-facing products and
product features. The primary systems include eCommerce, CRM and Learning Management Systems
(LMS).
Essential Functions / Job Responsibilities:
• Serve as the lead technical architect responsible for developing, implementing and managing to
architecture standards
• Lead teams that develop, write and test high-quality code that supports new and
existing applications
• Collaborate with a team comprised of both technical and non-technical members in support of
development projects
• Participate in Agile sprint planning and code reviews
• Innovate software development processes and end-user products with a focus on enhancing the
customer experience and/or business growth opportunities
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands of this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform essential functions of this job. This position is regularly required to use hands or
fingers to handle and feel objects, tools, and controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand,
walk, sit, reach, climb/balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl in confined spaces. The employee may be
required to lift between 25 and 50 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Internal and External Interaction:
This position interacts with peers and managers both in and out of the department as well as their
immediate manager on a regular basis. They may interact with peers, customers, and vendors in a large
geographical area to support a variety of IT Functions.
Skills Required:
• Proven ability to lead a software development team
• Strong ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently with good time management skills
• Resourcefulness with strong initiative
• Ability to establish collaborative working relationships with extended team members
• Strong fundamentals in software design and development
• Strong fundamentals of web design, user experience and web standards
• Experience in an Agile software development environment
Technical/Software Skills & Experience Required:
• Knowledge of SQL
• Knowledge of PHP
• Knowledge of Test-driven development
• Knowledge of working within cloud hosting environments (AWS preferred)
• Experience working in Linux/Unix environment
• Experience working with Spring
• Experience working with DevOps methodologies and tools such as GitHub, JIRA, Jenkins and
similar tools
• Proficiency working with REST API development
• Proficiency working with HTML and JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS
• Advanced proficiency in coding using Java
The following benefits are options provided to full-time employees the first of the month following 60 days of hire: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, participation in the 401K plan and other ancillary benefits.