Gartner

Sr Manager, Backend Engineering

Gartner$116K — $170K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required.
  • 8+ years of experience in web application development.
  • Hands-on experience with Java EE/Spring, HTML, XML, JSON, and PL/SQL.
  • Demonstrated people management and leadership skills.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
  • Experience building data processing pipelines.
  • Familiarity with B2B marketing automation platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary development team.
  • Drive improvements to systems and processes for profit and customer satisfaction.
  • Architect solutions ensuring high performance and security.
  • Leverage AI/ML to optimize delivery and engagement.
  • Translate business requirements into effective technical designs.
  • Conduct code reviews to maintain quality standards.
  • Direct multiple technology projects in IT initiatives.

Benefits

  • Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
  • Ongoing mentorship with access to leadership courses.
  • Collaborative culture with a diverse professional team.
  • Hybrid work environment for flexibility.
  • 20+ PTO days and holidays in the first year.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401K with corporate match and immediate vesting.
Full Job Description
Hiring near our Irving, TX and Stamford, CT Centers of Excellence, with a hybrid work environment.

About this role:
Our mission is to create effortless, customer-centric, habit-forming digital experiences that enable clients to solve their mission critical priorities. We are seeking a hands-on technical leader to guide a multi-disciplinary development team responsible for building and maintaining our core platform for personalized email and notifications delivery, driving digital engagement with our clients. As the manager, you will collaborate closely with product partners to develop new features, scale the channel, and optimize key engagement metrics.

What you'll do:

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
  • Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary development team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Drive significant improvements to core systems and business processes to support company/division goals for profit, growth, and customer satisfaction.
  • Architect solutions for high application performance, data security, and future scalability.
  • Leverage AI/ML Platforms to personalize and optimize delivery to drive engagement and retention.
  • Analyze business requirements and translate them into effective technical designs.
  • Facilitate and participate in technical design discussions.
  • Oversee the implementation, unit testing, integration testing, and support of software applications and services.
  • Conduct code reviews and peer inspections to ensure code quality and best practices.
  • Direct multiple technology projects and teams in support of IT initiatives.
  • Develop strategic and tactical plans for technology and people resources to ensure successful completion of large-scale projects.
  • Lead technical activities across estimation, planning, design, build, testing, and deployment phases.
  • Provide guidance, feedback, and professional development to developers, evaluating performance and identifying strengths and growth areas.
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and apply them effectively to solve business challenges.


What you'll need:
  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required.
  • 8 years+ of experience in web application development.
  • Hands-on experience with Java EE/Spring, HTML, XML, JSON, and PL/SQL with relational databases.
  • Proven people management and leadership experience.
  • Experience building and managing applications on cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure also valued).
  • Experience building data processing pipelines.
  • Preferred: Experience with B2B marketing automation platforms such as HubSpot, Marketo, Eloqua, etc.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Demonstrated success in leading the design and deployment of large-scale solutions.
  • Experience across all phases of the systems development lifecycle.
  • Strong fundamentals in software development and object-oriented design, with a background in architecting software applications.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.


Who you are:
  • Ability to work and collaborate with multiple teams spread across diverse geographical locations
  • Ability to drive successful project delivery
  • Ability to coach and mentor team
  • Ability to learn and apply new technologies
  • Project work delivered on-time within budget
  • All work products are delivered with high quality


Note: This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications.

What you will get:
  • Competitive compensation.
  • Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
  • Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
  • A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
  • A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
  • Hybrid Work Environment - enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
  • 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
  • Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
  • 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
  • Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
  • Parental leave.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Gartner Gives Charity Match.
    And much more!


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About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. is a research and advisory company that provides information, advice, and tools for leaders in IT, finance, HR, customer service and support, legal and compliance, marketing, sales, and supply chain functions. The company operates in more than 100 countries and has over 16,000 employees. Gartner was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
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