Company Description

Founded in 1957, Ent is a member-owned credit union with a passion for people, not for profit. With $8+ billion in assets and over 420,000 owner-members across more than forty convenient Front Range locations, Ent is Colorado's largest credit union. In addition to a reputation as a leader in philanthropy and financial literacy, Ent has been nationally recognized by Forbes as the overall #1 credit union in Colorado for four years running. We know that growth, accolades and reputation are a result of the entire Ent family of employees working together to serve our members. To that end, we are equally proud to be recognized as an "employer of choice" and to have received nominations and awards as a "Best Place to Work" in both Southern Colorado and the Denver metro area. Ent's numerous Employee Engagement Groups (EEGs) offer micro-communities of like-minded employees and a chance to express your personal passions through volunteerism and philanthropy while our best-in-class benefits package and competitive salaries reward you for a job well done.

Job Description

As part of the Business Services team, the Manager of Application Development leads Application Developers in designing, creating, and providing complex, efficient, and resourceful technology solutions. The solutions may be achieved by integrating 3rd party applications or creating new programs in house, or perhaps a blend of both. The end result of the technology solutions will enable Ent to meet or exceed various business strategies.

Qualifications

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Development:

• Configures / writes new programs of growing complexity and scope, involving multiple systems and interdependencies.

• Conducts code reviews of other team members as appropriate for quality and adherence to standards

Analysis / Modeling / Design

• Leads the development of complete systems, often guiding and mentoring team members and defining the overall architecture of the system
• Converts functional specifications on business problems into efficient designs
• Participates in the RFP/RFI process

Communication / Staff Management:

• Conducts performance reviews, provides feedback, guidance, mentoring, training, task management, resource forecasting, and leadership

• Conducts code reviews of staff to ensure quality standards are being met

• Works closely with the other areas of IT to ensure solution delivery

Maintenance:

• Provides technical support and problem resolution for customer inquiries regarding in-house application infrastructure

Minimum formal education required for this position:

Knowledge consistent with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar field of study.

(Preferred) Knowledge consistent with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar field of study.

Minimum work experience:

10+ years of relevant IT experience in Software Engineering

4+ years of relevant IT experience in software programming concepts in a production environment

2+ years of Team Leadership, Supervisory, or Management experience 

Technical or specialized knowledge/skills:

• Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience with Object Oriented programming in C#
• Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience building web applications using a combination of technologies including: Azure Cloud Technologies, ASP.NET, JavaScript/jQuery, React, Angular, CSS, HTML 5, JSON, AJAX, XML, and MS SQL Server
• Advanced knowledge of and demonstrated experience building secure web applications
• Demonstrated experience in regards to understanding and working with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server
• Must have good web user interface design skills
• Must be comfortable working in highly collaborative environments
• Demonstrated experience with development tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio and/or Visual Studio Code.
• Must be able to conduct presentations in group settings in a professional and courteous manner
• Strong customer service, organization, communication, and interpersonal skills are a must
• Thorough understanding of advanced programming concepts and principles, as well as database design.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of high availability systems
• Other duties as required
• (Preferred) Experience building mobile applications (IOS or Android) and/or mobile web applications
• (Preferred) Experience with Containers and/or Kubernetes
• (Preferred) Experience with Azure Cloud Native development
• (Preferred) Experience with Scrum software development
• (Preferred) Experience building multi-threaded applications

Certifications Required /Preferred: 

None

Environmental, physical and psychological requirements:

Must be able to sit or stand for prolonged periods of time in a climate controlled environment. Must be able to use fingers, hands, wrists for repetitive tasks such as typing, using a mouse, handling paper, currency, or coin, and operating a telephone. Demands for visual and auditory acuity are typical of an office environment. Must be able to interact via email, telephone, or in person with diplomacy, tact, and courtesy with all members under varying circumstances. Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs.

Additional information

Salary range for this position: $111,612.80 to $146,494.40 (IT18) This position is eligible for an annual corporate bonus based upon performance

For information on our benefits, please visit: Benefits Summary Sheet - 2021

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)