Manager of Application Development

CloudHesive is an Amazon Premier Partner and Amazon Managed Services Partner founded by veterans in the cloud technology space. We help our customers adapt and transform their organizations by leveraging the power of the public cloud ecosystem through consulting and next generation managed services, with a focus on Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency and Cost Optimization.

Our employees are the foundation of our success, and we invest in them! We are growing fast and have built a phenomenal team through in-depth training, partner events, community involvement, mentoring, and much more. We move quickly, act decisively, and communicate openly to drive a collaborative environment and our customers´ success. With offices in the U.S. and Latin America, you’ll work with industry experts on revolutionary technology solutions deployed successfully around the globe.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Manager of Application Development to lead the day-to-day work of the team that develops the front end and back end services powering CloudHesive's SaaS Cloud Management Platform, ConnectPath. The Manager partners with the Product Manager and the Architect to deliver features against committed sprint goals and serves as Scrum Master for the development team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and develop a team of application developers building and maintaining the ConnectPath platform.
• Serve as Scrum Master: facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives; remove impediments and shield the team from outside disruption.
• Coach the team on Scrum and agile practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, self-organization, and accountability.
• Partner with the Product Manager on backlog refinement, sprint readiness, and release planning; partner with the Architect on technical sequencing.
• Track and communicate sprint progress, team velocity, and delivery health metrics to stakeholders and the SVP of Product Development.
• Coordinate day-to-day execution with the offshore development team in Argentina.
• Manage production incidents in accordance with SLAs, including incident response coordination and post-incident reviews.
• Ensure team deliverables comply with architectural standards set by the Architect.
• Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development tools within the team in partnership with the Product Manager and Architect.
• Stay current on relevant technologies and bring promising approaches to the team for evaluation.
• Manage and develop staff, including hiring, performance management, coaching, and recognition.
• Plan and organize workload and team assignments.
• Review work for quality, presentation, and conformance to policies and procedures.
  

Is this role for you?

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university, and/or 5-7 years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
  
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) and eligible to work in FedRAMP-authorized environments. 
• Prior experience leading or managing a software development team (formal or informal team lead role acceptable). 
• Experience as a Scrum Master or in an equivalent agile leadership role, including running ceremonies, removing impediments, and coaching teams. 
• Working knowledge of SaaS platforms built on AWS (serverless and/or containerized). 
• Familiarity with cloud architecture best practices (e.g., AWS Well-Architected Framework or similar principles). 
• Experience supporting production environments with SLA commitments, including incident response and post-incident review. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present sprint progress and delivery of health to senior stakeholders. 

In addition to the perks of working with an awesome team, CloudHesive offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, training on cutting-edge technologies and partners (AWS), a flexible work schedule, responsible time off, standing desks, a kitchen filled with employee-selected snacks, and much more! If you think you’d be a great fit, we’d like to learn more about you!