Senior Development Manager

About the role

As a Development Manager, you will lead enterprise development and modernization across Java, C, and legacy platforms with responsibility for delivery, audit readiness, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams across full SDLC (design, build, test, deploy, operate)
• Deliver applications built on Java, C, and legacy frameworks
• Enforce coding standards and architecture principles
• Oversee contractors and delivery alignment
• Utilize GitLab for source control and CI/CD
• Align to Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall models
• Drive modernization of C, Java and legacy platforms
• Enable use of AI tools for code analysis, coverage, and remediation
• Reduce technical debt via automation
• Define roadmaps with architecture
• Audit, Compliance & Risk Management
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (PCI DSS)
• Own audit readiness and controls
• Partner with security on remediation
• Govern SDLC and change management
• Infrastructure, CMDB & Operational Oversight
• Align with infrastructure standards
• Maintain CMDB accuracy
• Partner with ops for environment stability
• Oversee GitLab-based deployment pipelines
• Vulnerability Management & Remediation
• Identify and remediate vulnerabilities
• Apply secure coding across Java and C
• Integrate security into GitLab pipelines
• Report on vulnerability metrics
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work with Product, QA, Architecture, Infra, Security
• Communicate risks and status
• Lead stakeholder engagement
• Operational Excellence & Reporting
• Provide executive reporting
• Drive continuous improvement
• Improve reliability and scalability
• Define engineering KPIs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related
• 8+ years development experience, 3+ leadership
• Strong Java and C experience
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD
• Experience with SDLC, DevOps, infrastructure
• Audit and vulnerability remediation experience
• Experience with AI tools for code analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services experience
• ServiceNow / CMDB familiarity
• Legacy modernization experience
• Advanced GitLab
• Global team leadership