Senior Manager Application Development

ADP; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP is seeking a Senior Application Development Manager in the UK to lead agile teams delivering payroll and enterprise web applications for clients. You will collaborate across design, engineering, product development and implementation to scale complex systems.

You will require 8+ years of leadership in full stack development, deep hands-on experience with .NET 4.8 and .NET 10, SQL Server, APIs, microservices, Docker, Redis, REST/JSON, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of microservices stack including .NET, Docker, Redis, REST/JSON, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Experience in DevOps with automated change management using Jenkins, Ansible, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead agile development teams to design and deliver web applications.
• Oversee API design, distributed systems, and integration with internal/external clients.
• Guide operations scalability and deployment in cloud environments.

Skills

Team leadership

Full stack development

API design

Distributed systems

.NET 4.8

.NET 10

SQL Server

Docker

Redis

REST/JSON

AWS

Azure

DevOps

Jenkins

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

.NET 4.8

.NET 10

SQL Server

Docker

Redis

REST/JSON

AWS

Azure

Jenkins

Ansible

Job description

ADP is hiring a Senior Application Development Manager.

• Are you empathetic to client needs and inspired by transformation and impacting the lives of millions of people every day?
• Are you an inspiring leader who people have followed and worked for over and over again?
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?
  

Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to design what's next?
In this role, you will work in an Agile development environment to bring the designs and ideas to life for new or improved products and web applications. This work will support a mix of internal and external clients. You will be working on current and upcoming projects that connect design, engineering, product development, and implementation to understand how those pieces impact infrastructure. You'll share your operational and process maturity with a growing team while building products for large enterprises to enable their workforce.
No two days are the same as you work with your team, business leaders, and project management to understand our next wave of work. To thrive in this role, you'll need to have a solid understanding of technologies, including APIs, distributed systems design, operational scaling and availability, and application integrations. Deep knowledge of .NET framework versions 4.8 as well as .NET 10 and SQL Server will be critical for success in this role. You have experience working full stack with front-end, scripting, and back-end experience. This role will be leading teams focusing on core payroll and statutory compliance on top of feature development, so experience of these domains is very much preferred. Our best developers are enthusiastic creators who stay current on new technologies. You strive to learn new technologies and find ways to incorporate what you learn into building your products.
You're a passionate leader focused on engagement as well as results, and you're not afraid to roll your sleeves up and dive into the code when necessary. As part of our team, you'll find exciting challenges, get opportunities to grow your career, and develop solid friendships as we design what's next for ADP and the industry. Pace should not scare you. We still find time for a healthy dose of fun.

What You'll Do

Learn more about ADP at jobs.adp.com.

Here's What You Can Expect On a Typical Day

• Agile. You'll start each day with a scrum, working in a team to understand responsibilities, identify issues, and communicate coding priorities while choosing user stories to complete. You must know Agile well.
• Lead. Your seven or more years of team leadership have delivered amazing results, and you pride yourself on developing the people who work for you, as well as providing an inclusive team environment where they all can thrive. If asked, they would follow you anywhere and enthusiastically credit you with helping to grow their careers.
• Development. Working in two-week sprints, you must create a culture where your teams keep up with timelines and coding standards. You'll be looking ahead to the next coding criteria to build technically sound and functional tools.
• Continuous Learning and Improvement. An eagerness to learn will help you keep up with ever-changing technologies and maintain the ability to create the best tools for our clients. You are comfortable and thrive in an autonomous role since that will be essential for your success. You will also drive a culture of continuous improvement within your teams and to the wider portfolio and development community.
• Collaboration. You'll work with business leadership and project management to understand priorities and create automation accordingly.
• Presentations. You will present and defend your team's approach to leadership. There is no typical day as you partner and work with people across the development organization to turn ideas into reality.
• Experience. You have 8+ years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

To Succeed In This Role

• You'll have a Bachelor's degree OR equivalent experience.
• Prior experience in these technologies are also strongly recommended:
• Detailed knowledge of microservices stack--.Net, Docker, Redis, REST/JSON, and SQL, AWS/Azure
• DevOps and automated change management through Jenkins, Ansible, or similar technologies

You'll Love Working Here Because You Can

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to net out the best solution.
• Have a laser focus on our clients. At ADP we are passionate about serving our clients. Our clients inspire us to innovate, and we strive to listen, design and deliver solutions that drive their business success.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real