Application Development Lead — Build Secure, Scalable Apps

Taylor Corporation; Kentucky; On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Taylor Corporation in Kentucky seeks a Supervisor, Application Development to lead a hands-on technical team and drive delivery across the SDLC, ensuring secure, scalable solutions for enterprise applications.

This role blends people leadership with technical excellence, overseeing design, code reviews, deployment, and incident management while partnering with stakeholders to align projects with business goals. A federal background check is required for this location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of application development experience.
• 2+ years of leadership, supervisory, or technical lead experience.
• Experience managing enterprise applications in production environments.
• Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of application developers and technical professionals.
• Establish performance expectations and support employee growth through regular feedback and development planning.
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and retention efforts.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate work assignments, priorities, and resource planning to support business objectives.
• Actively participate in software design, development, code review, testing, deployment, and support activities.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural direction for application enhancements and modernization initiatives.
• Review code quality, development standards, and adherence to best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex application issues and assist development teams with technical problem resolution.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and development tools that improve efficiency and quality.
• Lead application development efforts through all phases of the SDLC.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define requirements and deliver technology solutions aligned with organizational goals.
• Oversee project execution, scope management, scheduling, and delivery commitments.
• Ensure applications are developed with a focus on security, reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Lead and support Incident Management activities to ensure timely resolution of production issues and restoration of service.
• Facilitate Problem Management processes including root cause analysis, corrective actions, and prevention strategies.
• Participate in and oversee Change Management activities to ensure planned changes are properly documented, tested, approved, and implemented with minimal business disruption.
• Partner with Technical Operations, Infrastructure, Security, and Support teams to drive operational excellence and service reliability.
• Monitor application health and key performance metrics and implement proactive improvements.
• Support production environments and provide leadership during high-priority incidents and outage situations.
• Drive automation, monitoring, and process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with established development, security, and operational standards.
• Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and business continuity requirements.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Communication

Mentoring

Recruiting

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

C#

.NET

REST APIs

Azure

Git

CI/CD

SQL Server

Job description

Taylor Corporation in Kentucky seeks a Supervisor, Application Development to lead a hands-on technical team and drive delivery across the SDLC, ensuring secure, scalable solutions for enterprise applications.

This role blends people leadership with technical excellence, overseeing design, code reviews, deployment, and incident management while partnering with stakeholders to align projects with business goals. A federal background check is required for this location.