Application Development Manager

Gravity IT Resources; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity IT Resources seeks a Senior Manager of Application Development to lead the Application Development and Power Platform teams, driving modernization, AI-enabled development, and platform governance for enterprise solutions. You will shape architecture, standards, and roadmaps to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable software aligned with enterprise objectives.

You will mentor engineers, drive cloud transformation and DevOps practices, and collaborate with Architecture, Security, Data,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, platform engineering, or related technology disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience managing software engineering, application development, or technical engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and modern software engineering practices.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, APIs, integration technologies, and modern software architecture.
• Demonstrated expertise in solution architecture, engineering standards, and technical governance practices.
• Proven ability to evaluate, implement, or lead AI-enabled software development and intelligent automation in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive application modernization, cloud transformation, automation, AI-enabled development, and platform engineering initiatives; develop technology roadmaps.
• Lead and develop Application Development and Power Platform engineers with a culture of accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence.
• Provide technical leadership, staffing, performance reviews, and resource allocation across projects.
• Establish standards for architecture, security, automation, and platform governance aligned with enterprise principles.
• Enforce software engineering, DevOps, security, testing, and operational standards for reliable delivery.
• Collaborate with business, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, Infrastructure, and Product teams to set strategies and roadmaps.
• Develop and communicate metrics on engineering delivery, reliability, and productivity; provide risk assessments and recommendations.
• Manage vendor relationships and external delivery partners to meet goals and budgets.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies and engineering practices.
• Promote Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Oversee governance and lifecycle management for Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, and related capabilities.
• Champion engineering excellence through architecture reviews, code quality, and operational maturity.
• Maintain technology roadmaps supporting modernization, automation, cloud adoption, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Ensure security, privacy, data governance, and risk management are addressed.
• Partner with stakeholders to leverage technology to improve processes and outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture governance

Cloud transformation

AI-enabled development

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Vendor management

Mentoring teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Azure

Power Platform

Dataverse

Copilot Studio

APIs

Job description

Job Title: Manager of Application Development

Location: Onsite (Salt Lake County)

Job-Type: Direct Placement

Salary Range: 130k to 170k

Position Overview:

The Senior Manager of Application development and Power Platform is responsible for leading the Application Development and Power Platform engineering teams in the design, development, modernization, deployment, and support of enterprise business solutions. This role provides strategic leadership and technical direction for software engineering, solution architecture, application modernization, AI-enabled development, automation, and platform governance. The position is accountable for building and developing high-performing engineering teams while ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards.

Responsibilities

• Drive application modernization, cloud transformation, automation, AI-enabled development, and platform engineering initiatives across business applications and Power Platform solutions. Develop and execute technology roadmaps that improve business outcomes, engineering productivity, solution scalability, operational efficiency, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop Application Development and Power Platform engineers. Build a high-performing engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence.
• Provide technical and people leadership for assigned teams, including establishing and tracking goals and objectives, assigning work, identifying training and development needs, facilitating performance reviews, developing succession plans, and ensuring accountability for individual and team performance and deliverables. Manage staffing needs and determine appropriate resource allocation across projects, operational support, modernization initiatives, and strategic priorities.
• Establish and govern application, integration, automation, AI, and platform architecture standards. Provide technical leadership and design oversight to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, supportable, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles and business objectives.
• Implement and enforce software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, security, testing, quality, and operational standards to ensure reliable, secure, and supportable solution delivery.
• Collaborate with business leaders, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, and Product teams to define technology strategies, delivery priorities, solution roadmaps, and platform investments aligned to business objectives.
• Develop, track, and communicate engineering, delivery, operational, quality, reliability, adoption, and productivity metrics. Provide regular status updates, risk assessments, and strategic recommendations to leadership.
• Manage vendor relationships, consulting partners, and external service providers to ensure alignment with organizational goals, delivery commitments, service expectations, and budget objectives.
• Lead the evaluation, adoption, and governance of emerging technologies and engineering practices.
• Drive adoption of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, test automation, platform engineering, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Oversee governance, administration, lifecycle management, and operational standards for Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Copilot Studio, and related platform capabilities.
• Champion engineering excellence through architecture reviews, technical standards, code quality practices, and operational maturity.
• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps supporting application modernization, automation, cloud adoption, and AI-driven business capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, data governance, risk management, and operational support requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to improve business processes and outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering or a related disciple required
• Master's Degree in computer science, engineering or a related disciple preferred
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, platform engineering, or related technology disciplines required
• 5+ years of experience managing software engineering, application development, or technical engineering teams required
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies, DevOps, CI/CD, release management, and modern software engineering practices required
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, APIs, integration technologies, and modern software architecture required
• Demonstrated expertise in solution architecture, engineering standards, and technical governance practices required
• Proven ability to evaluate, implement, or lead AI-enabled software development, intelligent automation, developer productivity tools, and emerging AI technologies within an enterprise environment required
• Background leading application modernization, digital transformation, or cloud migration initiatives preferred
• Ability to manage vendors, consultants, and external delivery partners preferred
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, .NET, Power Platform, Dataverse, and Copilot technologies preferred
• Knowledge of event-driven, service-oriented, and API-first architectures preferred
• Experience implementing enterprise AI governance, AI-enabled business solutions, AI agents, or agentic workflow capabilities preferred
• Software engineering and application development best practices
• Enterprise application and solution architecture
• Cloud architecture and modernization (Azure)
• Power Platform architecture, governance, administration, and application lifecycle management (ALM)
• AI-enabled development, intelligent automation, AI-assisted engineering, and emerging AI technologies
• DevOps, CI/CD, release management, engineering automation, and platform engineering
• API, integration, service-oriented, and event-driven architecture patterns
• Agile delivery methodologies, product delivery, and engineering governance
• Strategic planning, prioritization, and execution
• Vendor management and consulting partner oversight
• Executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
• Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and resource management