Lead Application Developer – Hybrid, Hands-On & Mentoring

Fehrandpeers; Roseville (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Plan

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter Benefits

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Parental Leave

Mentoring and Career Development

Job summary

Fehr & Peers is seeking an Application Development Manager to lead a three-person team within our IT group. This hybrid role in Roseville or Sacramento combines leadership with hands-on coding and mentoring, shaping development practices for internal tools and client projects.

You will balance enterprise applications, data tools, and dashboards while advocating responsible AI, code reviews, and secure deployments. A practical, collaborative leader thrives here.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or a closely related field.
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Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a three-person team focused on application development, database engineering, enterprise applications, and internal tooling.
• Set priorities and balance enterprise application support, custom tools, client-related project needs, and time-sensitive requests from across the firm.
• Coach developers through hands‑on technical guidance, not just delegation.
• Model a leadership style rooted in fairness, openness, humility, problem-solving, and respect for people’s lives inside and outside of work.
• Design, develop, and maintain internal applications, shared tooling, and system integrations.
• Support custom data tools, dashboards, data processing pipelines, and analysis platforms used in project work.
• Support enterprise systems such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Esri ArcGIS, Deltek Vantagepoint, and Box.
• Keep database infrastructure reliable, secure, fast, and well documented.
• Establish practical support standards for applications used by internal staff and project teams.
• Advise colleagues on when to build, buy, integrate, automate, or use AI-assisted development.
• Partner with leaders and project teams to understand needs, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Explain development priorities, timelines, and technical decisions in plain language.
• Provide training and guidance that helps staff use technology more effectively.
• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly and foster safe adoption across teams.
• Strengthen development practices and governance by defining SDLC processes and code review standards.

Skills

Software Development

Leadership

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Flask

Linux

Git/GitLab

Databases

AI Tools

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

GitLab

Nginx

WSGI

Job description

Fehr & Peers is seeking an Application Development Manager to lead a three-person team within our IT group. This hybrid role in Roseville or Sacramento combines leadership with hands-on coding and mentoring, shaping development practices for internal tools and client projects.

You will balance enterprise applications, data tools, and dashboards while advocating responsible AI, code reviews, and secure deployments. A practical, collaborative leader thrives here.