Sr Manager, Backend Engineering

Gartner; Dolphin Cove (CT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

20+ PTO days

Extensive medical, dental insurance

401K with corporate match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Gartner is seeking a hands-on technical leader to guide a multidisciplinary development team. You will architect solutions for personalized email and notifications delivery while mentoring team members and driving significant improvements to core systems.

Your role involves collaborating closely with product partners to develop new features and optimize engagement metrics. Join Gartner to work in a hybrid environment that values innovation and offers numerous growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in web application development.
• Proven people management and leadership experience.
• Experience building data processing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary development team.
• Drive improvements to core systems and business processes.
• Architect solutions for high application performance.

Skills

Java EE/Spring

HTML

XML

JSON

PL/SQL

Web application development

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

B2B marketing automation platforms

Job description

Hiring near our Irving, TX and Stamford, CT Centers of Excellence, with a hybrid work environment.

About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting‑edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome‑driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About this role

Our mission is to create effortless, customer‑centric, habit‑forming digital experiences that enable clients to solve their mission‑critical priorities. We are seeking a hands‑on technical leader to guide a multi‑disciplinary development team responsible for building and maintaining our core platform for personalized email and notifications delivery, driving digital engagement with our clients. As the manager, you will collaborate closely with product partners to develop new features, scale the channel, and optimize key engagement metrics.

What you'll do

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary development team, fostering a collaborative and high‑performance culture.
• Drive significant improvements to core systems and business processes to support company/division goals for profit, growth, and customer satisfaction.
• Architect solutions for high application performance, data security, and future scalability.
• Leverage AI/ML platforms to personalize and optimize delivery to drive engagement and retention.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into effective technical designs.
• Facilitate and participate in technical design discussions.
• Oversee the implementation, unit testing, integration testing, and support of software applications and services.
• Conduct code reviews and peer inspections to ensure code quality and best practices.
• Direct multiple technology projects and teams in support of IT initiatives.
• Develop strategic and tactical plans for technology and people resources to ensure successful completion of large‑scale projects.
• Lead technical activities across estimation, planning, design, build, testing, and deployment phases.
• Provide guidance, feedback, and professional development to developers, evaluating performance and identifying strengths and growth areas.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and apply them effectively to solve business challenges.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required.
• 8+ years of experience in web application development.
• Hands‑on experience with Java EE/Spring, HTML, XML, JSON, and PL/SQL with relational databases.
• Proven people management and leadership experience.
• Experience building and managing applications on cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure also valued).
• Experience building data processing pipelines.
• Preferred: Experience with B2B marketing automation platforms such as HubSpot, Marketo, Eloqua, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams.
• Demonstrated success in leading the design and deployment of large‑scale solutions.
• Experience across all phases of the systems development lifecycle.
• Strong fundamentals in software development and object‑oriented design, with a background in architecting software applications.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Who you are

• Ability to work and collaborate with multiple teams spread across diverse geographical locations.
• Ability to drive successful project delivery.
• Ability to coach and mentor team.
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies.
• Project work delivered on‑time within budget.
• All work products are delivered with high quality.

What you will get

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• A collaborative and positive culture – join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Hybrid Work Environment – enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health‑and‑wellness‑related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Gartner is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.