Job Description Summary

We are seeking an experienced Application Development Manager to lead a high-performing team in enhancing and maintaining critical applications that support Raymond James’ business objectives. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with proven leadership skills, fostering an agile, collaborative environment that drives innovation and delivery excellence. This role will partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions that enhance advisor and client experiences.

Job Description

This position will follow our hybrid work model, we expect the selected candidate to be in office 2-3 days a week(10-12 days a month ) at the following office location: St. Petersburg, FL.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of specialized developers and analysts; grow the team, mature processes, and ensure adherence to service level objectives and agreements. Manage projects and resources across multiple geographic locations.

• Coach and develop team members to maximize performance and encourage professional growth.

• Bring strong experience across all phases of the SDLC and hands-on leadership in multiple areas of the technology stack.

• Organize and oversee production support activities across multiple time zones.

• Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements, design pragmatic IT solutions, and ensure alignment with business needs.

• Ensure team deliverables maintain high performance, quality, and maintainability standards.

• Influence project prioritization, structure, and administration to align with strategic business objectives and effectively manage risk.

• Focus on workforce management by accurately capturing IT resource capacity, involving both internal and external resources, processes, and practices.

• Develop, maintain, and enforce development methodologies; ensure team members understand and follow processes consistently.

• Occasionally, work a non-standard schedule, including nights and weekends, and serve as the primary on-call contact for area issues.

Skills:

• Adapt quickly to learn multiple technologies, and understand architectural dependencies, data flows, and integrations between them.

• Adapt and prioritize in an extremely dynamic and fluid environment.

• Strong hands-on experience with Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS.

• Experience in Java, Spring Framework, and very strong experience in microservices architecture.

• Strong experience with Oracle databases and experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL technologies.

• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk).

• Experience with Generative AI tools (e.g., OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, GitHub Copilot).

• Strong grasp of Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Education

Bachelor’s: Computer and Information Science (Required), Master's: Computer and Information Science

Work Experience

General Experience - 3 to 6 years

Certifications

Travel

Less than 25%

Workstyle

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

We expect our associates at all levels to:
• Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
• Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
• Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
• Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.

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