Why Ryan?

Hybrid Work Options

Award-Winning Culture

Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits

14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)

Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement

Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One

401K with Employer Match

Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service

Fertility Assistance Program

Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

As a member of the Ryan Software Division, this position will be a critical contributor to an ambitious strategic initiative with the goal of re-envisioning a broad suite of enterprise level applications. Aiming to create simple and compelling user experiences, the Manager of Application Engineering will be required to draw on a depth of design and engineering experience building complex web applications and systems. Best equipped candidates will be highly proficient in front end frameworks (e.g. angular, react), C# and .NET, SQL, ReactJS, Typescript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, web services, and testing practices. This position includes leading or managing teams, however has the opportunity to remain hands on. The candidate will play a significant role in building, development and maintaining our licensed software solutions.

The Ryan Software Team promotes an open-minded atmosphere of learning and growth and expects the same from candidates. We want to foster a positive and enthusiastic can-do attitude with our work. Candidates should have a sense of where things are going and have experience using best of breed tools, technologies, and practices. This role is a formative one for the future of application development within Ryan, LLC and will be best filled by candidates hungry to have a huge impact.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

Create a positive team member experienceManage Development Team work items, initiatives, and projectsOrganize and maintain Development Team sprints and backlogs in conjunction with the Product Team to facilitate efficient work and project reportingParticipate in code reviews to help the development team maintain high quality of delivered codeFacilitate team retrospectives to help iteratively guide the team through tool, technology, and process improvementsDesign and implement application and system architectures drawing on a deep understanding of application, system, and cloud design patterns.

Design and implement cost effective application and system architectures that allow for elastic scalability in response to changing workload.Work with engineering teams to develop best of breed processes and development capabilities that maximize development efficiency and maintainability of applications and systems.Work with engineering teams to develop and maintain value driven testing tools and technologies that establish high degrees of confidence in correctness, stability, and performance of applications and systems while also aiding engineering teams with responsive feedback throughout the development lifecycle.Collaborate with engineering, product, and sales teams to continually respond to changing market needs, support requests, and aid in problem resolution.Develop and maintain documentation for application and system architectures.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent related work experience. Ten or more years of enterprise applications architecture and development experience in a developer, architect, or managerial capacity.

Computer Skills:

Languages: Typescript, JavaScript (ES5/ES6), HTML, CSS, C#, and SQLFrameworks: React, Bootstrap, .NETExtensive front end experience with knowledge of multi-tiered applicationsNice to have: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Azure DevOps.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required.

Work Environment:

Standard indoor working environment.Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the firm as well as interaction with external vendors and clients as necessary.Independent travel requirement: up to 10%.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran