Sr Manager, Software Engineering (Java, AWS, API)

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

Sr. Manager, Software Engineering responsible for design, implementation, and support of web‑based applications to help fulfill our Consulting & Insights Technology strategy. This role is also responsible for effective collaboration, communication across business and technology teams and for helping the dev team to create modular and performance‑centric architectures to create seamless integrations with multiple applications.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with a cross‑functional team of application developers, engineers, designers, and product stakeholders to deliver innovative technology solutions.
• Design, implement, unit, integration test, and support applications.
• Have end‑to‑end responsibility for leading projects focused on performance, modular, extensible web applications.
• Demonstrate a deep knowledge of Java frameworks and best practices.
• Lead the review and analysis of business requirements to create technical specifications.
• Lead and participate in code reviews, peer inspections and technical design/specifications.
• Prepare and provide adequate (quality and quantity) documentation for work products.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to resolve business process issues and identify business process improvement opportunities.
• Responsibility for resolving all issues assigned in a timely manner.
• Ownership for development of application architecture and delivery of technical solutions that meet business requirements.
• Ensure that all applications conform to system and programming standards and are appropriately documented.
• Perform support and maintenance tasks to address production issues reported by business users.
• Manage formal and informal project communication among the team and with other project participants using methods appropriate to audience and type of communication.
• Evaluate developers following project completion, identifying strengths and areas for development via a formal, written performance appraisal.

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in the field of software development. 10+ years’ experience in web‑based application/software design and development.

Must have

• High quality and on‑time business initiative delivery experience by collaborating with cross‑functional teams.
• Direct people‑management experience.
• Strong knowledge of Software development using Java EE/Spring, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, and PL/SQL with a relational database.
• Knowledge of integration and web services technologies ( SOAP, REST, XML, JSON).
• Experience building scalable data models and performing complex relational database queries using PL/SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with AWS Cloud services such as EKS, Lambda, SQS, OpenSearch.
• Experience with DevOps using continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment tools like Jenkins, Argo, monitoring tools.
• Experience with Scrum software development methodology.
• Experience in all phases of a systems development lifecycle and a proven track record of leading design and deployment of large‑scale solutions.
• Excellent knowledge of software development and object‑oriented design fundamentals with a strong background in architecting software applications.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and clear, concise communication, adapting delivery to resonate with different audiences.
• Proactively prioritize tasks and dependencies to avoid roadblocks.
• Inspire and motivate team to achieve shared goals and drive strong business outcomes.

Nice to have

• Experience with Salesforce CRM integration and/or agentic AI integration.
• Hands‑on experience in writing Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible scripts.
• Working knowledge of containers like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Enterprise search platforms such as Apache Solr or Elasticsearch.
• Graph and NoSQL database knowledge such as Neo4j, MongoDB.
• Familiarity with web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics).

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required.
• Excellent communication and prioritization skills.
• Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast‑paced Agile‑Scrum environment.
• Owns success – takes responsibility for successful delivery of solutions.
• Strong desire to improve upon skills in software development, frameworks, and technologies.

What you’ll receive

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• 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.
• 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 the 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.

What are we

• Action Oriented – Deliver fast, get great results. We embrace the vision, roadmap to success and the action it takes to make it happen.
• Intellectually Curious – Seek to learn, love to teach. We’re humble and embrace respectful, radical candor with a mindset of ongoing professional and personal development.
• Collaborative – One team, shared mission. We welcome feedback and understand the value of working together to accomplish more than what is possible individually.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission‑critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we've grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI. At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

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