Category: IT
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Work Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $125,000 - $140,000
Salary: $125,000 - $140,000
Work Model: Hybrid
Reference #: 45299
Our client is seeking an experienced Application Development Manager to lead and evolve a modern application ecosystem supporting critical business initiatives. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across web, mobile, and back-office platforms while coaching and developing high-performing development teams. You’ll drive application delivery from strategy through release, ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-quality solutions aligned to business goals. Apply today to take the next step in your leadership and technology career.
Work Model:
- Hybrid
What You Will Do:
- Set technical direction for the application landscape, guiding architecture and modernization across web, mobile, frontend, and back-office platforms
- Deliver application initiatives end to end, translating requirements into reliable releases that meet timeline, scope, and business expectations
- Build and support high-performing development teams through hiring, performance management, mentoring, and skill development
- Enforce development standards and the SDLC, aligning technical execution with business strategy through clear roadmaps and plans
- Direct production support and issue resolution, ensuring stable releases, thorough testing, and dependable system performance
- Coordinate development schedules, dependencies, and resources, adjusting plans to meet shifting priorities and organizational needs
What You Will Need to Be Successful:
- Hands-on experience designing and supporting modern web applications while remaining technically involved in a leadership role
- Strong knowledge of full‑stack development, including frontend frameworks, backend services, APIs, and data persistence
- Proven ability to influence technical direction through architecture guidance, code reviews, and design collaboration
- Working understanding of relational databases and SQL, including data modeling and performance considerations
- Experience working within Agile development environments, balancing speed, quality, and long-term system maintainability
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k
- PTO
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About Palmer Group
At Palmer Group, making lives better is at the core of everything we do. For nearly three decades, we have partnered with organizations and individuals to provide thoughtful talent and business solutions that empower careers and drive growth.
As an employee-owned company grounded in strong ethics and values, we are committed to building lasting relationships and delivering results. Contractors working through Palmer Group are eligible to become employee-owners, giving them a stake in our shared success, and enjoy benefits including health insurance, PTO, and 401(k) options.
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