Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Farmers Insurance is a team with a passion for purpose and making a real difference in people’s lives. They are hiring an Application Development Manager to lead a team responsible for enhancing, supporting, and modernizing business-critical applications, focusing on leadership and execution within a diverse IT environment.
Responsibilities
- Guide and assist a team of approximately five developers and one customer representative by fostering transparency, coaching, prioritizing tasks, providing feedback, and supporting career growth and objectives
- Build confidence and trust through consistent leadership, clear expectations, and a steady operating rhythm
- Set priorities and manage tradeoffs between planned work (features/modernization) and unplanned work (production issues, urgent requests)
- Improve execution and transparency with clear status reporting, early risk escalation, and dependency management
- Partner with stakeholders in the department, across IT and the business to align scope, timelines, and outcomes
- Guide work across legacy applications and modern engineering practices, focusing on steady improvement over “big bang” change
- Encourage a quality-focused SDLC (clear requirements, testing discipline, release readiness, and production support practices)
- Promote a DevOps mindset—automation, repeatability, and continuous improvement—within our IT ecosystem
Skills
- 4 years experience in an IT environment, including 1 year in a supervisory role or 1 year as a Program Manager I
- Proven experience leading software development teams, including coaching, accountability, and building a healthy culture
- Solid background in application development and delivering enhancements in a structured SDLC environment
- Experience working with production systems (support, reliability, incident response, and prioritizing critical work)
- Strong communication skills—able to provide accurate, timely status, raise risks early, and drive alignment
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent, relevant experience
- Experience modernizing or refactoring legacy applications to reduce operational risk and technical debt
- Exposure to DevOps practices (CI/CD concepts, automated testing, quality checks, security scanning, etc.)
- Familiarity working in a Microsoft enterprise environment (tools/platforms commonly used across Microsoft-based development organizations)
- Multi-cloud platforms; post composition and workflow automation software; scripting (Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, Bash, VB); print languages (PLC 5/6, LCDS/Metacode, PDL, AFP, PostScript, PDF, etc.); familiarity with Content Manager or FileNet; ServiceNow
Benefits
- Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance)
- 401(k)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Assistance
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