Development Manager

BMO•New York, NY

7d•$112,200 - $209,000

About The Position

This role involves applying development expertise to both front-end and back-end systems coding, combined with project management and systems administration skills. The Development Manager designs the strategy for continuous enhancement, performance optimization, stability, and scalability. They design, develop, and maintain fully-fledged and functioning platforms with databases or servers. The role also includes designing the user experience, user interaction, responsive design, and complete architecture. Responsibilities involve working with databases, servers, APIs, version control systems, and third-party applications, ensuring cross-platform compatibility and fixing issues during test and production phases. The role also focuses on fostering a culture aligned with BMO's purpose and values, ensuring alignment between values and behavior that fosters diversity and inclusion, and connecting work to BMO’s purpose with inspirational goals and clear accountability. Additionally, the role involves building interdependent teams, attracting and retaining talent, improving team performance, coaching employees, and operating at a group/enterprise-wide level as a specialist resource. The Development Manager applies expertise creatively to address complex situations, implements changes in response to shifting trends, and takes measured risks while protecting the bank by applying the Risk Management Framework.

Requirements

Proficiency in either front-end technologies (e.g., TypeScript, React) or back-end technologies (e.g., Java, PostgreSQL, AWS) is required; experience in both is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to apply development expertise in both front-end and back-end systems coding, combined with project management and systems administration skills.
Advanced level of proficiency: Front-end languages and framework.
Advanced level of proficiency: Backend Technologies and Frameworks.
Advanced level of proficiency: Database and cache.
Advanced level of proficiency: Basic design ability.
Advanced level of proficiency: Server.
Advanced level of proficiency: Web architecture.
Advanced level of proficiency: Version Control.
Advanced level of proficiency: Web Hosting Platforms.
Advanced level of proficiency: Learning Agility.
Advanced level of proficiency: Building and managing relationships.
Advanced level of proficiency: Technical writing / documentation.
Advanced level of proficiency: Verbal & written communication skills.
Advanced level of proficiency: Organization skills.
Advanced level of proficiency: Collaboration & team skills.
Advanced level of proficiency: Analytical and problem solving skills.
Advanced level of proficiency: Influence skills.
Advanced level of proficiency: Data driven decision making.
Typically 7+ years of relevant experience and post-secondary degree in related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge.

Nice To Haves

Candidates with experience in team leadership or mentoring developers, who are motivated to enhance their leadership abilities, are encouraged to apply.
Familiarity with FX business applications or OpenFin is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

Applies development expertise to front and back-end systems coding combined with project management experience with systems administration skills.
Designs the strategy for continuous enhancement, performance optimization, stability, and scalability.
Designs, develops, and maintains fully-fledged and functioning platforms with databases or servers.
Designs the user experience, user interaction, responsive design, and complete architecture.
Works with databases, servers, APIs, version control systems, and third-party apps.
Ensures cross-platform compatibility and fixes issues during test and production phases.
Builds dynamic, visually-attractive, and innovative software product/apps including front-end and back-end components.
Manages the complete software development process from conception to deployment.
Maintains and upgrades the software following deployment.
Manages the end-to-end life cycle for the production of software and applications.
Oversees and guides the analysis, writing, building, and deployment of software.
Oversees automated testing and provides insights on results.
Modifies and tests changes to previously developed programs.
Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviours in all that they do.
Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.
Regularly connects work to BMO’s purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow through.
Builds interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders.
Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.
Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.
Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a specialist resource to senior leaders and stakeholders.
Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and non-routine.
Implements changes in response to shifting trends.
Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.
Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations.