Senior Java Backend Developer Jobs in Connecticut

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 position 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 along with 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.
• Designing, implementing, unit, integration testing and supporting 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 amongst 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.
• Should have direct people management experience
• Strong knowledge of Software development using Java EE/Spring, JavaScript, HTML , CSS, React and PL/SQL experience with a relational database
• Knowledge of integration and web services technologies (HTTP, SOAP, REST, XML, JSON)
• Experience building scalable data models and performing complex relational databases queries using PL/SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL), etc
• Experience with AWS Cloud services such as EKS, Lambda, SQS, OpenSearch etc.
• 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 & a proven track record of experience in leading the 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 as well as clear and concise communication by adapting delivery to resonate with different audiences.
• Proactively work towards effectively prioritizing the tasks and dependencies to avoid any 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 Elasticearch
• Graph and NoSQL database knowledge such as Neo4j, MongoDB
• Familiarity with web analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, etc.)

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 the solutions.
• Strong desire to improve upon their skills in software development, frameworks, and technologies

Don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

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 your 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.

And much more!

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.

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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.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

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.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 116,000 USD - 170,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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