Senior Manager Application Engineering

DescriptionBealls Inc. is an American retail corporation of over 650 stores across 23 states founded in 1915 in Bradenton, Florida. Headquartered in Bradenton, Florida, since its founding in 1915, the family-owned corporation now operates more than 550 stores under the names of Bealls, Bealls Florida and Home Centric.TOP SKILLS:3+ years of management experience over development teams, proficient .NET/C# engineer, Microsoft Azure/Cloud EngineeringFUNCTION:The Senior Manager- Enterprise Application Engineering leads Bealls enterprise application development organization. The role advances a modern, cloud-native architecture on Microsoft Azure and an AI-augmented software development lifecycle, while owning end-to-end delivery: capacity, execution, quality, support, and partner management across all business areas. It is equally accountable for building new capabilities and for keeping the established application portfolio stable, secure, and progressively modernized.INTERACTION:Partners closely with Merchandising, Planning & Allocation, Store Operations, Logistics, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Ecommerce, Data Engineering, Information Technology leadership, and external delivery partnersSUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS)Team Leadership & People Development:* Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers and engineering managers across the application development organization* Own hiring, performance management, and career development for the team* Set technical direction and foster a collaborative, standards-driven engineering cultureDelivery Management:Capacity Management own capacity planning and resource allocation across concurrent product lines, balancing new development against the maintenance backlogSprint & Delivery Execution run agile delivery sprint planning, execution, and release management to deliver predictably across all business areasSupport SLAs & Escalation own production support, service-level commitments, and incident escalation for the application portfolioQuality & Standards set and enforce standards for code quality, testing, security, branch governance, and observabilityVendor Management direct external delivery partners on scope, quality, throughput, and skills mixApplication Engineering & Modernization:* Deliver cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure across web, mobile (.NET MAUI) and handheld/PDA surfaces* Drive the integration architecture toward Azure-based integrations and a general publish/subscribe pattern, retiring legacy ETL and file-transfer tooling, with transformation localized at the endpoints* Keep the established .NET and C# application portfolio stable, secure, and supported while looking for opportunities to modernize* Make sound architecture decisions in partnership with leadership and domain teamsAI-Enabled Delivery:* Guide delivery of AI applications conversational assistants, retrieval-augmented experiences, and agentic workflows with appropriate grounding, access control, and human-in-the-loop review* Apply AI across the software development lifecycle to relieve capacity and delivery-timeline constraints, championing effective, measured use of AI development toolsOther:* Other duties as assignedQUALIFICATIONS:Required* 8+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years leading engineers or engineering managers* Deep, hands-on-credible experience in the .NET / C# ecosystem across both modern .NET and older framework applications* Demonstrated delivery on Microsoft Azure compute, integration, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD* Demonstrated ability to lead delivery across multiple concurrent teams or product lines, including capacity planning, sprint execution, quality, and production support* Experience designing or delivering integration / messaging architectures (pub/sub, event-driven, or service-bus) and migrating off legacy ETL tooling*Track record modernizing or maintaining an established application portfolio while shipping new capabilities in parallel* Experience managing external delivery partners alongside full-time staff* Strong architecture and technical judgment; able to communicate decisions to both engineers and executivesPreferred:* Delivery experience with AI/LLM applications retrieval-augmented generation, orchestration frameworks, agentic patterns, and AI-in-the-SDLC practices* Retail, off-price, or merchandising / supply-chain domain exposure* Familiarity with .NET MAUI or mobile / PDA / handheld delivery for store and warehouse environments* Exposure to payment-device / PIN PAD applications and the associated security / PCI considerationsSkillsc#.net, azure, software engineering, people management, cloud architecture, delivery management, AI/LLM Application Delivery, .NET MAUI, Payment device / PIN PAD experience, PCI/security knowledge, Retail technology, AI within the SDLC, Supply chain technologyExperience LevelIntermediate Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Bradenton, FL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $160000.00 - $180000.00/yr.Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.Bealls provides standard benefits

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Bradenton,FL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 15, 2026.About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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