IT Manager II (Custom Development)

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.
As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

GENERAL PURPOSE:
The IT Manager II is responsible to provide hands-on technical management, guidance, and support including system/design/code review, and ultimately be responsible for developing quality, highly scalable custom developed applications. This position will interface directly with key business units and other IT groups as required.

The base salary range for this role is $134,300 - $229,400. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Deliver custom development projects on time, with high quality and within budget. Use Agile/Iterative development methodologies to deliver solutions with a high level of quality, flexibility and adaptability. Collaborate with internal and external IT teams to resolve/improve IT processes and procedures and make recommendations.

• Provide hands-on technical management for the custom application development using latest technologies like Angular, Spring Boot, MuleSoft, REST APIs, microservices-based, and cloud-enabled solutions.

• Manage, mentor and coach a team of development engineers. Ensure that the team is following our engineering practices including adherence design, architecture, development, documentation, testing, scalability, performance and security. Provide regular and constructive performance feedback to individuals.

• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement to help drive greater efficiencies within Ross. Diagnose and resolve systemic obstacles that prevent the team from delivering high-quality software.

COMPETENCIES:

• Building Effective Teams (for managers of People and Projects)

• Developing Talent (for managers of people only)

• Collaboration Self

• Leading by Example

• Communicates Effectively

• Ensures Accountability and Execution

• Manages Conflict Business

• Business Acumen

• Plans, Aligns and Prioritizes

• Organizational Agility

• Dealing with Ambiguity

QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIAL SKILLS REQUIRED:

• At least 8-10 years of experience with software development, with a strong foundation in enterprise application development

• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading engineering teams, with demonstrated expertise in project management, budget estimation, and financial oversight.

• Strong technical background and hands-on experience in application development

• A solid understanding of development best practices, including agile and waterfall.

• Hands on experience with writing applications using technologies/frameworks like Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node JS, Microservices, APIs and Azure PIs etc

• Proficiency with software architecture and design patterns

• Experience with CI/CD and ALM tools like Jenkins, SonarQube, Bitbucket, Nexus, JIRA, Confluence etc.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated history of engaging internal customers, including listening, influencing, translating technical details into understandable concepts and building consensus.

• Undergraduate degree in information systems, computer science, or a related technical discipline
Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, APIs etc

• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate across various groups, build relationships and manage effectively in a matrix organization

• Interest in pushing the technology, people, and organization envelope to explore new ways to deliver the custom solution to the business

• Graduate degree

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/ADA:
Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.
Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in-person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files, etc.
Consistent timeliness and regular attendance.
Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.
This role requires regular in-office presence, including to engage in in-person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. However, this role can perform duties effectively using a combination of in-office and remote work.

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SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engineering Team, Project Manager, Business Analyst

DISCLAIMER
This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at management's discretion.

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities and experience. We believe that it is an essential part of the Company's overall commitment to attract, hire and develop a strong, talented and diverse workforce. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, as well as any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.