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BravoTECH · 11 hours ago

Backend Development Manager

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$140K/yr - $150K/yr

BravoTECH is seeking a Backend Development Manager who is deeply AI-centric and comfortable leading while remaining hands-on. The role involves driving an AI-first engineering approach, leading backend teams through a replatforming initiative, and mentoring engineers on both modern and legacy platforms.

Information TechnologyProject ManagementStaffing Agency

Growth Opportunities

Hiring Manager

Andrea Lee

Responsibilities

Champion an AI-centric development mindset across backend teams

Guide engineers in using AI tools for:

System design and architecture exploration

Code generation, refactoring, and optimization

Test generation and validation

Technical documentation and design artifacts

Critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, ensuring correctness, scalability, and security

Establish standards for responsible, high-quality AI usage in engineering workflows

Provide architectural leadership for scalable, resilient, high-performance backend systems

Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native, serverless services and APIs

Participate deeply in system design reviews, architectural planning, and technical decision-making

Review code and designs to maintain high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability

Write and review production-quality backend code

Support development of services, APIs, and integrations across internal and third-party systems

Help define and reinforce engineering standards, patterns, and best practices

Serve as a technical escalation point for complex backend and platform challenges

Lead, mentor, and coach engineers across one or more backend teams

Manage leaders and senior engineers who act as owners, not just implementers

Partner closely with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and Operations

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and technical excellence

Guide teams through change during active platform modernization

Help drive a large-scale replatforming effort, rebuilding core platform components

Balance:

“Keep the lights on” responsibilities for existing systems

Parallel development of the future-state platform

Ensure systems are observable, reliable, and supportable in production

Guide best practices around logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident response

Mentor engineers working on both legacy and modern architectures

Qualification

AI-centric developmentBackend architectureNode.jsTypeScriptAWSRESTful APIsMicroservicesCloud-native architectureInfrastructure-as-codeRelational databasesNoSQL databasesMentoring engineersSoftware engineering best practicesTechnical leadershipCommunicationTeam leadership

Required

Demonstrated experience using AI as a core part of software development, not just experimentation

Strong ability to question, validate, and redirect AI-generated designs and code

Experience shaping AI outputs into high-quality, production-ready solutions

Proven technical leadership in backend-focused teams

Extensive experience building backend systems using Node.js and TypeScript

Strong background in RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems

Deep understanding of backend architecture, system design, and scalability

Experience with serverless and cloud-native architectures

Hands-on experience with AWS, including: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, S3, CloudWatch

Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation and/or CDK)

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices

Experience operating and supporting production systems at scale

Experience with both: Relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB)

Strong data modeling and performance optimization skills

Strong foundation in software engineering best practices and design patterns

Experience with Git, automated testing, and code review processes

Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Self-directed, pragmatic, and comfortable owning complex, ambiguous initiatives

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience

Preferred

Prior leadership experience

Experience modernizing or replatforming large or legacy systems

Experience in high-transaction or platform-based domains (travel, booking, payments, etc.)

Experience working with globally distributed teams

Company

BravoTECH

BravoTech is a dynamic company that specializes in offering a complete range of IT staff augmentation and project management services.

Founded in 1996

Dallas, Texas, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.bravotech.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Leadership Team

Kevin Beattie

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Duhon

Chief Operating Officer

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