About Us

Founded in 1959, Delaware Valley Floral Group (DVFG) has grown from a small family business into one of the nation’s largest floral distribution companies. For more than six decades, we’ve delivered premium fresh flowers and floral supplies to retail florists, event designers, and supermarkets across the country.

We aim to be our customers’ most valuable supplier - and we believe our employees are the key to making that happen.

 

About the Role

The Application Development Manager will lead the maintenance, modernization, and ongoing development of our enterprise ERP applications built on Progress OpenEdge ABL/Progress 4GL. This role bridges legacy systems with modern technologies, guiding the evolution of a 20+ year-old codebase while delivering new, scalable solutions that support business growth.

The Application Development Manager will lead and develop a team of software developers responsible for the design, development, and support of critical business applications. This role partners closely with business analysts, end users, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality, efficient solutions aligned with business needs.

Success in this role requires strong technical leadership, the ability to balance modernization with day-to-day operational support, and a proven track record of delivering against competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

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  Lead cross-functional development teams in a high-growth environment, providing hands-on support, maintenance, and enhancements within a legacy Progress OpenEdge ABL/4GL ERP ecosystem.

  
  


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  Drive full SDLC execution (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment), including refactoring legacy code to improve maintainability, modularity, and testability.

  
  


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  Mentor and develop team members, using performance metrics to evaluate effectiveness and build team capacity.

  
  


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  Design and evolve system architecture for scalability, including transitioning monolithic applications to modern architectures and enabling APIs.

  
  


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  Ensure integrity, performance, and governance of Progress OpenEdge RDBMS and overall data environment.

  
  


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  Develop, test, debug, and maintain applications in Windows client/server environments using Progress 4GL and .NET technologies.

  
  


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  Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Chef, Terraform, Octopus, or similar.

  
  


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  Establish and enforce high-quality documentation standards across all applications.

  
  


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  Promote system integrity, security, and adherence to best practices.