Application Developer

Requirements:

• At least one year of experience building software, integrations, or automations, either professionally or through demonstrable projects.
• Working knowledge of SQL, data exports and cleanup, and Excel.
• Familiarity with APIs and system integrations.
• Experience using AI tools for development and analysis, with sound judgment about their appropriate use.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, curiosity about how businesses operate, and the ability to learn unfamiliar systems quickly.
• A bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience supported by a portfolio of working projects.
• Exposure to Acumatica, Syspro, QuickBooks, or construction and manufacturing ERP systems is a plus.
• Flexibility to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-growing, evolving firm.

Responsibilities:

• Work with client staff to understand their processes before developing solutions.
• Explain technical work clearly so clients and their teams can act on it.
• Attend client and internal meetings as needed, including evenings or weekends when deadlines require.
• Design and build client applications, reports, and automations.
• Connect client systems, including ERP, accounting, dispatch, and production platforms, using APIs and data exports.
• Test, reconcile, and maintain solutions to ensure they remain reliable in day-to-day use.
• Administer clients ERP and business systems, including configuring systems, running reports, responding to inquiries, importing data, and performing cleanup.
• Develop and maintain user guides and process documentation in our established style.
• Follow up with clients and their IT providers on outstanding items to keep work moving.
• Apply Plan–Do–Check–Adjust (PDCA) thinking and adapt proactively to changing priorities.

Technologies:

• AI
• ERP
• Excel
• Support
• SQL

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We are Manchester RBG (MRBG), a Cleveland-based fractional-plus management advisory firm serving privately held businesses across construction, manufacturing, trades, distribution, logistics, and professional services. We work alongside clients to provide fresh perspective and practical execution support. Our Technology & Systems Associate works with our Associate Director of Technology on active engagements, building and maintaining tools that support clients operations. Compensation is commission-based on client-billed hours, with the posted hourly range earned per billed hour; employees set their weekly hours, and billing rates increase as they advance through our tiers. Benefits are available to full-time employees who bill at least 30 hours per week. Most clients are within a 2.5-hour drive of Cleveland, Ohio. The role involves on-site client work one to five days per week, with remote work encouraged when not on-site. The position may also include additional tasks as our business needs evolve.

last updated 43 week of 2026