AVP – Principal Mobile Software Development Engineer
| Company | Synchrony Financial |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Sharonville, OH, USA, Newport Beach, CA, USA, San Francisco, CA, USA, Bentonville, AR, USA, Stamford, CT, USA, Dallas, TX, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Altamonte Springs, FL, USA, Charlotte, NC, USA, Alpharetta, GA, USA, Rapid City, SD, USA, Kansas City, MO, USA, New York, NY, USA, Draper, UT, USA |
| Salary | $110000 – $185000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field
- Minimum 4 years of experience with application development
- Minimum 3 years of Android Application Development experience with object oriented design and development patterns
Responsibilities
- Lead a development team through all phases of the Agile development life cycle
- Identify and provide technical details for features identified by business product owners
- Manage a team of software developers
- Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies
- Develop applications using Jetpack Compose and Kotlin as a leader of the development team
- Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing apps
- Mentor and influence all levels of the team: in this role, you will have the opportunity to influence up and down the chain of command
- Ensure compliance with architecture, security and technology standards set by Synchrony Financial
- Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy and roadmap
- Participate in Agile scrums consisting of cross-functional teams
- Lead Agile sprints as technical expert, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions, and sprint reviews
- Ensure application code quality through development, test, and QA
- Participate in addressing root cause analyses, incident reports and provide direction in problem resolution
- Ability to analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes
- Passionate about the latest technologies, open-source projects and languages;
- Provide 24×7 on-call support periodically throughout the year
- Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance
- Work with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into the company’s products
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building and consuming web services via REST
- 4+ years of Android development experience
- Experience with libraries and frameworks such as Coroutines and Jetpack Compose
- Experience with continuous integration environments
- Experience writing unit, integration and UI test cases
- Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry
- Excellence in technical communication with technical and non-technical peers
- Strong cross-functional team player with the ability to work seamlessly across a matrix organization and partner with global development companies
- Desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment
- Experience developing and supporting financial/banking applications
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence clients, team members, management and external groups
- Strong attention to detail in a team environment
- Strong oral and written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact and resolution options
- Comfortability with SwiftUI, Swift, UIKit, and the iOS ecosystem