Lead Software Engineer, Mobile

Universal Orlando Resort believes in-person collaboration is key to our success. Many of our Team Members work in a hybrid capacity, contributing from the workplace a minimum of three days per week. There are also roles that require being on-site full time. Limited remote opportunities may be available within specific departments. You’ll learn more about this during the recruitment process.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Lead Software Engineer will have a unique opportunity to utilize Flutter as a cross-platform language to build large mobile applications and experiences in support of our theme parks. This role will work with our mobile team to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications that will be leveraged across our parks and venues around the world. The Lead Software Engineer will work closely with other app development and technical teams. The role will provide highly specialized skills and knowledge that will enable the successful design, code, and delivery of complex solutions for Digital Technology in support of business requirements. This includes writing, coding, testing, analyzing, and supporting complex codebases along with configuration management of new Flutter applications. The Lead Software Engineer will also research, design, document, and modify Flutter specifications throughout the life cycle of our applications.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design & Development

• Where applicable, architect, design/develop, and oversee implementation of mobile solutions.
• Be a mobile domain expert for development teams as part of implementation.
• Influence strategic direction and deliver the ‘art of the possible’ for improvements and/or alternatives.
• Review and provide guidance on new and existing solutions designed and delivered by Architects with an eye for compliance, industry standards and mobile best practices.
• Interface and coordinate tasks with internal and external technical resources.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, vendors and IT stakeholders to provision estimates and develop overall implementation plan for installation, customization, and integration efforts.

Strategy & Planning

• Act as a strategist for the mobile domain.
• Assist, design and implement long-term strategic goals for mobile technologies and capabilities.
• Provide mobile expertise, and direction to delivery teams, DevOps engineers, and architects.
• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Provide technical assessments for new work efforts.
• Lead creation and documentation of formalized mobile development methodologies.
• Build and maintain repository for deliverables.

Technical Collaboration

• Confer with delivery teams, product team, or management to refine business requirements and collaborate on technical designs and resolve technical issues.
• Participate and actively engage with other developers, architects, and domain experts.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related subject.

EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years of software experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into practical applications and operational solutions.
• A solid background in software development with the ability to be a hands-on coder and knowledge of APIs and SDKs.
• Proven experience in system design and development.
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
• Strong knowledge of software evaluation principles and practices.
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Expert knowledge of mobile languages and design patterns including but not limited to Flutter, Dart, MVC, and MVVM.
• Strong knowledge of Flutter’s plugin ecosystem, BLoC,CMS Driven Widget Design, Atomic Design, Widget Trees, and other Flutter UI concepts.
• Proficient with Git, Git flow and other branching strategies.
• Proficiency in multi-threading.
• Experience mentoring a team of other engineers.
• Experience with pull requests and performing code reviews.
• Experience