AVP, Principal Mobile Software Development Engineer

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose

The AVP, Principal Mobile Software Development Engineer craves working in a hands-on mobile application coding, design, and architecture environment, and leads by example to make sure time sensitive projects get done on time and to specifications. To be successful in this role, deep expertise in iOS development and the ability to influence and lead are musts. The primary role will be as Technical Lead on our Marketplace team leading both iOS and Android development for the marketplace functionality. This dynamic and collaborative role will also be part of the Synchrony Financial renowned Innovation Station – the hotbed of innovation and thought leadership throughout the company.  Read more about the Innovation Station here: https://gosyf.com/3uf4OXZ.

This AVP will lead the development and the production support of our mobile applications by creating and developing thoughtful solutions to anticipate bugs and maintain operational excellence.  In short, you would be one of our iOS experts.

Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

You are the right candidate if you…

• Have passion: Sure you can code, but are you passionate about mobile software development?

• Have common sense: Building is important, but do you think through designs to ensure they’re the best solutions first?

• Are slightly obsessed with pretty code: Do you write elegant, testable, performant code that is robust and scalable?

• Are a leader: This AVP will lead a tech team to deliver awesome cutting edge apps.  Are you up for the challenge?

• Learn quickly and adapt to new technology: Let’s face it – technology changes by the minute. Are you able to quickly adapt and learn to be productive with new languages, operating systems, and tools?

• Think like a customer: Central to our products is our understanding of our customers’ needs and requirements.  Do you consider UX in your decision making, and think like a customer?

• Have tech chops: Boasting a Swift development background is a must

Essential 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 Swift 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 24x7 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.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field and a