AVP, Principal Mobile Software Development Engineer

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

The Assistant Vice President, Principal Mobile Software Development Engineer craves working in a hands-on mobile environment and leads by example to make sure projects are delivered on time and to specification. To be successful in this role, you will need deep expertise in iOS or Android development, as well as a strong understanding of the entire technology stack top to bottom. This dynamic and collaborative role will be part of the Synchrony Financial Plugin Team.

This AVP will lead the development and release process of the Mobile software and SDKs for Synchrony and its clients by developing thoughtful solutions to anticipate bugs, maintain operational excellence, deliver a quality product efficiently and provide production support. In short, you would be one of our Mobile Application experts

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You have the option to be remote, and work from home, or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events.

You are the right candidate if you…

• Have passion: Are you passionate about mobile software development, ensuring best practices, striving the highest quality code?

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

• Are a leader: This AVP will lead cross functional teams to deliver cutting edge features to our clients. Are you up for the challenge?

• Learn quickly and adapt to new technology: Are you able to quickly adapt and learn to be productive with new frameworks, tools, processes, and products?

• Think like a user: Central to our products is the understanding of our user’s needs and requirements. Do you consider user experience in your decision making and think like a user?

• Have tech chops: Boasting a mobile SDK development background is a must.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead a development team through all phases of the Agile development life cycle

• Work hand in hand with the Scrum Master and Product Owner to ensure developers are able to work without impediments or missing requirements

• Manage a team of software developers

• Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and clients to deliver amazing features

• 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

• Become a subject matter expert across all features

• Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state architectural strategy and roadmap

• Ensure application code quality from development to release

• Participate in root cause analyses, incident reports and provide direction in resolution

• Provide 24x7 on-call support periodically throughout the year

• Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance

• Write process documentation including feature troubleshooting, testing and release checklists, and post-release monitoring

• Triaging complex issues at all stages of the development life cycle

• Step outside of your domain expertise and learn the entire stack

• Participate in thoughtful code review and continuously drive the quality of the code to its highest potential

• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar field and a minimum 4 years of experience with application development

• Minimum of 3 years of Mobile Application Development experience with object-oriented design and development patterns

Desired Characteristics:

• System level understanding of the products you’ve worked on

• Experience with library and/or framework distribution

• Experience with continuous development and integration environments

• Experience writing unit and integration tests

• Familiarity with JSON, REST and XML based web services

• Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry including Android and mobile web

• Excellence in technical communication with technical and non-technical peers, including external partners

• Desire to work in a dy