AVP, Principal Mobile Software Development Engineer

Our Way of Working

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. 

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 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 

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 Android Application Development experience with object oriented design and development patterns  

Desired Characteristics

• 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 

Grade/Level: 11

The salary range for this position is 110,000.00 – 185,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Eligibility Requirements

• You must be 18 years or older

• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles.  Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles.  Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post.  All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.