FLEX Principal Software Engineer - Mobile

Marriott Hotels Resorts • Bethesda, MD

13d

About The Position

JOB SUMMARY: Serves as a technical subject matter expert (SME) for a Platform (iOS or Android) and provides strategic technical advisory and hands-on support for the Marriott Bonvoy app towards organizational and departmental goals. Helps define the Target Architecture for the Platform and advises on the Mobile Platform Roadmap and priorities. Serves on the Mobile Platform Team and regularly delivers high-impact code. Leads architecture and framework initiatives. Acts as the primary technical representative for the Mobile domain on strategic initiatives, attending initiative-related forums and meetings to gather functional and non-functional requirements and provide technical input on behalf of Mobile. Translates requirements and outcomes from these forums into mobile application architecture and implementation approaches, ensuring alignment with platform standards, scalability, security, and long-term maintainability. Serves as the key conduit between initiative stakeholders and the Mobile domain, ensuring timely and accurate communication of technical context, architectural decisions, risks, and dependencies to Android and iOS engineers, Engineering Leadership, and Product Leadership. Partners with other Principal Engineers, Engineering Directors, Enterprise Architecture and squad Tech Leads to advise on solutioning for major features and adherence to architecture and security standards – helping to solve the most complex problems while resulting in high-quality output. Performs code reviews and coaches developers. Provides recommendations for improvements around workflow, tools and standards. Leads technical discussions for cross-platform Mobile initiatives, representing Android and iOS considerations in solution design, architectural trade-offs, and execution planning. Stays abreast of the platform ecosystem (e.g., Apple or Google) to remain an expert authority on OS and device capabilities and possibilities. Researches and explores other tools, solutions, frameworks, etc. and how the industry and community at large are using them. Leads proof of concepts and helps to objectively assess technologies against goals and constraints. Educates the mobile engineering community, internal and external.

Requirements

• 10+ years of application development leadership experience that includes:
• Enterprise-scale native mobile application development across multiple platforms with a strong capability in iOS or Android.
• Extensive experience in development of a variety of large apps supporting millions of users at scale in iOS or Android.
• Management of multiple Omni-Channel development efforts integrating with multiple back-end systems
• Experience with Automation, CI/CD, Release Management processes and Application Deployments to app stores.
• Familiarity with Enterprise-level SDKs for Analytics, Networking, Customer Engagement, Application Performance Monitoring
• Strong understanding of API platforms, backend services, database and networking components of full-stack infrastructure
• Undergraduate/graduate degree or equivalent education + experience

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success leading medium- to large-scale initiatives/transformations
• Proven knowledge of Agile methodology; preferably SAFe Agile
• Experience with mixed and offshore delivery models
• Good process management, negotiating, influencing and problem resolution skills
• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Knowledge of business environment, service requirements and hospitality culture
• Knowledge of / familiarity with the other platform (iOS or Android) as well
• Demonstrated ability to assess customer/client needs, creatively approach solutions, decide and influence appropriate courses of action
• Ability to understand and communicate the lifecycle of technologies and applications and to translate into business strategies for the client organizations.
• Solid understanding of IT financial structures and ability to manage to corporate financial processes and standards - including drivers of process costs
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas in easy to understand business terms
• Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and leading in a managed service environment

Responsibilities

• Managing Application Development Standards, Processes, and Tools
• Managing Day-To-Day Relationships with Teams
• Implementing and Managing Continuous Improvement Program
• Represents the Mobile domain as technical lead for complex, cross-team initiatives by participating in recurring initiative forums, synthesizing requirements and technical inputs, and defining mobile architecture and implementation approaches across Android and iOS.
• Collaborates closely with Product partners to identify mobile work items, clarify scope, surface dependencies, and contribute to effort estimation and sequencing in support of initiative delivery.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level