Software Engineer Manager-Mobile Development

City of Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA

2h • $115,000

About The Position

The Office of Innovation & Technology (OIT) is the central IT agency for the City of Philadelphia. OIT oversees all major information and communications technology initiatives for the City of Philadelphia, aiming to increase the effectiveness of the IT infrastructure and ensure services are advanced, optimized, and responsive to the needs of the City's businesses, residents, and visitors. OIT's responsibilities include identifying effective approaches for implementing new IT directions, improving the value of technology assets, ensuring data security and continuity, planning for operational continuity in the event of disruptions, and supporting accountable, efficient, and effective government across all city departments.

In this role, you will help build and support the mobile development team, establish internal processes for app deployment, assist in testing and ensuring the quality of mobile apps, and coordinate with web application engineering managers for cross-platform continuity. You will mentor and grow engineers, enforce clean code and coding practices through code reviews, and develop processes for building better mobile software and teams. You will also write code for system implementation, foster a collaborative and inclusive environment, continuously improve team processes, build strong partnerships with key stakeholders, participate in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and support production systems for critical City workloads.

Requirements

• At least five years of management experience
• Proven track record managing complex projects.
• Ability to solve complex business problems and develop user/business-driven technology strategies and plans.
• Strong written and oral communication skills (including ability to present ideas in user-friendly, business-friendly and technical language) and interpersonal skills with a focus on rapport-building, listening and questioning skills.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities, including ability to anticipate, identify, and solve critical problems.
• Exceptional customer service orientation.
• Understanding of the modern mobile platform and common architectures
• Strong understanding of the key differences in supported hardware and features across the mobile device landscape
• React Native
• Server-side programming languages such as .NET Core, Node.js, or PHP
• Command line and shell scripts
• Web application security concerns and ways to mitigate them
• Git, or similar version control systems
• SQL, and usage of relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Containerization
• Automated test/deployment pipelines
• API design and development

Responsibilities

• Help build and support the mobile development team, including establishing internal processes for pushing new apps to mobile devices
• Assist in testing and ensuring high quality of deployed mobile apps
• Coordinate with other engineering managers focused on web applications to ensure continuity of service and functionality across platforms
• Mentor and grow engineers while keeping them engaged and focused on the Office of Innovation and Technology’s goals
• Enforce clean code and excellent coding practices by conducting thoughtful code reviews
• Develop and implement processes for building better mobile software and teams by encouraging best practices
• Assist in the implementation of systems where necessary by writing high quality code
• Help create a collaborative and inclusive environment where engineers are encouraged to ask questions and work in the open
• Continuously improve upon your team's process and best practices ensuring the effective delivery of high-quality software
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with key partners
• Participate in, and have strong opinions about the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Support and maintain production systems used for critical City workloads
• Supports and expands a culture that is supportive of diversity, equity, and inclusion where employees from all backgrounds can succeed and thrive.
• Coaches employees under their supervision.
• Conducts performance reviews.
• Models best practices.
• Coordinates the development and implementation of major project timelines where appropriate.
• Follows effective relationship and project management processes in coordination with team members and engagement managers at the City
• Analyzes performance of activities within their area and documents resolutions, identifies and remediates problem areas, and devises and delivers solutions to enhance quality of area’s systems and services.
• Unblocks team members from technical issues.
• Sets and monitors SLAs for production systems that the team supports
• Collaborates with City teams providing infrastructure and networking support.
• Develops and maintains strong partnerships with members of the content, ux and design teams

Benefits

• 25% tuition discount program for City employees (and sometimes spouses and dependents as well) in partnership with area colleges and universities
• Comprehensive health coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
• Wellness program offers eligibility into the discounted medical plan
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Generous retirement savings options

What This Job Offers

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