VP, Mobile Apps Engineering Manager - MySynchrony

Synchrony•Alpharetta, GA

3d•Remote

About The Position

Role Summary/Purpose: The Vice President, Mobile Apps Engineering Manager craves working in a hands-on system 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 developing Mobile Native UI, Native SDKs integrated with APIs, and Web views built for iOS and Android apps; ability to manage people, influence, and lead multiple teams is crucial in this role. This VP will lead engineers across the development, testing and production support of our digital servicing Mobile applications by creating, developing and supporting thoughtful solutions to anticipate bugs and maintain operational excellence. 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. 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 application development in a complex ecosystem? 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 VP will influence a large cross functional team to deliver awesome cutting-edge customer facing applications. 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:

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience with Software Engineering
Minimum 6 years of application development experience. Mobile native application development background for iOS or Android platform
Critical Thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills
Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Nice To Haves

Experience with Web, React, API and AWS are desired.
Expertise with continuous integration environments
Deep experience with responsive web design principles and cross device support
Knowledge of using New Relic and Splunk for production support is desired.
Experience with Database Architecture, Modeling, and familiarity with relational and non-relational persistent databases. Caching solutions such as Redis or Gemfire are a plus.
Familiarity with JSON, REST and XML \-based web services
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 the ability to influence clients, team members, management, and external groups.
Excellent attention to detail in a team environment
Experience in fostering growth-oriented culture and tailoring career paths for the team.
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.

Responsibilities

Influence and deliver through multiple agile development and testing teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle through SAFe
Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies
Develop iOS, Android applications and mobile SDKs to work in a Microservices ecosystem comprising RESTful APIs, API Gateway and Spring Framework. Experience in architecting, delivering and supporting iOS/Android applications is a must.
Experience managing teams, providing coaching, delivering impactful feedback, and creating an environment that fosters learning to support successful career development.
Design data models to support complex business processes
Drive a CI/CD strategy using our Bitrise, Bitbucket, and uDeploy stack. Strong experience with App Store and Play Store ecosystems and processes.
Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry
Partner with Train leaders to drive and deliver results at every Program Increment level
Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing mobile 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
Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy, along with our modernization and migration roadmap of the applications.
Lead Agile teams as the technical expert, including PI planning, ART Sync, backlog grooming sessions, IP sprints
Ensure application code quality through development, test, and QE Automation.
Define and establish Non-Functional Requirements for covering Performance, Security, Reliability, Scalability, Usability, Maintainability and Portability.
Participate in addressing root cause analysis, 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