Lead Mobile Developer

This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles of one of the following locations: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and Portland, ME.

About the Team/Role

As a Lead Mobile developer, you will play a supporting role across multiple applications. Working closely with other mobile app developers, you will deliver across the entire app life cycle -concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support. You will collaborate with other internal teams to develop functional mobile applications, while working in a fast-paced environment. You will draw on your experience to help lead teams to deliver high quality applications.

Your focus will be on the front end, but you may also work on the back end to enhance our REST API using Java and Spring, as well as integrating with microservices provided by other teams.

You will be joining a team of developers, testers, and product owners who have a passion for creating elegant and robust solutions for our customers. You will leverage the latest technology to improve the quality, stability and performance of our apps.

How you'll make an impact

• With your knowledge of current trends and best practices you will help to shape our mobile development strategy to optimize app performance and reliability

• Your deep curiosity will help to keep our technology on the cutting edge as well as allow you to make recommendations that help advance the core features of our mobile applications, and develop new ones!

• Your ability to communicate ideas to technical and non-technical audiences will help broaden the understanding of what our mobile platforms are capable of to stakeholders, and give them the tools they need to find new ways to address customer challenges.

• Your experience working with teams and mentoring more junior developers will be a force multiplier for our team and help to provide an environment where all team members are respected for their contributions and have a clear path toward advancement of their skills.

• You have strong opinions and can communicate them effectively and tactfully, but are not personally invested in their application. Because of this we can continue to have open dialogue within our team so that we are all comfortable with the knowledge that our opinions and ideas have been heard, even if not adopted.

• You understand that a Financial Technology organization requires a highly regulated, professional environment and that our first duty is to safeguard our customers data. You are familiar with PCI and understand the importance of security and can help us to best balance a highly secure platform with a user experience that delights.

Experience you'll bring

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience

• 8 years+ hands-on experience developing Android applications with kotlin. Experience with Jetpack Compose, modular app development, DI and Android security best practices

• Experience using GIT as well as familiarity with merging strategies like GitFlow and Stable Master.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Deep knowledge and practical application of MVVM on the Android platform

• Track record of providing mentorship to more junior developers through code reviews, demonstrations and pair programming