AVP iOS Software Development Engineer III - MySynchrony

Role Summary

The Assistant Vice President, iOS Software Development Engineer III craves working in a hands‑on mobile environment and leads by example to make sure projects are delivered on time and to specification. To be successful in this role, you will need deep expertise in iOS development, as well as a strong understanding of the entire technology stack top to bottom. This dynamic and collaborative role will be part of the Synchrony’s Mobile App Engineering team.

• Have passion:
  Are you passionate about mobile software development, ensuring best practices, striving the highest quality code?
• Are obsessed with great code:
  Do you write elegant, testable, performant code that is robust, scalable and resilient?
• Are a leader:
  This AVP will lead iOS mobile development to deliver cutting edge features to our clients. Are you up for the challenge?
• Learn quickly and adapt to new technology:
  Are you able to quickly adapt and learn to be productive with new frameworks, tools, processes, and products?
• Think like a user:
  Central to our products is the understanding of our user’s needs and requirements. Do you consider user experience in your decision making and think like a user?
• Have tech chops:
  Boasting a mobile SDK development background is a must.

• 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
• Lead a team of iOS software developers and provide expert review of code from multiple build teams
• Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies
• Provide strong technical leadership for the team developing iOS applications using SwiftUI/Swift/UIKit
• Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing apps
• Mentor and influence iOS developers: in this role, you will have the opportunity to influence code architecture and feature development
• 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
• Provide use cases for AI to enhance our developer workflows
• 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

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of experience with software engineering OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED 6 years of experience with software engineering.
• Mobile Application Development experience with object‑oriented design and development patterns for iOS platforms

• System level understanding of the products you’ve worked on
• Experience with library and/or framework distribution
• Experience with continuous development and integration environments
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Experience with advanced SwiftUI principles
• Familiarity with JSON, REST and XML based web services
• Excellence in technical communication with technical and non‑technical peers, including external partners
• Desire to work in a dynamic fast paced environment
• Experience developing and supporting financial applications
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence clients, team members, management, and external groups
• Strong attention to detail in…