Mobile Tech Lead Offline

About the project

The customer - a company is the third largest retail mortgage lender in the US, has more than 10,000 employees and more than 850 offices nationwide and is located in 50 states.

We are currently building a team that will support the following native mobile applications: iPhone, Android. As Mobile Tech Lead, this person will work with the product owner, scrum master, solution architect, technical analysts, developers in assisting and leading the scrum team in all aspects of mobile application delivery, from requirements to deployment. Experience in Agile methodology is required.

Who you are

- You have experience and track record in leading development teams in native mobile development on Android and iOS platforms.

- Extensive native development experience (minimum 5 years) on Android, Java and Kotlin. iOS native mobile development experience a plus.

- Experience with backend integration (Java).

- Excellent refining, scoping and estimation skills within the scrum process.

- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) within the team and across the organization.

- Ability to facilitate a highly productive and collaborative work environment.

- Excellent organization skills.

- Experience in implementing accessibility standards in mobile apps.

- Finance/banking industry experience is a plus.

What you will do

- Lead the mobile development team to success within the scrum framework.

- Conduct design and code reviews. Mentor team members in performing effective code reviews.

- Motivate the development team to deliver successful sprints and deployments.

- Partner with solution architects and leverage industry best practices to design and deliver high quality native mobile applications.

- Assist business and technology leadership in understanding the options, costs, and timing tradeoffs for potential decisions.

- Work with the developers to ensure that stories are properly refined before accepting into sprint.

- Escalate issues to the appropriate people early before they create significant impact to a sprint/release.

- Stay abreast of emerging technologies or trends that could impact the mobile channel.