Lead Software Engineer - Mobile
Discover. A brighter future.
With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.
Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.
Job Description
Job Summary
Develops and maintains full stack solutions to fit business needs. Full stack solutions require one or more of the following: front-end (user interfaces), back-end (APIs), database and devops development. Works directly with business partners to understand business requirements. Works independently or with own team to innovate on and advocate for best practices within the team. Designs complex solutions and leads them from inception to production within the agile team.
Major Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains complex front-ends with a focus on user experience
- Develops and maintains backend systems
- Works with key stakeholders to design complex solutions and lead from inception to production
- Creates and maintains devops processes, application infrastructure, and utilizes cloud services (including database systems and models)
- Innovates on and advocates for best practices and improved team processes; mentors junior team members
- Very important Supports live systems to ensure business continuity
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Equivalent Experience
- 6+ years of experience in Computer Science, Information Technology or Equivalent Experience
- In lieu of degree, 8+ years of experience in Computer Science, Information Technology or related
Bonus Points
- Built cross-platform mobile applications in React Native
- Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, but not afraid to jump into Objective-C/Swift and Java/Kotlin as needed
- Strong knowledge in iOS/Android/React Native and design patterns
- Experience working with third-party dependencies and ability to debug issues
- Experience working in a cloud environment such as Azure or AWS
- Experience as part of an Agile engineering or development team
- Strong understanding of object-oriented principles with an ability to write clean code
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or similar; Git/GitHub; Artifactory
- Proven skills in high availability and scalability design, as well as performance monitoring
- Experience developing and implementing API service architecture
- Strong experience of developing multi-threaded and synchronization application
- Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies
- Ability to read and analyze application logs, GC logs, thread dumps, head dumps etc.
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The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.