Frontend Mobile Developer

Job Title: Frontend Mobile Developer V

Location: Charlotte, NC or Detroit, MI (Hybrid - 3 days/week)

NOTE: Location: *Position is hybrid (3 days a week) in Charlotte or Detroit office; Charlotte office preferred. *Candidate must live within a 40-mile radius of either Charlotte or Detroit office and commit to being in the office normal working hours 3 days per week.

Interview Process:

• Resume review by manager
• Zoom Panel interview with candidate, developers and a team lead for resume review and discussion of technical questions.
• 2nd round coding interview with candidate and team lead. Prefer candidate to be in person if in Charlotte office, but Zoom will be available.
• Manager will decide after consulting with team.

Top 3 Soft Skills:

• Lead development of feature work
• Mentor junior developers
• Participation in SCRUM ceremonies to provide direction in mobile architecture and decision making

Top 3 Hard Skills:

• 5+ years' experience in mobile development.
• Native and/or React Native mobile development experience (Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript).
• Strong understanding of modern development patterns such as functional programming, object-oriented design, MVVM.

Job Description:

Seeking an innovative and passionate Front-End Mobile Developer to help build the next generation of our award-winning, online auto and banking applications used by millions of customers. The ideal candidate should be passionate about front-end technology and have experience developing dynamic, responsive mobile applications. Candidates should have strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills and exposure to modern JS frameworks such as React or React Native.

The Work Itself/Job Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Front-End Mobile Developer, you will be a key player in leading your team on its journey to create innovative digital banking and auto products for our customers.
• Partner with business, UX design and back-end API teams to create world-class customer experiences for the online channel using Agile development methodologies.
• Lead development of feature work
• Work with your team to design and implement new features, components, and unit tests for front end applications.
• Participate in peer code reviews
• Review business requirements, design documents, test plans/test cases, and performance testing plans
• Mentor junior developers

Location & Visa Requirements:

• Position is hybrid (3 days a week) in Charlotte or Detroit office; Charlotte office preferred.
• Candidate must live within a 40-mile radius of either Charlotte or Detroit office and commit to being in the office normal working hours 3 days per week.
• Candidate must be authorized for work in the United States and cannot require visa sponsorship.

Skill/Experience/Education

Mandatory Skills/Required Technical Skills:

• Strong working experience with browser-based technology, user interface development, responsive web design and engineering cross-browser, cross-device compliant code.
• Architectural patterns of functional programming and best practices.
• Preferred experience with native mobile languages - Kotlin, Objective-C, Jetpack Compose, Swift UI
• 3-5 years' experience with JavaScript, ES6+, Typescript
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks - React, Vue, Angular, Ember, etc.
• Experience with cross platform mobile development frameworks - React Native, Flutter, Ionic
• Experience with version control systems (Git/Bitbucket/Gitlab) and branching strategies
• Experience with developing high-quality, semantic, testable, maintainable, and well-documented code.

Desired Skills/Preferred Technical Skills:

• Behavioral & Communication Skills
• Experience with 508 Compliance/Web Accessibility
• Experience with creating highly-performant, optimized websites
• Experience with consuming REST API using asynchronous methods
• Experience with JavaScript testing frameworks - Mocha, Jasmine, Jest, etc.
• Experience with command-line utilities, build tools - Webpack, Grunt, Gulp
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, from team members to senior management
• Must have the ability to work in a team within an Agile operating model
• Ability to exchange constructive and respectful feedback
• Must be able to help communicate ideas and best practices to more junior developers
• Must be able to collaborate with wider groups on standards and best practices
• Enthusiasm and a desire to be part of an innovative team
• A commitment to quality, and a desire to improve

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other software development related field.
• 5 years senior dev experience in place of bachelor's degree.