Lead Mobile Engineer

Company: Assurant
Location: Evanston
Posted on: November 11, 2021

Job Description:

Assurant Labs is looking for an experienced mobile engineer who can lead technical initiatives, explore novel problems, and contribute to the development of other team members.

In this role, you will work as the lead engineer for a cross-functional product team to evolve the Pocket Geek Home mobile application. The app is written in React Native with some native Android and iOS, and our ideal candidate has deep experience in both Android and React Native. While a lot of the work will be in React Native, we need someone who has a strong foundation in the Android ecosystem.

Responsibilities include solving problems independently, researching and experimenting with new technology and UX designs, and helping our wider engineering team manage the evolution of our team skills and tech stack. Candidates must have strong communication skills and a desire to operate with a deep focus on individual tasks or as an effective collaborator when the team needs help.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, highly reliable product features for Android and iOS versions of our app

• Design, implement and maintain components used by both mobile and web clients (think React Native for Web)

• Create and maintain documentation pertaining to architecture and engineering processes

• Work in a collaborative environment by occasional pair and/or mob programming

• Communicate with Engineering Managers and Product Owners to plan and prioritize work and design technical solutions

• Work in a cadence of two-week sprints with daily stand-ups, team planning events, and bi-weekly retrospectives

• Conduct system design and code reviews

• Participate in mentoring and skills transfer among team members

Technical Requirements

• Extensive experience with Android using Java and/or Kotlin

• At least some experience with React Native or a similar JavaScript framework

• Hands-on knowledge of a version control system such as Git

• Experience consuming RESTful APIs

Non-Technical Requirements

• A disciplined approach to development, testing, and quality assurance

• A desire for a deep technical understanding of our systems and architecture

• A continuous learning mindset that keeps you current on development best practices and trends

• Effectively communicate technical designs and considerations to peers and product leadership

• Ability to own tasks and resolve ambiguity in requirements

• Ability to factor in new information as it relates to priorities and in-flight work

• Balance trade-offs between speed and quality based on business priorities

Hopes

• Experience with mobile development for iOS using Swift

• Experience with GraphQL

• Experience with testing frameworks like XCTest, Espresso, or Detox

• Experience with React Native for Web

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