Mobile iOS Platform Lead

Country

United States

State

North Carolina

City

Charlotte

Ref #

21-7917

Posted Date

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

The Mobile iOS Platform Lead will report to the Director of mobile engineering and be responsible for working with the mobile tech leads across the Ally mobile squads and the development manager in the following areas:

• Establishing, managing and enforcing the platform architecture and design standards.
• Identifying common components and utilities that are used by multiple teams and implement and maintain the components.
• Creating and participating in the creation of the strategy for the mobile native app platform – Center of Excellence
• Research and onboard latest technologies and tools for mobile development and testing tools (SwiftUI, Swift Package Manager, Postman, Charles, XCTest)
• Evaluate Cross platform technologies to determine protentional viability (ReactNative, Flutter and Kotlin multiplatform etc.. )
• Documenting the various technology approaches and strategic decisions on architecture and design of mobile apps
• Attending intake meetings and representing the platform and overall mobile teams.
• Working with teams to develop POCs on new technologies like AR/VR, Machine Learning, Wearables etc..
• Become SME of the mobile apps to be able to represent the teams in planning meetings, strategy sessions, architecture reviews etc., as required.
• Develop and support an onboarding process to get new developers up to speed quickly.
• Be an influencer and encourager, promoting a best in class application and team.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies or trends that could impact the mobile channel.
• Represent the mobile team in Ally strategic initiatives, as required.
• Identify and coordinate opportunities for improvement in the mobile processes.
• Partner closely with the iOS Platform Technical Lead to collaborate and to insure consistency across the platforms, when applicable.
• Assist business and technology leadership in understanding the options, costs and timing tradeoffs for potential decisions.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies or trends that could impact the mobile channel.
• Make suggestions for opportunities to improve the Ally apps. Participate in spikes and hack-a-thons. Be creative.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5 years of experience and a track record in working with development teams in native mobile development on iOS platforms.
• Extensive native iOS development experience using swift
• Experience/knowledge in hybrid crossplatform technologies ( ReactNative, Flutter)
• Experience with web service integration (REST, SOAP, JSON, YAML).
• Excellent refining, scoping and estimation skills within the scrum/kanban process.
• Experience in working on tools like Jira, Confluence, BitBucket.
• Experience in iOS frameworks like SwiftUI, Swift Package Manager, Cocoapods etc..
• Experience in CI/CD tools like Bitrise, CircleCI , gitlab etc..
• Experience in building APIs
• Experience cloud services
• 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.
• BS degree in computer science or related technology major, or equivalent experience
• Finance/banking industry experience is a plus.
• Experience in implementing unit tests.
• Experience in implementing accessibility standards in mobile apps is a plus.
• Experience in working on platform related initiatives and POCs on emerging technologies.

• 5 years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or other related discipline preferred.
• Knowledge of all phases of software development including design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation, and support.
• Experience writing and reviewing software design specifications in an object oriented development environment.
• Ability to thoroughly understand the business issues surrounding each project.
• Ability to respond directly to questions from business clients.
• Ability to be a technical authority and work with other team members.
• Knowledge of standard change management tools and processes.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Expert level hands on knowledge and experience with technologies.

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation – or total rewards – extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

• 
  Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.