Reference #: 5516048
Job Title: Software Developer IV, iOS
Location: Remote or State College, PA
Reports To: Director, App Development
About AccuWeather
AccuWeather is recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved more than 10,000 thousands lives, prevented 100,000 injuries, and saved tens of billions of dollars in property damage.
With global headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania; a severe weather center in Wichita, Kansas; and offices in New York City and elsewhere around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them better plan their activities and get more out of their day and keep their families safer through innovative digital media properties, such as AccuWeather.com and mobile, as well as radio, television, newspapers, digital out-of-home, the 24/7 AccuWeather Network channel and AccuWeather NOW streaming service. Additionally, AccuWeather produces and further serves more than half the Fortune 100 companies and thousands of businesses and distributes news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites.
Position Summary:
Reporting directly to the Director of iOS Development, the Lead Software Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining AccuWeather's flagship iOS application supporting mobile devices and wearables. Modelling an enthusiastic and positive work environment, you will provide technical guidance within a team of software developers who will be working with you on the same initiatives. Leveraging modern iOS and watchOS technologies and architectural approaches, you will translate logical requirements into world class production code.
The Lead Software Developer is a subject matter expert in their field who is an advocate for innovation. Through both independent and collaborative means, you will use extensive experience to analyze tasks, ask questions, write code, strive for quality, peer review work, recommend optimizations, and ensure processes are followed throughout the lifecycle. You operate cross-functionally and contribute to processes, standards, and principles covering the entire delivery lifecycle. This position will demonstrate technical leadership skills, be able to simplify complex technical communication into easy-to-understand terms and help solve business-impacting challenges.
Remote candidates are being considered for this exciting opportunity.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and develop secure, high quality and scalable mobile app and wearable code
Ability to break down architectural or logical requirements into development tasking
Work with Product representatives and leadership to set expectations and support roadmaps
Strong ability to guide team members in technical and career growth
Peer review code and recommend optimizations
Define development principles and best practices
Contribute creative solutions to complex problems
Design, develop, and maintain modular features and products
Leverage best of breed technology standards and conventions to build scalable, reliable, solutions
Prototype, test, and iterate upon new features
Facilitates team communications and leads discussions across the team and functional groups
Ensure team meets delivery milestones with high-quality and timely releases
Communicates status, risks to schedules, and offers mitigation strategies to ensure on-time delivery of all committed projects across the delivery lifecycle
Qualifications:
BS/BA in related discipline with 8 or more years of experience in related field - OR - MS/MA and 5 or more years of experience in related field
Subject matter expert in development/software engineering field
Demonstrated experience in a lead position, including prior hands-on development experience
Self-driven; strong problem-solving skills; adaptable, proactive, and willing to take ownership
Strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent col aboration, reporting, and analytical skills
Expert-level knowledge of object-oriented development methodologies in Swift / Objective-C
Working knowledge of Kotlin and Java
Experience with App Store Connect, Firebase, in-app purchasing, and in-app advertising
Displays a high level of critical thinking and analysis in bringing successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and inter-departmental challenges
Understanding of unit testing frameworks and tools
Experience with version control systems and CI/CD processes (Git, SVN, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
Strong understanding of security principles, standards, and conventions
Experience with high-volume, distributed, systems
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