Job Description

Candidates must have a strong background in Agile engineering and teamwork methodologies. They should be charismatic, motivated by end results, and have a high tolerance for ambiguity. They should focus on achieving success through people, be engaged with evolving practices, and understand the broader strategy for Agile engineering.

DESIRED TRAITS

• Ability to contribute as part of a high-performing team

• Ability to operate autonomously as needed

• Ability to lead and mentor team members

• A strong focus on enabling other people’s success

• High emotional intelligence

• High tolerance for ambiguity; unflappable

• High integrity

• Self-confidence

• Driven by continuous learning

• Technical ingenuity and experience

• Uses business value and outcomes to guide technical decisions

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Committed clean coder

• Strong test-first/test-driven approach

• Mobile development capability

• Skilled in story writing with clear acceptance criteria and business value focus

• Experience in eXtreme Programming and Domain-Driven Design

• Competence in value assessment to prioritize and deliver work based on business impact

• Leverages Release Planning practices to break down complex work into deliverable increments

• Skilled in collaborative development, including paired/ensemble programming and code reviews

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for clearly conveying ideas

• Constructive conflict resolution and facilitation skills

• Stakeholder management, including aligning multiple stakeholders needs

• System modernization and technical debt reduction techniques

• Continuous build / continuous integration / continuous delivery

• Agile testing and DevOps automation

• Object-oriented design (OOD) and design patterns

• Software craftsperson with a broad range of techniques

• Exploring and applying modern paradigms such as event-driven, reactive, or microservice architectures

TECHNICAL FOCUS

• Design, develop, optimize, and maintain mobile applications based on a domain-driven design

• Integrate systems using message queues, event streaming, and API gateways

• Build and maintain mobile applications using frameworks such as React Native and Flutter

• Strong React Native experience

• Good knowledge of mobile testing frameworks such as Jest

• Familiarity with API frameworks, preferably Microsoft .NET, for use in mobile applications

• Use relational databases such as SQL Server

• Apply CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps

• Implement automated testing, code review, and observability best practices

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Craft and refine user stories with clear business value and acceptance criteria

• Apply value assessment, release planning, and stakeholder management to ensure delivery alignment with business priorities

• Apply modern software engineering principles, including modular architecture, clean code, and scalable API design

• Design, document, and maintain mobile applications that connect internal systems

• Collaborate with product and data teams to define integration patterns and performance goals

• Implement secure authentication, authorization, and data protection practices across services

• Facilitate collaborative development practices, including paired/ensemble programming and code reviews

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, fostering alignment and transparency

• Apply strong communication and conflict resolution skills to promote productive discussions and decision-making

• Provide informal mentoring and coaching to team members

• Support monitoring, logging, and alerting for critical business services
  
  Compensation, Benefits and Duration

  Minimum Compensation: USD 56,000
  
  Maximum Compensation: USD 196,000
  
  Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
  
  Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
  
  This position is available for independent contractors
  
  No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post