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Director - Digital Development & Consumer Platforms
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
New York, NY, United States
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OVERVIEW
Company is looking for a software engineer to join the product development team to lead the engineering and management of highly visible consumer facing mobile and connected device applications associated with the brands such as Company, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and IFC Films.
The Director will be responsible for leading the architecting of solutions as well as maintaining of the mobile and connected device applications for multiple TV networks and other business entities. Technological responsibilities would include but not limited to architecting best practice on apps for features such as interface, video, ad delivery, analytics, and authenticated streaming based on technological stack. Managerial responsibility will be to oversee the vendors associated with the projects as well as growing internal competencies for new platforms. Candidates will also be asked lead forays into new and emerging platforms for the company.
RESPONSIBILILITIES:
• Provide oversight for architecting and maintenance of new and existing mobile and connected device apps developed on, but not limited to, Swift / Android, ensuring it meets standards of quality, budget, and timelines.
• Provide oversight of the entire developmental lifecycle of the application from project initiation to store submission.
• Take business and product roadmap goals and derive solutions that are optimized, flexible, resilient, and agile.
• Liaison with business and product to ensure cohesive strategy is created for technical platforms.
• Plan an agile project plan with clear deliverables to ensure deadlines and agreed upon scope of work are met while providing required insight to project progress.
• Identify technological partnerships to ensure rapid developmental cycles.
• Analyze the business objective to propose pragmatic solutions based on data and other concrete evidences.
• Lead research and development efforts for apps on the new platforms.
• Help offer best-in-class user experience for mobile and connected device apps, focusing on video.
• Be hands on to provide and code core functionality and frameworks of the apps when needed.
• Help the team continuously improve both individually and as a unit.
• Help manage vendors related to app development.
• Help web developers instantiate into mobile and connected device app development.
• Be aware of latest trends in the mobile and connected industry to introduce new technology and products to key stakeholders.
• Be aware of team’s developmental responsibilities and provide accurate analysis on performance and capacity.
• Establish and enhance the team discipline and harmony.
• Manage teams and projects within an existing collaborative, agile team environment.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• 7+ years development experience.
• 3+ years demonstrable development experience on iOS or Android.
• 2+ years demonstrable development experience on Swift or Java.
• 2+ years of leading the development teams.
• 2+ Experience with agile software development.
• Deep knowledge and experience in Object Oriented and MVC programming.
• Deep understanding of integrating with Rest API and other data services.
• Experience to author technical documentation.
• Ability review and modify user stories.
• Ability to analyze user stories and develop technical solutions.
• Ability to perform code review on Swift, Java, and other languages as needed.
• Experience with git /svn.
• Hunger to learn new and upcoming technology as required.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Knowledge of testing automation is preferred.
Required Education
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in the software development field.
The Company is committed to policy of nondiscrimination in its employment and personnel practices. Applicants are considered for all employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, religion, alienage, citizenship, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, genetic predisposition or carrier status, age, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault, sexual orientation, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.