AVP, iOS Engineering Leader — SwiftUI & Mobile Apps

Synchrony Financial; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony Financial is seeking an Assistant Vice President of iOS Software Development Engineering III to lead a hands-on mobile team. You will drive iOS architecture, SwiftUI/Swift/UIKit implementation, and end-to-end release processes for critical mobile applications across the organization and client solutions.

The role emphasizes strong technical leadership, collaboration with product managers, UX designers, and architects, and hands-on coding to deliver high-quality, scalable apps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of experience with software engineering OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED 6 years of experience with software engineering.
• Mobile Application Development experience with object-oriented design and development patterns for iOS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead a development team through all phases of the Agile development life cycle
• Identify and provide technical details for features identified by business product owners
• Lead a team of iOS software developers and provide expert review of code from multiple build teams
• Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies
• Provide strong technical leadership for the team developing iOS applications using SwiftUI/Swift/UIKit
• Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing apps
• Mentor and influence iOS developers: in this role, you will have the opportunity to influence code architecture and feature development
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security and technology standards set by Synchrony Financial
• Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy and roadmap
• Participate in Agile scrums consisting of cross-functional teams
• Lead Agile sprints as technical expert, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions, and sprint reviews
• Ensure application code quality through development, test, and QA
• Participate in addressing root cause analyses, incident reports and provide direction in problem resolution
• Ability to analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes
• Provide use cases for AI to enhance our developer workflows
• Passionate about the latest technologies, open-source projects and languages;
• Provide 24×7 on-call support periodically throughout the year
• Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance
• Work with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into the company’s products
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Skills

iOS development

Swift/SwiftUI

Leadership

Agile

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Xcode

iOS SDK

Job description

Synchrony Financial is seeking an Assistant Vice President of iOS Software Development Engineering III to lead a hands-on mobile team. You will drive iOS architecture, SwiftUI/Swift/UIKit implementation, and end-to-end release processes for critical mobile applications across the organization and client solutions.

The role emphasizes strong technical leadership, collaboration with product managers, UX designers, and architects, and hands-on coding to deliver high-quality, scalable apps.