Sr Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile Apps (iOS and Android)

Lowe's; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe's in Charlotte is seeking a Mobile Engineering Lead to drive the design, development, configuration, testing, and ongoing improvements for state-of-the-art mobile experiences.

Relocation to the Charlotte/Mooresville, NC region is required, with regular in-office work at the Mooresville location. You will oversee the mobile portfolio, influence roadmap, and mentor engineers across teams as part of a Fortune 50 company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, CIS, or related field (or equivalent).
• 8 years of IT experience.
• 8 years in software engineering or related field.
• 3 years leading project or technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads Mobile Engineering team in support of achieving the company's mission; manages performance and fosters an inclusive environment.
• Oversees design, build, and maintenance of solutions; translates business requirements into program designs and software.
• Drives best practices, conducts code reviews, and resolves defects at code and platform levels.
• Leverages DevOps tools to deliver products and observability tools to identify improvements.
• Partners with scrum teams to align capacity and increase velocity; manages stakeholder relationships.
• Designs solutions with microservice architecture and API integration; guides product priorities.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical direction

Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, CIS, or related field

Job description

Innovate in Charlotte

Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to lead the Mobile engineering team in the design, development, configuration, testing, and on-going improvements required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences. This includes providing oversight of the implementation and maintenance of business and enterprise software solutions to ensure successful deployment of released applications. This role is also responsible for providing insights and recommendations to inform the roadmap and overall health and care of the larger portfolio.

Where You'll Be

Associates are required to relocate to the Charlotte/Mooresville, NC region to foster collaboration and support. The ideal candidate must be willing to work in the office at our Mooresville, NC, location, 5 days per week. Most business meetings are planned around the Eastern time zone

Work with a Winning Team

As part of a Fortune 50 company and retail leader, your work can change an entire industry. Our CEO is a forward-thinker when it comes to tech, and with one of Forbes Top 50 CIOs leading the charge, you can come to work knowing you'll have access to the data, tools, and support that few other companies can offer. We also know what it takes to create an inclusive culture that supports you. Our teams are structured around the engineer, giving you the support you need to do your best work. Since we've been in business for over 100 years, we've built an excellent track record of growth and success. There's peace of mind knowing you have the stability and resources you need to focus on solving tough challenges. And as you solve these challenges, know you'll be surrounded by supportive associates with curious minds who listen to you, respect you, and recognize your hard work.

What You Will Do

• Leads Mobile Engineering team in support of achieving the company's mission. Manages performance and fosters an inclusive environment to help associates achieve their potential.
• Manages engineering services in the design, build, and maintenance of solutions within a set of technology products and/or services; oversees the translation of business requirements and functional specifications into logical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions.
• Influences and establishes best-in-class engineering practices through solid design decisions; conducts regular code reviews to ensure teams are adhering to best practices; is directly involved with resolving defects at the code and platform levels.
• Leverages DevOps tools to efficiently deliver products and observability tools to actively monitor and identify improvement opportunities with delivered products.
• Partners with scrum teams to ensure plans properly align team capacity and identifies ways to increase team velocity and reduce sprint spillover.
• Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse stakeholders by building and maintaining trusting relationships with internal customers, third-party vendors, and senior management.
• Resolves escalated issues throughout the development, configuration, and modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions.
• Designs solutions leveraging microservice architecture and relies on event and data-driven application programming interface integration.
• Partners with product team members to help inform the priorities within a set of products, applications, and/or services.
• Provides input for departmental budget and forecasting and manages expenses associated with initiatives within scope of responsibility. Coordinates the estimation and execution of plans, schedules, and resource forecasts for the services or applications in scope.
• Manages multiple services or applications and provides resources in support of the applications by leveraging partnerships with technology teams, vendors, and business leaders.
• Leads team through all technology solution development phases by ensuring team understands and adheres to company methodology, policies, standards, and controls.
• Educates and aligns team on departmental standard operating procedures, objectives and key results, and overall operationalization of assigned services or applications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems (CIS), or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 8 years of IT experience
• 8 years of experience in software engineering or related field
• 8 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of software development life cycles (SDLC)
• 3 years of experience leading project or technical teams with or without formal direct report responsibility; this includes experience providing technical direction, thought leadership, and coachin