Mobile Developer Team Lead

Caterpillar - Irving, TX

Full-time - Senior

Irving, TX

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. The Mobile Development Center of Excellence (Mobile COE) is seeking a Technical Lead to assist with shaping the direction and strategy for mobile development. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter capable of thinking with an enterprise perspective while still being flexible enough to keep the business running. The candidate is also responsible for assisting, coaching, and mentoring mobile developers with design, development, and architectural issues, assisting developers with their build pipelines, assessing tech trends, conducting proofs of concept, implementing governance, best practices, and guidelines, and evaluating and recommending development techniques, technologies, tooling and improve application security for existing applications with risk-based evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead program and project planning sessions.
• Function independently in leading a large, diverse program or project planning sessions.
• Prepare and conduct pre-work for project sessions and follow-up on action items by assigning ownership.
• Control planning sessions to keep the team focused on project objectives.
• Provide input for staffing and support of programs and create accurate and detailed schedules.
• Interpret, document & communicate Voice of the Customer (VOC), Voice of Business (VOB), and Critical Customer Requirements (CCR) to develop a comprehensive Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to reduce program risk and enhance the project schedule quality.
• Research, suggest, and implement new mobile products, applications, and protocols.
• Assist mobile developers in day-to-day work and promote running workloads in the cloud, automating workloads when possible, and developing secure code.
• Lead projects and participate in other activities that define mobile strategy.
• Nurture the existing mobile community by participating in the community, leading activities that promote community, and promoting the reusability of libraries shared in the community.

Requirements

• 4 years of college degree and minimum 8-10 years of job-related experience in mobile development.
• Knowledge of relevant computer languages for Android, iOS, and Windows devices.
• Experience with Windows and macOS.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with sensitive issues and influence others.
• Excellent communication skills, strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Professional training in leading and facilitating meetings is highly desired.
• Ability to work well with a geographically distributed team.

Nice-to-haves

• JavaScript, Node.js, and Python experience to help with coaching and automation.
• Knowledge of languages/frameworks such as React Native, Flatter, Cordova, Capacitor, Ionic, Swift, Kotlin, and Xamarin.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K benefits from day one.
• Potential for an annual bonus.
• Paid vacation days and paid holidays.