Senior Mobile Developer

About the position

As a Senior Developer at Headway, you are client and user-focused while executing on the details of each project. You diligently develop features and functionality, guided by Headway's process to ensure each release is successful. This role requires constant learning and a growth mindset. When communicating with clients during sprint planning, retros, and release demos, you help monitor features as project requirements change, and direct emergent requirement discussions back to the core focus of a minimum viable product (MVP). In doing so, you help manage client expectations and project scope, ensuring we build the most valuable features first.

Responsibilities

• Setting the project development direction consistent with Headway technology and standards.
• Creating architecture diagrams, flowcharts, and ER diagrams to increase the team's understanding of project scope and support the overall development process.
• Helping to enforce development process and consistency across the team.
• Performing development critiques and QA on pull requests ensuring Headway development process is followed.
• Suggesting refactoring that will help curb technical debt and grow knowledge across the team.
• Conducting pairing sessions to help developers learn and grow while also evaluating their craft, including: efficiency, adherence to process, and overall professionalism.
• Performing QA of both internal code quality, interfaces, architecture, tests, and external end-user UI/UX.
• Interfacing with clients during sprint planning sessions and retros to ensure are on track and on budget.
• Driving all meetings and development activities from the outside-in with user story mapping and MoSCoW prioritization.
• Helping assess potential hires for technical ability and team fit for future positions at Headway.

Requirements

• 3+ year of paid, professional mobile development experience (required).
• 5+ years of paid, professional general development experience (required), with consulting experience a plus.
• Experience in React Native. (required)
• Experience with or willingness to learn native iOS and Android.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• The ability to present your work and stand firm for the right reasons.
• Experience working with businesses at various phases of creation and growth.
• Experience with full-stack technologies like Ruby on Rails, Phoenix/Elixir, or Node, a big plus.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of PTO & Sick Time are available immediately.
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave.
• 1 week of additional time off during the winter holiday season.
• 100% of health care and dental premiums paid for you and all your dependents.
• Up to a 4% matching 401k contribution based on your dollar contribution.
• Generous hardware onboarding budget including a self-directed budget to purchase the gear you need to be successful.
• An annual education and conference budget.