Technical Lead

1 Opening
Norfolk

Technical Lead

Lead II - Software Engineering

Who We Are:

Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world.

UST is a mission-driven group of 29,000 practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in more than 30 countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live.

With us, you’ll create a boundless impact that transforms your career—and the lives of people across the world.

Visit us at UST.com.

You Are:

We are seeking a skilled Technical Lead responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a vast number of diverse android devices. The primary focus will be the development of mobile applications and their integration with back-end services and browser apps. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. The project portfolio contains various projects connected to mobile application development consuming existing APIs from partners, clients, etc.

The Opportunity:

• Designing and building mobile applications for android platform

• Collaborating with the design team to define app features and stories

• Ensuring quality and performance of the application to specifications and standards for android and the client

• Identifying potential problems and resolving application bottlenecks

• Fixing application bugs before the final release

• Collaborate with cross functional team to define and design the app

• Perform checks on correct functionality of app

• Integrate application with backend tools such as APIs and push notifications

• Responsible to help maintain code quality, organization and automation

• Work with a tech lead to maintain standards and code quality

• Collaboration with Android development team for unified approaches

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need:

• Proficiency in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

• Strong knowledge of android development frameworks

• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.

• Understanding and implementation of State Flow , Shared Flow data holder classes.

• Understanding and Usage of Coroutines and different scopes.

• Understanding of Googles design principles and interface guidelines with respect to UI components.

• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools (such as Instruments, Accessibility Inspector).

• Understanding and implementing of Accessibility related to different views present on the UI.

• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git).

• Familiarity with continuous integration

• Hands-on experience with addressing Unit Testing and UI Automation Testing and Accessibility Testing.

• Understanding of Code Coverage and understanding of TDD approach

• Understanding of MVC, MVVM, MVP

• Knowledge of Google Analytics, Crashlytics, Firebase, Feature flag implementation using third party tools.

• Must-Have Skills:

• Proficient and knowledgeable in the following concepts (and related tools) - Android Frameworks, threading, android design principles, performance and memory tuning, integrating accessibility compliance as part of development, code versioning, TDD and Unit testing, mobile app design patterns, monitoring user behavior, web traffic, performance and crash reporting.

• Strong communication skills, ability to provide technical leadership, steer the team and drive delivery based on expectations set with clients.

• Kotlin, Jetpack compose, Git, Accessibility Inspector, MVVM, Google Analytics, Crashlytics, Firebase

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Remote

Compensation Range: $95,000-$143,750

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

What We Believe:

We proudly embrace the values that have shaped UST since day one. We build our culture of Humility, Humanity, and Integrity. These values inspire us to nurture a people-first, human centric culture that fosters diversity, prioritizes sustainable solutions, and keeps our people and clients at the forefront of all decisions.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honor our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

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