AddressOverview
KUBRA is looking for a passionate and skilled Technical Lead to lead and grow our Mobile Apps team.
The Technical Lead works with a team of developers building mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms, and accomplishes departmental objectives by managing staff and by planning and evaluating team and department activities. This position has technical oversight for all native application projects and is responsible for maintaining quality and consistency across implementations.
*Remote option may be available*
What you get to do every day
- Own the overall outlook, strategy and roadmap for Mobile and work with other KUBRA Stakeholders and Product Managers for realizing KUBRA’s overall vision
- Monitor and analyze industry trends to identify competitive & forward-looking platform enhancements and develop a strategy for potential execution in 1-3 years
- Hire, train, coach, mentor, and develop staff, including conducting performance reviews and providing constructive feedback through employee recognition, rewards, and disciplinary action with the assistance of Human Resources when necessary
- Create and maintain a workplace culture that is consistent with the overall organization’s and that emphasizes the KUBRA mission, vision, guiding principles, and values
- Take native applications from concept to product
- Participate in the full mobile application development lifecycle
- Design, Develop, test, and deploy user interface, service tier, and data tier components for complex mobile applications
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to determine how successfully the platform is performing, how it impacts KUBRA operations, and ultimately, how it contributes to rapid and reliable product development
- Manage a number of projects and tasks using a variety of technologies
- Travel to visit clients throughout North America to participate in design sessions and deliver technical presentations and training
What kind of person should you be?
- Leadership and management skills – ability to attract, retain, motivate, coach, and develop team members for high performance
- Project management skills – ability to plan and manage successful projects, including managing risks, costs, time, and team
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills and can maintain a high degree of professionalism in all client communications
- You are proud of your deployed app(s)
- You enjoy keeping up to date on all mobile industry trends and current events
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree is preferred
What skills do you need?
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with software development
- 1-2 years of experience with mobile application development
- 3-5 years of experience managing a team
- Demonstrable knowledge of either Android (Java) or iOS (Objective-C or Swift) development; both preferred
- Experience writing web services or other server-side components is preferred
- Demonstrable technical knowledge of object-oriented programming principles ∙ Technical knowledge of SOAP/REST/JSON service integration
- At least one app in the App Store, Google Play store, or enterprise deployed is preferred ∙ Knowledge of Swift for iOS is preferred
- Knowledge of mobile industry trends and current events is preferred
- Ability to translate graphical mockups to code is preferred
What can you expect from us?
- Award-winning culture that fosters growth, diversity and inclusion for all
- Paid day off for your birthday
- Access to LinkedIn learning courses
- Continued education with our education reimbursement program
- Flexible schedules
- Free unlimited access to our refreshment stations (fully stocked with tea, coffee and other beverages)
- Two paid days for volunteer opportunities
KUBRA is a fast-growing company that delivers customer communications solutions to some of the largest utility, insurance, and government entities across North America. KUBRA offers billing and payments, mapping, mobile apps, proactive communications, and artificial intelligence solutions for customers. With more than 1.5 billion customer interactions annually, KUBRA services reach over 40% of households in the U.S. and Canada. KUBRA is an operating subsidiary of Hearst.
Our office is small enough to allow creative individuals to flourish, yet large enough to provide long-term stability. We place a tremendous amount of responsibility on our team members to be productive, focused and self-motivated. We offer a casual work environment, competitive compensation and a stellar benefits program.
KUBRA is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
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Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: $72,600.76-$119,063.61 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Extended health care
- Flextime
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
