Senior Principal Engineer (iOS), Digital Business

Position: Senior Principal Engineer, Digital Business

Purpose: This position will be required to lead architecture and ship high performance, reliable app which helps us deliver awesome experience to our end users at SonyLIV.

Education: B.E./B.Tech, MCA or Equivalent Computer Degree

Experience: 6+ years’ experience in iOS app development across Phone, iPad and tvOS

Location: Bengaluru

Reporting Relationship: AVP – Technical Architect, Digital Business

Business/Channel/Function: Digital

Position Interlinkages:
• Within the organizationDigital Technology Team
• Outside the organizationTechnology Partners

Key Responsibilities:
• Best PracticesContribute to Building individual features and products, Contribute to bringing in best practices and patterns that can be used for engineering lifecycle for discipline Excellent product which enhance user experience
• Product QualityTake ownership of end-to-end product qualityDeveloping & maintaining core app frameworks that help make the apps more reliable and delightful Reducing the Crashes, ANR and providing stable experience across the platform
• POCs Create prototypes of new ideas Explore new technologies on the forefront of mobile technologyNew ideas and features exploration without impacting the product development roadmap

Critical Competencies:
• BehaviouralShould be a good team player & able to work independently under pressure.Strategic thinker balanced with a grasp of details

Must possess the ability to switch between execution and strategy mode most effortlessly

Ability to see the big picture, visualize the future and develop relevant functional strategies which value add to our business.Ability to prioritize and cope with competing demands

Must possess a sense of urgency and excellent execution and project management skills.Must be excited by and be able to navigate ambiguity.Passion for results and excellence

Must be able to get the job done by working collaboratively with others.Inquisitive and analytical mind; out-of-the-box thinking; bring a creative perspective to business problems applying functional expertise, business understanding and common sense.
• TechnicalHands-on experience in building mobile applications and mobility solutions - native applications Expert-level knowledge of iOS development, including technologies like UIKit, Core Animation, Auto Layout and Cocoa TouchExcellent Swift and Objective-C coding ability along with strong CS & OS fundamentalsExperience with IOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Bluetooth, CocoaPods etc.Experience with offline storage and performance tuning

Deep understanding iOS memory management and multi-threadingUnderstanding of Apple design principles and interface guidelines.Should have excellent programming/coding and logical skills.Should be able to do technical and architecture planning for the development with various stack holders and vendors.Good working experience on Web Service Integration (REST, JSON, XML) Sound working experience with AVPlayer, IMA SDK and DRM.Experience in using analytics, location and social APIs, MDM, payment gateway, SMS gateway, Media content transcoding and cloud integration, APM tools

Other Personal Characteristics:

The successful candidate must be bright, quick, and a team player who also possesses independence of thought and opinion to provide candor and honesty to support and influence key business decisions

Must have authenticity to establish quality relationships across the organization through the highest levels of professionalism, ethics and mutual respect