Principal Software Development Engineer, IOS Mobile

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Requirements:

• Minimum educational requirement is a BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science/EE/STEM.
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong OO programming experience: Swift, Objective-C.
• Expert in software development domain and principles, including design patterns, code structure, programming languages, continuous integration, and deployment architecture.
• Experience in setting technical direction, planning, and successfully completing large projects that involve multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate across teams and organizations.
• Ability to lead and work closely with other engineers and individuals in BE roles, product, and design, across various fields and subject areas.
• Ability to break down complex projects into components or achievements that can easily be picked up by other engineers.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Experience with Agile development processes.
• Experience working on apps released on the app store.
• Experience with unit testing/automated tests.
• Ability to work in a fast, agile, and flexible environment with frequent change.
• Ability to mentor and coach Jr developers.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate across the stack to help define and architect efficient and reliable features in the Zillow Mobile apps.
• Work with Product Managers and UX designers for product feature prioritization, estimation, and planning.
• Review with peers in the team and cross-team to deliver best-in-class code quality.
• Own mobile features that deliver critical values to Zillow's partners.
• Identify, scope, and lead complex, strategic projects with wide impact across the company.
• Design the systems necessary to expand our suite of products while balancing speed-to-market and scalability for customer-facing features.
• Drive the continued development of a long-term technical strategy for iOS.
• Apply technical expertise to decision making and architecture, demonstrating an analytical approach to identifying constraints and developing effective solutions.
• Tackle hard engineering and user experience problems, solving them in an elegant and seamless manner.
• Identify gaps in our systems, design solutions, and help steer the execution of the solution.