Job Description

Pilot Flying J’s Digital Development Team is seeking an iOS Application Developer to join a highly agile mobile development team. This team oversees a diverse portfolio around the Pilot Flying J myRewards+ mobile application to deliver high-value features for our customers and business partners.

This role offers an opportunity to leverage your existing skillset and become grounded in best development practices and the Pilot Flying J culture. You will be involved in and greatly influence all aspects of systems analysis & design, development, maintenance, and enhancement for mobile applications. You will plan, code, and troubleshoot within an agile and innovative culture.

You will help grow our mobile products and services, with a focus on our long-term technology roadmap. You can expect to solve problems, empower others, and positively impact the organization. We work in a friendly atmosphere where you must deliver, but where your teammates are at your side to help you when necessary, not to compete with you.

As we strive to make a better day for our team members and guests, we look to continually enhance our mobile applications.

1. Participate in the planning, analysis, creation, and design of mobile applications
2. Create and develop features and functionality for scalable consumer mobile applications, applying independent judgment and professional expertise
3. Create clean, maintainable, and tested code with supporting documentation and automated unit tests
4. Provide input for application architecture, API contract, and endpoint requirements, unit and integration testing, and third-party library integration
5. Provide support for existing applications, including troubleshooting and bug fixes
6. Work closely with UI/UX designers, backend developers, frontend developers, QA analysts, business analysts, and product managers in a highly collaborative and agile team environment
7. Collaborate with product managers to define and/or clarify requirements for new or modified features
8. Provide input on product releases with the team and management
9. Assist other team members through collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and code reviews
10. Determine flow and assignment of tasks to meet milestones and guide the team through the agile development process to ensure on-time delivery of a high-quality final product
11. Lead project components and perform project management duties for the development of applications; oversee the work of external resources
12. Monitor industry trends and advocate for mobile development best practices
13. Identify technical debt and collaborate with other developers on strategic placement on the product roadmap
14. Model behaviors that support the company’s common purpose; ensure guests and team members are supported at the highest level
15. Ensure all activities are in compliance with rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
16. Complete other duties as assigned

Qualifications

1. Minimum 1+ years in mobile application development required or equivalent combination of education and experience
2. 1+ years’ experience in native iOS mobile application development using Xcode, Swift, and Objective-C
3. Swift experience preferred
4. 1+ years’ experience integrating RESTful APIs, or similar technologies, and web services with applications
5. Experience in Agile/Scrum application development
6. Experience improving the quality and structure of previously written code.
7. Experience working from design mockups for interface and experience development
8. Ability to write and understand complex programming queries
9. Ability to understand moderately complex business and technical solutions
10. Ability to understand the fundamentals of computer science, specifically algorithms and data structures
11. Ability to apply professional expertise to contribute to team objectives and outcomes as guided
12. Ability to interpret established procedures and exercise judgment to resolve issues of medium complexity
13. Ability to determine the best technology solutions to resolve problems
14. Ability to utilize project management methodologies to achieve development objectives
15. Ability to communicate technical concepts and solutions to non-technical users
16. Ability to multitask and handle changing priorities
17. Ability to self-motivate and meet tight deadlines
18. Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with frequent production releases
19. Strong verbal and written communication skills

Additional Information

1. General office work requiring sitting or standing for long periods of time
2. Able to lift up to 25 lbs.
3. Able to work evenings, weekends and odd hours as needed
4. Overnight travel required is up to 5%