Technical Head

Job Description

Job DescriptionRole Overview :

The incumbent will be responsible for responsible for successfully designing and managing the delivery of mobile solutions and technologies

Key Responsibilities :

- Defining the technical requirements for the implementation of the mobile solution

- Discussing technical aspects of the mobile application solution architecture, including the technology used, methodology followed, and devices selected

- Responsible for successfully designing and managing the delivery of mobile solutions and technologies

- Take ownership of the solution from end to end, and be responsible for translating functional requirements into a mobile solution

- Independently drive and provide advanced technical expertise in analyzing, designing estimating, and developing software applications to project schedule.

- Oversees systems design and implementation of most complex design components

- Maintain and support existing software applications and provides subject matter expertise in reviewing, analyzing, and resolving complex issues.

- Contribute to the design and delivery of complex projects to achieve key business objectives.

- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) while providing leadership, guidance, and mentorship to other team members.

- Rapidly prototype and POC key application features

- Ensure appropriate consistency of mobile solutions, systems and solutions architecture across multiple projects, Devices and Platform

Critical Competencies for Success :

Media and Entertainment :

- Expert in design and development of iOS, Android, HTML5, mobile frameworks, Connected devices and Smart TVs application

- Demonstrated deployments of consumer-facing mobile software application on iOS, Android, connected devices and smart TVs

- Excellent understanding of Video product, Player, DRM, Mobile Analytics and Advertising across all platforms

- Proven ability to design, optimize and integrate business processes across disparate systems and mobile technologies

- A thorough understanding of OOP, design patterns, iOS, Android, and mobile application integration

- Excellent analysis skills and ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies

- S/he should have Experience working as architect defining the overall technical architecture for the mobile application, connected devices, smart TV, affiliate integration

- Experience in developing reusable frameworks,

- Experienced in designing and developing mobile sdk and integrating mobile apps with web-services and external APIs

- Understanding of mobile security protocols, analytics and social channel integration.

- Understanding various non-functional aspects in mobile application design and provide a solution to optimize performance, scalability etc.

- Must have a proven track record of delivering complex technical projects driving a team of engineers

- Exposure to complete product development lifecycle- from inception to production deployment & scaling.

- Expertise in highly scalable distributed architectures is a must

- Expertise in native or hybrid mobile app development is a must Deep knowledge of agile software development, Test-Driven development, Continuous Integration

- Experience in Distributed Caching techniques

- Experience in mobile application security

- Experience in REST API design, SDK, Players 3rd party integrations

- Experience in versioning systems like GitHub, SVN etc.

- Hands on programming & debugging skills in dev, staging and production environments

- Strong experience with Profiling and Performance Tuning code and applications,

- Ability to cut through complexity and ambiguity to create actionable next steps

Behavioral:

- 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.

- 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.

Keyskills :
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