Bethesda, MD, US
51 days ago
Directors, Software Development

Career Band:

L06

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Position summary

T-Mobile is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. Directors, Software Development located in Bethesda, MD will form strategic partnerships with senior internal customers within and outside of T-Mobile Advertising Solutions organization and intimately understand their business strategies, generate new ideas, manage issues, and ensure that strategy is appropriately aligned.

Position duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Plan and manage a portfolio of high-quality products and services through a lifecycle of envisioning, investing, sustaining, and retiring.

Contribute to strategy and support roadmaps aligned to overall strategy in collaboration with other directors and enterprise architecture.

Maintain knowledge of new developments in area of specialty and incorporate these innovations where appropriate.

Drive innovation, improvement, and adoption of industry leading practices including open source, CI/CT/CD, cloud, microservices/container architecture.

Recommend and implement technology direction for applications and services including Mobile apps, SAAS, and custom developed solutions.

Lead system design of highly scalable systems with native telemetry and monitoring in mind, as well as enabling self-healing systems.

Drive cost out of systems operations and maintain critical technology roadmaps in place to continue to adapt to new technologies.

Modernize legacy application architecture and infrastructure.

Deliver and support a portfolio of services to achieve business objectives and direct the continual improvement of the enterprise-scale services.

Ensure effective collaboration between technology teams and execute the design, development, and operations of systems that are highly performant and maintain high availability.

Manage staff to support systems for continuous availability.

Accountable for department budget, delivery, and service performance, optimizing cost of service delivery, ensuring services are meeting or exceeding service levels.

Develop and execute staffing strategy leveraging a mix of employees, managed services, and other partners to deliver departmental services.

Contribute to overall strategy, policies and processes, and hire, manage, and develop a team of senior managers, managers, and individual contributors.

Lead team through change, motivating and inspiring teams to do their best work, and develop the team’s knowledge and ability to deliver on its mission.

Coach and mentor senior staff.

Ensure effective performance partnership processes are used to maximize engagement and performance.

Telecommuting is permitted, but applicants must live within a reasonable commuting distance.

Skill requirements:

Managing and growing a team of in-house software engineers and contract resources from vendor teams.

Architecting, designing, developing, and maintaining backend server applications, front end web applications, and mobile applications.

Python development, and Django & Flask frameworks.

Developing iOS (Objective-C, Swift) and Android (Java, Kotlin) applications.

Utilizing HTML5, Javascript (AngularJS, Angular) and Node.js for applications development.

Managing engineering budgets and implementing cost effective solutions.

Experience and education requirements:

PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS: Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or related, or its foreign equivalent, and 8 years of relevant work experience.

ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or related, or its foreign equivalent, and 10 years of relevant work experience.

Additional:                                                

Location:  Bethesda, MD

This position is eligible for the employee referral program.

How to apply:

Visit www.tmobile.jobs.

Create a candidate profile, and apply to REQ276592.

EOE Statement

T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with our Company values and will not be tolerated. Furthermore, such discrimination or harassment may violate federal, state, or local law.

OTHER:  Work hours: 40 hours/week. Salary: $212,950.00/year.

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the state listed. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role.  Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year.  Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance, while Retail and Business Sales roles are eligible for monthly or quarterly sales incentives.  And since we are ALL owners, EVERY employee at T-Mobile is eligible for an Annual Stock Grant.  For information about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out https://careers.t-mobile.com/culture-and-benefits/.

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No):No

DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
 

Candidate’s pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience. At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. 

At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

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T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.

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