Architect

Project Name:
Premium Applications Development

Project Description:
The position will manage and participate in the development of mobile applications and their architectures in the areas of mobile commerce, location services, media streaming, social networking, etc. The position will need extensive and solid experiences and background in service architecture as well as project/product management and delivery.

Flexible work hours: 8-5 preferred

Job Description:
Responsibilities:
o Provide technical leadership for new product/technology development projects in the areas including but not limited to location based services, mobile financial services, media streaming services, social networking services.
o Develop architecture solutions and requirements specifications to address business opportunities/requirements/challenges in mobile applications development, product life cycle management, and applications ecosystem (including storefront, mobile commerce systems, IT systems, and wireless network, partner systems).
o Conduct and perform analysis and impact assessment of business and operational requirements and propose solutions and approaches
o Ensuring technical robustness, scalability, usability and maintainability of the white labeled products
o Cultivating best practices within the design and development team in terms of design standards, coding standards, best practices, etc.
o Managing product/technology development projects from concept to deployment via developing project plans, managing their executions, and providing timely updates on project progress to cross-functional stakeholder teams including the vendors

QUALIFICATIONS:
o 5+ years in product/technology development or equivalent experience delivering software or wireless data services. Previous product/technology development responsibility in the field of wireless location based services, mobile applications development, or mobile commerce is preferred.
o 5+ years in development and specifications of solution and reference architectures in distributed or software systems. Prior experiences for wireless services preferred. o Deep and demonstrable domain expertise/experience in mobile device's application platform (eg, J2ME, Android, Windows Mobile, etc), wireless data services architecture and eco-system preferred.
o Prior experience with wireless networks, services, and technologies, Internet or software development preferred.
o Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
o Ability to organize and motivate large cross-functional teams
o Ability to define requirements, drive product development and support activities with device manufacturers, solution providers
o Capable of articulating product position, marketing requirements, technologies across internal teams
o Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
o Must have proven success in developing and delivering presentations, including experience with PowerPoint.
o Specific experience with mobile commerce and applications development is preferred.
o Bachelor degree in a related, approved field required. Master degree in Engineering or Science preferred.

SKILLS
Program/Product Management, Technical Architecture, Education (Bachelor required, Advanced Preferred), Software Development, Perform Analysis and Impact assessment, Verbal & Written Communications, Mobile commerce & Applications Dev., iOS, Android, Windows Mobile platforms, Wireless networks, Svcs & Tech, Development, Ability to Organize & Motivate Teams

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.