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Sentient Decision Science · 1 day ago

Senior App Developer

Scottsdale, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Sentient Decision Science is a trusted leader in the measurement of consumer attention and emotion. The Senior App Developer will own the strategy and execution of the technical development of modular research technology platforms, collaborating closely with various stakeholders and leading a development team.

Market Research

Responsibilities

Lead development teams using an agile methodology; update senior leadership on the status of current and future agile sprints as well as performance of past sprints

Create and present roadmaps managing multiple platforms and projects

Demonstrate executed work tracks targeted at the intersection of feature development and operational efficiency across our product suite

Establish actionable technical initiatives based on the company’s business and technology objectives communicated by key stakeholders

Demonstrate to senior leadership and key stakeholders logical tradeoffs and investment decisions across competing opportunities / products / stakeholders

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders representing UX leadership, UI leadership, integrated third-party components and third-party partnerships

Maintain an impeccable AWS infrastructure that delivers world-class research technology SLAs, security and stability

Lead the choice of languages, libraries and components up and down the stack; demonstrate reasoning to internal stakeholders

Own the production of best-in-class UI and UX based on internal stakeholder requirements and goals

Lead the design and development of secure and efficient APIs for each product

Lead the decision-making and demonstrate reasoning for employing proper data sources per each operational need of the platform, including relational databases, media delivery, in-memory databases and mass object storage

Lead and demonstrate to senior leadership a world-class fault tolerant and globally scalable infrastructure

Lead processes and procedures that produce products featuring world-class accurate and precise data collection, data analysis, and output/visualization

Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to think through proof-of-concept solutions, how they fit in the overall product suite, whether they will be viable, how they will be maintained

Ensure sound cyber security tactics throughout all components of the stack

Lead a mix of in-house, contract, onshore and offshore developers

Collaborate with key business and scientific leaders on building product road maps capitalizing on the current and future capabilities and user share of end-user devices: computers, smartphones, tablets, web browsers and peripherals

Qualification

AWS product suiteFull-stack developmentAPI developmentAgile methodologyB2B SaaS platformsData visualizationCyber security tacticsResponsive web applicationsLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solving

Required

Demonstrated track record of delivering B2B SaaS platforms in an agile environment

Demonstrated understanding of the discipline of platform and infrastructure management, creating a roadmap managing various platforms, and collaborating with the product and development team on best practices

Experience leading and prioritizing work tracks targeted at the intersection of feature development, market opportunities, and operational efficiency of various products and technologies

Demonstrated track record of managing multiple product development schedules

Demonstrated track record of transforming a company's business and technology objectives into actionable technical initiatives

Demonstrated track record of making tradeoff and investment decisions across multiple opportunities / products / stakeholders

Demonstrated track record of leading a development team and collaborating with stakeholders representing UX, UI and third-party components

Experience with the AWS product suite, including but not limited to EC2, S3, ELB, Cloudfront, DynamoDB, Lambda

Experience with and knowledge of the capabilities of languages, libraries and components up and down the stack, including but not limited to MySQL, MondoDB, .NET, WebAPI and Python

Proficient in front‑end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) with hands-on experience using modern developer tools and IDEs such as PyCharm. Skilled in building responsive, high‑performance web applications using contemporary frameworks and libraries, including React and Angular

Experience with design and development practices for creating secure and efficient APIs consumed by developer end-users and partners

Experience with designing the proper data sources per the operational needs of the platform, including relational databases, media delivery, in-memory databases and mass object storage

Experience with full-stack development in a fault tolerant and globally scalable infrastructure

5+ years of experience working in a platform and product development field (engineering, management, solutions design, analytics, product development)

2+ years working with technical teams in a product ownership role

Preferred

BA/BS and/or certifications in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics or other quantitative discipline

Experience with quantitative market research methods, including accurate and precise data collection, data analysis, and output/visualization

Experience partnering with business and technical stakeholders to think through proof-of-concept solutions, how they fit in the overall product suite, whether they will be viable, how they will be maintained

Experience deploying sound cyber security tactics throughout all components of the stack

Knowledge of the capabilities of R

Experience leading in-house, contract, onshore and offshore developers

Strong knowledge of the current and future capabilities and user share of end-user devices: computers, smartphones, tablets, web browsers and mobile apps