Principal Mobile Application Engineer

At GameStop, we are committed to providing exceptional service and delivering the latest and greatest in gaming products to our customers. As a leading global retailer of video games, electronics, and gaming merchandise, we take pride in offering a wide range of products that cater to the needs and desires of gamers worldwide. Our mission is to create unforgettable experiences for our customers by constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Whether you're a hardcore gamer or just starting out, we've got something for everyone. Join us in our mission to shape the future of gaming and bring the best gaming products to the world!

GameStop is looking for a Principal Mobile Application Engineer. This role will collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and business partners distributed across the U.S. In this role, you will help design, build, and maintain a new, highly scalable application that will delight millions of GameStop customers. The ideal candidate will be customer-obsessed, highly collaborative, and passionate about creating customer experiences that are both frictionless and delightful.

This position will sit on-site in Grapevine, TX.

What will I do?

• Deliver highly scalable customer-facing products and features, used by millions of GameStop customers.
• Participate in and provide input to technical decisions. Refine our app frameworks, processes, and standards.
• Write scalable, performant, readable, and tested code. Monitor, track, and optimize performance on an ongoing basis.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to peers and more junior engineers.
• Use data to provide input to prioritization decisions.
• Thrive in an ambiguous environment, be resourceful, and make tradeoffs to deliver customer impact.
• Exhibit a bias for action, constantly looking for ways to improve the customer experience.
• Establish strong working relationships across all levels and functions of the organization.
• Ensure all deadlines are met and other responsibilities as assigned.
• Operate independently given direction, set direction and bring ideas and solutions to issues raised. 
  
  
  

Who You Are…

• Deep technical expertise working on consumer facing mobile applications at scale.
• Demonstrated organizational-wide impacting experience building both iOS and Android consumer facing applications at scale.
• 10+ years in overall software engineering design and development experience. 
• 5+ years in design and development of Ecommerce or Marketplace Applications. 
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
• Bonus points if you’ve developed auction software at scale in the past.
  
  
  

Related Competencies

• Building Strategic Working Relationships – Develop and leverage collaborative relationships with colleagues throughout the organization to build credibility and strong partnerships.
• Business Acumen – Understand complex business issues and what drives good decision making.
• Navigating Complexity — Proactively and quickly makes sense of complex issues; responds effectively to complex and ambiguous situations; communicates complex information simply.
• Innovation and Problem Solving — Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
  
  
  

Full-time store positions at GameStop are also eligible to participate in incentive programs, health benefits, paid time off, 401 (k), employee discount and a casual work environment. Positions at GameStop may also be eligible for a bonus and/or other incentives.