Mobile Android / IOS Developer (Intermediate)

Responsible for the development of high-quality mobile solutions. This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centered software and contribute to developing technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.

Specific Technical Requirements / Languages / Skills

5+ years of experience in IOS and Android mobile application development

Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as :

Swift 5 on IOS for Native App Development

Xcode / AppCode

Kotlin

Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker (Beneficial)

CI / CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit

AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform

IaC technologies e.g., Terraform / Cloudformation

Collaboration tool e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack

Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures

Responsibilities

Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)

Work in a DevOps culture

Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g. architects, developers, UX designers, business

Participates in team design, scoping and prioritisation discussions

Document & Design solutions at an Application Level with guidance from seniors

Participates in team design, scoping and prioritisation discussions

Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs

Build cloud based functional mobile applications at an enterprise level

Build Front-end and / or back-end solutions on the mobile digital channel / platform

Implement complex Business Features and solutions with minimal guidance

Generate, contribute and drive technical documentation according to guidelines

Understand, communicate and / or translate complex procedures

Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.

Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.

Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed,

Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly

Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with policies

Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.

Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns

Review and refactor code according to coding standards

Refactor complex code to improve maintainability

Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)

Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.

In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects.

Continuously develop skills

Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software.

Work effectively with customers and / or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities / problems arising from technical decisions

Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team

Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software.

Work effectively with customers and / or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities / problems arising from technical decisions

Research and share programming / technology-related advances to team(s)

Build and test software prototypes

Provide higher-level technical and programming support to fellow developers / engineers

Mentor and coach junior developers and trainees

Research and recommend programming-related advances to team(s)

Create and test software prototypes