Job Description - Senior iOS Developer

SENIOR iOS DEVELOPER

North Dallas Area

8+ month contract

THE POSITION

We are hiring a Senior iOS Developer to sit within our Client's Web/Mobile development team. The Mobile Developer will sit within our client's Agile/Scrum teams, developing iOS (and potentially Native Android) mobile applications. The Mobile Developer must possess strong technical expertise as well as strong communication skills. This position will work on complex computer programs and defined segments of highly complex programs. The Mobile Developer must be familiar with a variety of development concepts, practices and procedures and perform complex applications development related tasks without guidance.

The Mobile Developer will also actively participate in Scrum planning/tasking/standups/etc and is expected to logically break down problems and ask questions if they cannot solve it themselves.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engages with system users and business analysts to identify system enhancements and/or new applications to meet business needs.
• Actively contributes to the development of solutions and ideas that add value.
• Develops elegant and simple solutions.
• Creates quality design documents to illustrate how the system works. Writes clear and detailed technical specifications for development of the application.
• Adheres to "big picture view of how various connected system designs should be consolidated or affected.
• Produces products on schedule and elegant and efficient designs, high performance, and scalable code that will allow for easy extension to future needs.
• Produces code of high quality and reliability - strong quality code metrics.
• Effectively performs code walk-throughs. In conjunction with Quality Services.
• Proactively performs extensive system testing to ensure that the systems work efficiently and are developed following the applicable development methodology.
• Unit tests to ensure accuracy.
• Tracks record of identifying largest risk areas and driving resolution of these issues.
• Leads the design, development and implementation of complex systems. Provides accurate and timely input to Project Manager regarding status of technical tasks for self and team. Effectively and actively plays the role of technical advisor for projects, providing advice on tools, process and design to others.
• Shows initiative to initiate and actively facilitate meetings and issue resolution, involving the right individuals.
• Ensures project goals make sense and overall development objectives are being met.
• Serves as a contact person in support of more serious production problems/issues.
• Designs and develops high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Science in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of post-secondary education and work experience
• 3+ years with iOS mobile development experience
• Experience with Swift 3.0+
• 3+ years with one or more of the following technologies:
  • Bootstrap and JQuery
  • HTML5 and CSS3
  • Unit Testing (Jasmine, Karma, Protractor)
  • Java, Apache, Tomcat, and Spring MVC
• 5+ years of increasingly responsible development experience on multiple platforms
• Experience with complex, enterprise web development
• Ability to track record of designing and developing high quality, scalable and efficient solutions and products on schedule
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead requirements gathering, design and development of complex systems

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills; verbal and written
• Ability to work on your own and manage tasks to completion within an estimated timeframe
• Ability to dress business casual and work flexible hours!
• Ability to have fun WHILE working on new projects with cutting edge technology
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
• Ability to adapt to change
• Proven ability in a fast paced environment
• Strong negotiation and/or influential skills
• Ability to influence others to ensure that issues which have been raised are resolved