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Job Title: Senior iOS Developer
Reports to: Practice Head: Mobile Services
ROLE OVERVIEW
The successful individual would be responsible for the development, debugging and support of new and existing mobile applications, related services and databases.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Interaction design and user experience guidelines
iOS – Objective C and Swift
Design patterns
Parsing and consuming XML and JSON
Working with RESTful services
Unit testing, integration and functional testing
Using version control systems – Git, SVN, TFS
Solutions design and implementation
Improving the design of existing code
Keep up to date with technology
System design and analysis
Ability to conceptualise and simplify complex problems
Ability to read/write specifications
Awareness of environment
INIMUM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
5+ years’ experience in mobile software development
Preferably in a banking, insurance or telecoms industry
Experience in SDLC methodologies such AGILE (SCRUM)
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES
Strong written and oral communication skills
Creative eye for details
Positive attitude
Able to multitask effectively
Display excellent time management, task planning and prioritisation skills
Able to adapt quickly to changing client requirements
Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
Work under pressure
Enthusiastic and committed
Work in a team environment
Delivery focused
Professional
Motivated
Show initiative
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
CORE COMPETENCIES
Developing, maintaining and debugging of software applications
Testing of independent modules and complete applications making use of automated and manual testing techniques
Working with project managers, technical leads and customers to provide task estimates, report on progress and discuss implementation details
Following and contributing to the improvement of software architecture, coding standards and practices being observed within the team environment
Designing of solutions that are maintainable, efficient, performant and secure
Refactoring source code to improve system design
Resolving software defects in collaboration with software test analysts
Conducting peer reviews of project code
Consume and create technical documentation such as specification documents, UML diagrams, user stories, wireframes etc.
Using a version control system to manage code changes
Configure, optimise and deploy applications for public release
Managing the submission of applications to online repositories and app stores
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or other related qualification
TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED:
Tackle hard problems in iOS such as Graphics, Performance issues, Security, Bash scripting and build script issues
Able to approach problems with BDD and TDD
Being able to take on POC work in quick stints with vital feedback
Knowledge of App Store connect and releasing of applications
Being able to create Linting rules on top of the basic rules, Swift Lint
Good understanding of DevOps in iOS
Ability to modularise iOS applications with Cocoapods
Carthage knowledge
Knowledge of Swift package manager
KeyChain management
SSL pinning
Instruments for profiling iOS Apps
Scheme and build configuration management
In this position you will report to Practice Head: Mobile Services