Salary - $140k
Position Type:
Direct Placement
Location:
Remote
Onsite Flexibility:
100% Remote
Job Description
Location: Remote
As a Lead iOS Developer, you'll collaborate with internal teams to develop functional mobile applications, while working in a fast-paced environment. You may eventually be responsible for overseeing a team of iOS and/or Android developers. This role will include hands-on application development, mobile strategy, team mentoring, and training. This role will be responsible for the daily maintenance and delivery of mobile applications.
Essential Functions
Strategy & Planning
• Ability to perform in a team environment
• Liaise with the Product development team to plan new features, gather requirements, and suggest solutions.
• Acquire and interpret business requirements, creates a functional specification, and determine the most efficient/appropriate technologies.
• Research and implement new interface development techniques.
• Submit and review technical and process improvement recommendations as a member of the technical leadership team.
• Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, and support)
• Ability to work with new technologies while showing drive, versatility, adaptability, and creative thinking.
• Establish development best practices and growth of mobile applications standards.
• Foster a culture of innovation and out-of-the-box thinking.
Acquisition & Deployment
• Perform analysis of business models, logical specifications, and/or customer requirements to design and build Internet solutions utilizing multiple technologies.
• Estimate hours for project tasks.
• Schedule and lead brainstorming activities surrounding interface functionality.
• Lead in building Information Architecture diagrams.
• Perform complex programming assignments requiring an advanced aptitude for established programming standards, methods, and best practices.
• Communicate effectively by using natural language and by writing clear and concise code.
• Mitigate significant risks associated with projects, which have high technical complexity and/or involve significant challenges to the business.
• Write unit tests.
Operational Management
• Manage and prioritize workload between project and maintenance tasks.
• Maintain and modify mobile applications; make approved changes by amending application documentation, developing detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
• Participate proactively in researching, developing, and maintaining team standards, documentation, tools, and best practices
• Provide support for critical mobile application problems and issues.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert in the discovery and investigation of critical production problems as required.
• Train and teach other developers.
Incidental Functions
• Conduct research into new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks.
• Train and knowledge share with other development teams.
• Mentor and coach developers and/or Professional Apprentices.
• Project and task management and reporting as necessary.
• Make presentations to management, clients, and peer groups as requested.
• Schedule and lead project and communication meetings with clients.
• Provide tier 2, on-call support for critical mobile application problems and issues.
• Analyze the performance of mobile apps and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with clients and approval of supervisor.
• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the work.
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensure compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
• Provide input to the manager on team evolution and growth strategy.
• Minimal travel is required
• Work outside the standard office 7.5 hour workday may occasionally be required to resolve priority release or production crises.
Position Requirements
Formal Education & Certification
• Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent experience.
Knowledge & Experience Required
• 8+ years of IT experience working on all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.
• 5+ years professional experience in architecting, designing, and developing highly scalable native iOS applications (Obj-C OK but at least two years of Swift) that have been released in the App Store.
• 3+ years' experience working with customers to build and formulate business requirements.
• Experience working in at least two different native iOS apps of at least medium complexity.
• Broad familiarity with iOS development platforms, such as CoreLocation, Push, CoreGraphics
• Deep understanding of pros, cons, and how-to of developing UI in Storyboards vs code.
• Deep understanding of and experience with asynchronous coding with both GCD and OperationQueues (bonus points for experience with Combine) especially as it relates to REST-ful interfaces and large & complex data sets.
• Deep understanding of complexities, design consequences, and implementation of local storage of large amounts of frequently changing web-sourced data.
• Strong expertise with CocoaPods, Carthage, and/or Swift Package Manager.
• Experience with automated deployments of mobile apps as well as continuous integration.
• Experience with user experience and rapid prototyping
• Working knowledge of API data feeds, ingestion techniques, data mapping, data modeling, and best practices for object-oriented design patterns.
• Highly skilled in the use of git source code control
• Strong working knowledge of beta testing services
• Experience collaborating with Product Managers and Product Owners to highlight both risks and opportunities with to features and the iOS platform.
• Experience working as part of an enterprise IT team, interfacing with developers, designers, web engineers, and external agencies or partners.
Preferred
• Prior experience in a leadership role and/or a mentoring capacity
• 2+ years experience working as part of an enterprise IT team
• Experience with SwiftUI
Personal Attributes
• Advanced analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong Interpersonal skills
• Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to translate an idea or need into a completed solution or work product.
• Strong commitment to inclusion and diversity
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