Position Type: Contract
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Onsite)
Primary Skills: Objective C, Swift
No H1b, OPT, CPT
Job Description
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- 5+ years of professional experience in various elements of full stack software development – native mobile, web front end, back end, and hands-on coding experience in the past
- Experience with a consumer facing app and ecommerce or retail shopping
- Hands-on experience building scalable backend systems and platforms
- Previous knowledge of
- Designing and developing advanced applications for the iOS platform
- Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- Experience with bug fixing and improving application performance
- Work with outside data sources and APIs
- Experience with the agile methodology Scrum
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
- Proven software development experience and iOS skills development
- Experience translating wireframes into pixel-perfect views
- Knowledgeable about animation and screen transitions
- Have published at least one original iOS app
- Experience with iOS SDK, Services, and various methods of background processing
- Experience working with remote data via REST, JSON, Google Cloud Messaging, and the HTTP protocol
- Experience with Google Play APIs: Maps, Location, and Cloud Messaging
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Experience with analysis of memory issues using Xcode Memory Graph
- Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
- Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and writing readable, maintainable, performant object-oriented code
- Experience working with Swift, Combine, MVVM, View Models, Reactive Programming, and other architectures
- Experience working with an orchestration Layer and GraphQL
- Experience operating in an Agile environment and using tracking tools like Jira
Soft Skills
- Being a team player, critical thinker, and exhibiting problem-solving skills
- Having optimal time-management skills and interpersonal and communication skills
- Eagerness to help shape the direction of iOS development at Client
- Dedication to continue to learn, grow, and help Client tackle brand new challenges
- Collaborating with UI and UX Designers, as well as Software Testers, to ensure that each app is presentable and in perfect working order.
- Experience with collaborating with UI and UX Designers, as well as Software Testers, to ensure that Client ’s app is presentable and in perfect working order
- Taking the initiative to monitor app reviews to detect areas for improvement