Senior Front End Developer (For Pooling, accepting applications)

AF Payments Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 720,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

AF Payments Inc. is seeking a senior mobile developer/tech lead to manage junior developers and oversee front-end teams while collaborating with back-end engineers to deliver high-quality mobile applications.

The role involves designing and developing native or hybrid apps for iOS, Android, and Windows, and evaluating emerging technologies to improve efficiency and user experience. You will participate in the full app lifecycle, write clean code, and work with cross‑platform kits like Flutter.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year work experience in professional BI and analytics.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Has working knowledge of Big Data or data warehousing.
• Experience developing frontend applications with Java/Kotlin/Swift for cross‑platform mobile apps.

Responsibilities

• Participate in full app life cycle (concept, design, build, deploy, release).
• Produce fully functional mobile applications with clean code.
• Develop mobile applications (native or hybrid) for iOS/Android/Windows.
• Write code using Java, Kotlin, and Swift or Flutter.
• Maintain shared code base for cross‑platform apps.
• Collaborate with backend to enhance UI experience.
• Partner with product, design, and QA to tailor user experience.

Skills

Cross-platform

Java

Kotlin

Swift

Flutter

React Native

UI/UX collaboration

Communication skills

Education

BS in CS/CE

Data Science related education

Big Data / data warehousing knowledge

Tools

Git

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

Manages junior developers and oversees the activities of junior front-end developer teams and works closely with the back-end developers. Developing highly complex applications to stream business operations while improving the overall user experience. He will take part in the design and development of the mobile application for the current and next generation and constantly evaluates emerging technologies and avails strategic, innovative, and cost-effective solutions that increase efficiency, reliability, and integration of the application.

• Participate in the full application life cycle (concept, design, build, deploy, and release to the app store).
• Produce fully functional mobile applications writing clean code.
• Developing mobile applications (native or hybrid), iOS/Android/Windows.
• Write application code using Java, Kotlin, and Swift or any cross-platform development kit like Flutter.
• Maintain shared behavior written in Java.
• Work with and own the code base for a cross-platform.
• Collaborate with the backend team to enhance the UI experience.
• Partner with our product, design, and QA teams to customize the user experience for cross-platform apps.

Functional Competencies

• Built complex applications for cross-platform apps using flutter or react native.
• Strong knowledge of RXAndroid, Material Design, Retrofit, Rest APIs, and JSON.
• Understanding of MVP and MVVM development patterns.
• Experience in Figma, .net Frameworks, GRPC, and KAFKA.
• Strong knowledge of SQLite, realm, and Firebase.
• Build pipelines, Git, App Store publishing, and native app.
• Experience working with large codebases, managing shared REST API libraries, and writing unit tests.
• An absolute passion for working with the latest and greatest technology and a voice that wants to be heard
• Great comprehension and communication skills

Education and Work Background

• Minimum of one (1) year work experience in professional business intelligence and analytics work
• Graduate of Computer Science or similar IT, Data Science or Programming Courses;
• Has working knowledge of Big Data or data warehousing
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred. Other degree holder will also be considered;
• Has more than five (5) years’ work experience developing frontend applications, specifically using the JAVA, KOTLIN, SWIFT.
• Experience working in the web space with a variety of APIs (REST, GRPC, GraphQL, etc)
• Previous experience with GitHub and Continuous Integration