IOS Developer (Intermediate)

Khonology (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Johannesburg is seeking a Mobile Application Developer to create high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in iOS development and is skilled in Swift and cloud technologies like AWS. Responsibilities include coding, troubleshooting, and working within Agile teams. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to innovative projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in iOS mobile application development.
• Experience with mobile frameworks and technologies such as Swift and Xcode.
• Knowledge of cloud services and dev tools like AWS and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality mobile solutions while following Agile methodologies.
• Work in a DevOps culture with multi-skilled teams.
• Write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code.

Skills

iOS mobile application development

Swift 5

Xcode/AppCode

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, AWS Code Commit)

AWS

Terraform

Collaboration tools (Confluence, Jira)

Microservice architecture

Job description

Responsible for the development of high-quality mobile solutions. This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centered software and contribute to developing technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.

Specific Technical Requirements/Languages/Skills

• 5+ years of experience in IOS mobile application development
• Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as:
• Swift 5 on IOS for Native App Development
• Xcode/AppCode
• Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker (Beneficial)
• CI/CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
• AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
• IaC technologies e.g., Terraform/Cloudformation
• Collaboration tool e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack
• Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures

Responsibilities

• Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
• Work in a DevOps culture
• Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g. architects, developers, UX designers, business
• Participates in team design, scoping and prioritisation discussions
• Document & Design solutions at an Application Level with guidance from seniors
• Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs
• Build cloud based functional mobile applications at an enterprise level
• Build Front-end and/or back-end solutions on the mobile digital channel/platform
• Implement complex Business Features and solutions with minimal guidance
• Generate, contribute and drive technical documentation according to guidelines
• Understand, communicate and/or translate complex procedures
• Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects
• Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce
• Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed
• Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly
• Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with policies
• Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built
• Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns
• Review and refactor code according to coding standards
• Refactor complex code to improve maintainability
• Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)
• Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies
• In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects
• Continuously develop skills
• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software
• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
• Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
• Research and share programming/technology-related advances to team(s)
• Build and test software prototypes
• Provide higher-level technical and programming support to fellow developers/engineers
• Mentor and coach junior developers and trainees
• Research and recommend programming-related advances to team(s)
• Create and test software prototypes