Mobile Android/IOS Developer (Intermediate)

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

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in Johannesburg is looking for a seasoned Mobile Application Developer. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in developing high-quality mobile solutions using Swift and Kotlin, and familiarity with cloud platforms and CI/CD tools. This role involves working closely in cross-functional teams while adhering to Agile methodologies and DevOps culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mobile application development.
• Proficiency in Swift 5 and Kotlin for mobile frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality mobile solutions and applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams under Agile methodologies.
• Document and design solutions at an application level.

Skills

IOS and Android mobile application development

Swift 5

Kotlin

CI/CD Tools

AWS

Terraform/Cloudformation

Agile methodologies

DevOps culture

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

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.

Technical Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in IOS and Android mobile application development
• Knowledge of, and experience in mobile frameworks and technologies such as:
• Swift 5 on IOS for Native App Development
• Xcode/AppCode
• Kotlin
• 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
• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software
• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
• 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