iOS Developer

Job Description

We are looking for an iOS developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and tablet computers. Your primary focus will be development of iOS applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Skills

• Proficient with Objective-C or Swift.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Education Qualification:

• Undergraduate in Engineering related to Computer Science and Information Technologies and Postgraduate in Computer Science
• Shouldn’t have Backlog or Arrear.
• Must have completed at least 3 month course.

Responsibilities:

● Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release and support)

● Produce fully functional mobile applications writing clean code

● Gather specific requirements and suggest solutions

● Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions

● Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance

● Design interfaces to improve user experience

● Liaise with the Product development team to plan new features

● Ensure new and legacy applications meet quality standards

● Research and suggest new mobile products, applications and protocols

● Stay up-to-date with new technology trends

Requirements and skills:

● Proven work experience as a Mobile developer

● Demonstrable portfolio of released applications on the App Store or the Android market

● In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language like Flutter Java

● Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

● Familiarity with OOP design principles

● Excellent analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude

● Ability to perform in a team environment

● BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field

1. Have you used Swift in production code ? If yes please share the duration
2. Have you used RxSwift in production code? What were the common scenarios for using it ?
3. Have you used Combine in production code? What were the common scenarios for using it ?
4. Have you used GCD or Operation queues in production code? What were the common scenarios for using it ?
5. Have you used CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager for dependancy handlings in any of the projects you have worked ? What were the common scenarios for using it ?
6. Have you used any of MVVM or VIPER or any other architecture in production code? Please specify which one.
7. What size team have you been a part of? Were there interactions with designers, Product Managers and/or testers?
8. Share links of your app/s on the App Store that you have contributed to.

• Should have programming experience on the iOS native platform.
• Adept in Swift language.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.
• Strong coding, data structures and algorithms.
• Should have a working knowledge on various libraries available for iOS.
• Familiarity with XCode and other Developer tools.
• Deep understanding of software engineering practices, Object Oriented Analysis.
• Obsession with quality and customer experience.
• Understanding of design and architecture is an added advantage.

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identifying potential problems and resolving application bottlenecks.
• Fixing application bugs before the final release.
• Publishing application on App Store.
• Maintaining the code and atomization of the application.
• Designing and implementing application updates.

• Proficient with Swift, Xcode, and Cocoa Touch.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

At Cityflo, we are solving the problem of commuting to the office which affects employees in big, populated Indian cities every day. Cityflo provides a bus experience like no other - we run premium AC buses for daily commuters.  We’re changing the way urban Indians commute and enabling everyone to reclaim hours of their time every day. Before the imposed lockdown due to coronavirus, we were serving about 7500 commuters per day. We plan to scale to 5,00,000 rides per day in the next 4 years in a profitable and sustainable manner.

We're looking for people who are passionate about creating great Android applications.
You've been around for a few API levels and you know how to delight Android users. You’ve got an eye for the beautiful Android design our users expect and an attention to detail down to the very last dpi. You know your way around the View hierarchy and are eager to partner with Product and Design to craft efficient, performant, and delightful user experiences. You like building for the long term and value patterns and structures that allow for maximum flexibility in a constantly evolving product.

You can read more about our engineering and culture on our blog: https://blog.cityflo.com/tag/engineering/" target="_blank">https://blog.cityflo.com/tag/engineering/

What you should have:

• At least three years of engineering experience, a large portion of which in a team environment
• Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject.
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms and programming languages
• Experience working closely with product teams, designers, and other developers to create a truly delightful mobile experience
• Familiarity with design concepts and constraints on mobile platforms.
• Extensive understanding of Android framework components and their respective lifecycles
• Experience developing highly performant Kotlin code and view layouts and the ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks
• A disciplined approach to development, testing, documentation and code structure in a team environment
• Familiarity with the Android tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance benchmarking
• An excellent understanding of best practices for concurrency and threading
• MVVM design architecture pattern for android.

Preferred skills:

• Open Source contributions & participation in programs like Google Summer of Code are a plus.
• Have published one or more Android apps on the Play Store.
• Dependency injections: Dagger, Koin.
• Multi-threading and coroutines in Kotlin/Rxjava.