iOS Developer

Job Description: As an Android Developer at [Company Name], you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Android applications. You will leverage your expertise in Java and Kotlin to create robust and user-friendly mobile solutions. Your role will involve working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality applications that meet our users' needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Application Development: Design, develop, and maintain Android applications using Java and Kotlin.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, following best practices and coding standards.
• Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other developers to define and implement new features.
• Debugging and Testing: Identify, debug, and resolve technical issues and perform unit testing to ensure application quality.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize application performance and ensure scalability and reliability.
• Stay Updated: Keep up with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in Android development.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation for code, development processes, and system architecture.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Android Development Experience: 4 years of hands-on experience in Android application development.
• Java Expertise: 4 years of experience with Java, including knowledge of Android SDK and core libraries.
• Kotlin Proficiency: 2 years of experience with Kotlin for Android development.
• Android Studio: Proficiency in using Android Studio and related development tools.
• APIs and Integration: Experience integrating with RESTful APIs and third-party libraries.
• UI/UX: Understanding of Android UI/UX design principles and guidelines.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Architect, build and maintain excellent React Native applications with clean code.
• Implement pixel perfect UI’s that match designs.
• Integrate third-party API’s.
• Release applications to IOS and Google Play stores.
• Work with native modules when required.
• Assist with building estimates.
• Work with modern tools including Jira, Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc.

• 2 to 4 years of professional experience working with React Native.
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript, Node.js language and its nuances.
• Knowledge of (functional or object-oriented) programming.
• Ability to write well-documented, clean JavaScript code.
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts.
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle (Android Studio, IntelliJ).
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage.
• Experience in integrating Core Android/IOS modules with React Native.

Unico Connect is a leading technology company specializing in mobile application development.

We are seeking a Mobile Developer Lead with experience in Flutter and native Android or native iOS development, who will lead a talented team of mobile developers. As a Mobile Developer Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our mobile applications, ensuring high-quality delivery, and fostering a culture of innovation.

Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership: Lead a team of mobile developers working on Flutter apps, providing technical guidance, and mentoring junior developers. Set technical standards and best practices to ensure code quality and maintainability.

2. Development: Actively participate in mobile app development using Flutter, andoccasionally in native Android or iOS development as needed. Review and contribute to the codebase when necessary.

3. Team Management: Manage and guide the mobile development team, including task assignment, performance reviews, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.

4. Process Improvement: Streamline development processes, implement Agile methodologies, and continuously seek ways to enhance efficiency and productivity.

5. Technology Evaluation & Adoption: Stay up-to-date with the latest mobile technologies such as FlutterFlow, tools, and trends. Evaluate and introduce new technologies that can enhance the mobile development process.

6. Quality Assurance: Ensure high-quality development and delivery, including code reviews, testing, and monitoring to meet or exceed customer expectations.

7. Documentation: Maintain detailed technical documentation and participate in code reviews to ensure code quality.

8. Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers and backend developers, to ensure the successful delivery of projects.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

● Proven experience (4-7 years) in mobile app development with native Android or iOS, and expertise in Flutter development.

● Strong leadership and team management skills, with a track record of leading and motivating development teams.

● Prior experience in either native Android (Java/Kotlin) or native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) development.

● Familiarity with mobile app architecture, design patterns and state management

● Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.

● Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

● Commitment to continuous learning and staying up-to-date with industry trends.

● Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality code.

● Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

● Knowledge of Firebase or other backend services.

● Understanding of version control systems, such as Git.

Nice to Have:

● Experience with state management libraries like Provider, Riverpod, or GetX.

● Implementation of features such as in-app purchases, video streaming, realtime chat, location services, geo-fencing and custom camera.

● Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.

Skills

● Leadership

● Architecture

● Cross-platform

● Team Handling

● Innovation

Responsibilities:

• Create pixel-perfect front-end Android & iOS apps using React Native
• React native upgrades and dependency management
• React native performance optimisations Functional and Performance Testing Writing functional, modular and reusable code
• Managing native code for Android (Java) and iOS (Swift) Creating bridging modules for React Native Setting up Build and Release pipelines for React Native with DevOps Engineers Setting up workflow and processes for Mobile Developers
• Improving team’s productivity by identifying and removing operational overhead.

Education & Work Experience:
Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering / Information Technology
Masters in Computer Science (Optional)

Skills:  

• JavaScript, Java/Swift
• Optional - Kotlin, Objective-C
• Frameworks - React Native, React Navigation, Redux/Mobx, HTTP
• Optional - Nodejs/KoaJs, i18n localisation • StylingRequired - Styling with CSS + Flexbox
• Platforms & Concepts: Gradle
• Optional - Android Services, WorkManager, Android Jetpack, Cocoapods • Optional - App Refresh, Storyboards, etc.
• Programming Required - Data Structures & Algorithms
• ToolsRequired - Git - Postman,

• Strong working experience in IOS application development is a must. First-hand experience of native mobile apps using Swift must.

• Experience with Swift, Swift UI, Unit test.

• Strong system design and architecture skills - specifically for IOS. Curiosity to tinker around, explore new paradigms and strongest for continuous improvement. Strong problem-solving skills.

• Understanding of network connections, Rest API's and scheduling. Strong knowledge about security standards (e.g. HTTPS) and privacy standards.

• Idea/experience of the unit and instrumentation testing in IOS. Optimizing app performance and memory consumption.

• Excellent code data knowledge, socket programming & debugging skills.

• Debugging apps using simulators and related tooling.

• Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform, Swift and Objective - C.

• Integrate and consume web services (JSON, XML, etc.)

• Familiar with Version control system such as GIT.

About the Role

A highly motivated and passionate individual who has experience in executing end to end web based products and applications; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Passionate about building flexible and scalable solutions with an eye for detail and can weigh pros and cons to find best possible solutions. 

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Understand the product requirements, ask questions, and gather information and feedback to design and deliver features both on Android and iOS.
• Create a roadmap of tasks to be delivered for both iOS and Android applications in sync, such that new features go to the end-user at same time. 
• Lead the design of Android and iOS applications in a modular fashion with reusable components.
• Proactively identify issues related to memory consumption, battery drain and multi-threading in the application by planning regular tests and analysis.
• Deliver Android and iOS applications with integration to backend services deployed on the cloud with high quality and responsiveness. 
• Create strong practices around test driven development, automating delivery of apps to the marketplace with strong CI/CD practices.
• Manage a highly skilled and efficient team by hiring, keeping the team motivated, and managing performance.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment. Should be able to help other developers with challenges, problem solving, and help achieve milestones as per plan.
• Prioritize to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Hands on with programming with 50%+ of bandwidth going into modules owned.

Skills/Experience

• A highly talented developer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in building apps that have been released to the Play Store(Android) and Appstore(iOS). 
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of 5-10 or more engineers in mobile application teams.
• Strong knowledge of Android, Kotlin, iOS, Swift, Objective C and working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns.
• Experience building mobile applications which lean heavily on connecting to cloud services to gather data and stream videos/content. 
• Working knowledge of Xamarin or Flutter (cross platform frameworks) is highly preferred. 
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.