iOS developer - Part Time Consultant

Qualifications:

• 10+ years native mobile development (iOS Swift + Android Kotlin)

• Proven experience building mission-critical, offline-first applications

• Deep understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture)

• Expert-level API integration and data synchronization strategies

• Experience with emergency services, healthcare, or field operations software (preferred)

• Strong debugging, performance optimization, and memory management skills

• Demonstrated leadership in establishing mobile development best practices

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

• iOS: Swift 5.x, SwiftUI/UIKit, CoreData, CoreLocation, Background Tasks

• Android: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Room, WorkManager, Location Services

• Tools: Xcode, Android Studio, Git, Figma, Firebase, TestFlight/Play Console

• CI/CD: Fastlane, GitHub Actions, or similar automation tools

• APIs: RESTful services, JSON parsing, authentication/authorization

• Testing: XCTest, Espresso, automated UI testing frameworks

Responsibilities:

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect mobile applications for First Due's emergency response platform serving Fire and

EMS agencies nationwide

• Lead mobile development initiatives for the Hyderabad development center

• Design offline-first architectures ensuring reliability in low-connectivity emergency

scenarios

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across US and India time zones

• Establish mobile CI/CD pipelines, coding standards, and quality assurance processes

• Mentor developers on mobile best practices and First Due's technology stack

• Drive sprint planning, velocity tracking, and technical roadmap for mobile development

• Ensure HIPAA compliance and data security for patient care reporting features

Work Location: Hyderabad, India

Work mode: Work From Office

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Design and build application for iOS platforms

Writing well designed, testable, efficient code by using the best software development practices

Responsible for working on iOS frameworks, Xcode, Swift, Rxswift, Xcode SDK Platform tools

Responsible to work on bug fixing and improving application performance

Create and maintain software documentation

Stay plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities

1. Proven working experience in software development
2. Working experience in iOS development
3. Have published one or more iOS apps in the app store
4. Deep familiarity with Objective-C, SWIFT, and XCODE
5. Experience with third-party libraries and API

Additional Skills Required:

- Strong fundamentals in Algorithms, OOP's and Data Structure

- Analytical Thinking

- Team Player

- Motivated & Career-Driven

- Responsible to create and manage iOS Application for both iPhone and iPad using APIs, Third Party SDKs

Required – Swift (MVVM), Objective-C

• Designing and building mobile applications for Apple’s iOS platform.
• Collaborating with the design team to define app features.
• Ensuring quality and performance of the application to specifications.
• 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.

                                 Job Description for IOS Developer:-

- 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 the 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 are 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 (depending on project requirements), and Cocoa Touch

- Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.

- 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

- Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools (such as Instruments and Shark, depending on project needs)

- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

- A knack for benchmarking and optimization

- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)

- Familiarity with continuous integration.

1. Minimum 4+ years of mobile application development experience in native and excellent coding skills in Swift, RxSwift, RxCocoa, Objective-C
2. Any experience on MVVM, VIPER
3. Should have deep knowledge of the iOS SDK and IDE development tools.
4. Experience developing client-server applications using technologies and web services APIs such as JSON, REST.
5. Has hands-on experience with unit testing.
6. Extensive experience in using various architecture, frameworks, and design patterns in designing/refactoring a highly optimized mobile is a must.
7. Solid understanding of the agile development process and experience.
8. Experience working in TDD (Test Driven Development) and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Deployment) environment is a plus.
9. Implement clean and manageable code incorporating best practices on security
10. Collaborate with cross-functional teams from both offshore and onsite to define, design, and ship new features.
11. Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
12. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
13. Review code, bug triage and execute multiple releases as per business demand
14. Involvement with API team to design request / response contract
15. MVVM & VIPER is a must
16. Background fetch
17. Swift latest or minimum version 4 and Swift basics