Sr. Mobile Application Developer

Title: Sr. Mobile Application Developer

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Duration: 6+ Months Contract with Extensions

Rate: $Open

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define, design, implement, test, and deploy new web and mobile features in a fast paced environment.
• Works with internal and external data sources and API's.
• Writes unit tests in order to increase reliability and quality of applications.
• Addresses system defects and implements enhancements to existing functionality.
• Troubleshoots issues with minimal guidance, identifies bottlenecks in existing workflows and provides solutions for a scalable, defect-free application.
• Complies with Company policy and practices relating to the System Development Life Cycle.
• Maintains productive working relationships with project sponsors and key systems users.
• Keeps up on industry trends and current technological standards, languages, coding techniques, utilities and operational considerations.
• Makes suggestions for process, coding, implementation, and performance improvements.

Provides mentoring, training and technical guidance to junior developers and assists in training other programming or support team members in a cooperative and effective manner.

Performs other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience working with offshore/near shore teams.
• In depth understanding of e-commerce and experience in developing highly transactional, mission critical applications.
• CSS preprocessing, e.g. LESS
• Front end build tools, e.g. Gulp, Grunt
• JavaScript testing frameworks, e.g. Jasmine, Karma
• Front end components, e.g. Bower
• JavaScript compression and minification, e.g. Uglify
• Developer/Build tools, including GIT and Jenkins

Understanding of web development tools and frameworks, including:

Code analysis tools such as PMD, Checkstyle, Findbugs and Sonar

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development, information systems, or an equivalent technical environment.
• Experience in leading the development of highly transactional, mission critical applications in environments/architectures for multi-user systems.
• Experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including design, functional and technical requirements, coding, debugging, testing, release and operational support.

Experience with software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.

OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Exceptional analytical skills.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming methodologies.
• Exceptional verbal, written and listening skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and demeanor.
• Ability to work within a hybrid application environment using webviews.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment, both independently and collaboratively.
• Experience consuming RESTful web services.
• Understanding of mobile app and web performance optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of developer/build tools, including GIT, Jenkins, TestFlight.
• Working knowledge of Web analytics tools (Omniture, Google Analytics).

Highly proficient with xCode/iOS/Objective-C/Swift development OR Java/Android Studio/Android SDK/3rd Party SDK development

Experience using auto layout for iOS.

Note: If interested please send your updated resume and include your rate requirement along with your contact details with a suitable time when we can reach you. If you know of anyone in your sphere of contacts, who would be a perfect match for this job then, we would appreciate if you can forward this posting to them with a copy to us.

We look forward to hearing from you at the earliest!