Senior iOS Developer (Kenya 3rd Party)

R Job Title:                        Senior iOS Developer Reports to:                     Practice Head: Mobile Services ROLE OVERVIEW The successful individual would be responsible for the development, debugging and support of new and existing mobile applications, related services and databases. KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS - Interaction design and user experience guidelines - iOS – Objective C and Swift - Design patterns - Parsing and consuming XML and JSON - Working with RESTful services - Unit testing, integration and functional testing - Using version control systems – Git, SVN, TFS - Solutions design and implementation - Improving the design of existing code - Keep up to date with technology - System design and analysis - Ability to conceptualise and simplify complex problems - Ability to read/write specifications - Awareness of environment   INIMUM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE - 5+ years’ experience in mobile software development - Preferably in a banking, insurance or telecoms industry - Experience in SDLC methodologies such AGILE (SCRUM)   MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES - Strong written and oral communication skills - Creative eye for details - Positive attitude - Able to multitask effectively - Display excellent time management, task planning and prioritisation skills - Able to adapt quickly to changing client requirements - Able to work effectively with minimal supervision - Work under pressure - Enthusiastic and committed - Work in a team environment - Delivery focused - Professional - Motivated - Show initiative   MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS CORE COMPETENCIES - Developing, maintaining and debugging of software applications - Testing of independent modules and complete applications making use of automated and manual testing techniques - Working with project managers, technical leads and customers to provide task estimates, report on progress and discuss implementation details - Following and contributing to the improvement of software architecture, coding standards and practices being observed within the team environment - Designing of solutions that are maintainable, efficient, performant and secure - Refactoring source code to improve system design - Resolving software defects in collaboration with software test analysts - Conducting peer reviews of project code - Consume and create technical documentation such as specification documents, UML diagrams, user stories, wireframes etc. - Using a version control system to manage code changes - Configure, optimise and deploy applications for public release - Managing the submission of applications to online repositories and app stores MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM EDUCATION   - Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or other related qualification   TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED: - Tackle hard problems in iOS such as Graphics, Performance issues, Security, Bash scripting and build script issues - Able to approach problems with BDD and TDD - Being able to take on POC work in quick stints with vital feedback - Knowledge of App Store connect and releasing of applications - Being able to create Linting rules on top of the basic rules, Swift Lint - Good understanding of DevOps in iOS - Ability to modularise iOS applications with Cocoapods - Carthage knowledge - Knowledge of Swift package manager - KeyChain management - SSL pinning - Instruments for profiling iOS Apps - Scheme and build configuration management   In this position you will report to Practice Head: Mobile Services