IOS Developer

Senior iOS Developer

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Our client, an award-winning Med Tech, is looking for a Senior iOS Developer to join their team on a remote working basis.

Develop and maintain our innovative platforms on the iOS platform, ensuring code is generated that is in accordance with specifications, and which is neat, accurate and scalable. Work will mainly focus on maintaining and upgrading our solutions platform, as well as providing guidance from an iOS best practice perspective for products in the rest of the company. Work might also include mentoring other iOS developers.

• National Senior Certificate

• Tertiary education diploma/degree relevant to software development.
• 3 year degree in computer science or equivalent.

• 3-5 years as an iOS Developer
• Experience in implementing and delivering native iOS applications of 1 or more projects.

• Programming Languages and Concepts
  • Swift (Advanced)
  • Concurrency - Grand Central Dispatch (GCD), Operation Queues, Tasks
  • Memory Management
  • iOS best practices
• iOS Frameworks and SDK's
  • Animation - Core Animation / Swift
    
    UI animation
  • Lottie
  • Combine
  • Core Data
  • Rx Swift
  • Core Bluetooth / Rx Bluetooth Kit
• Development Tools
  • Command Line Tools
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (Xcode Cloud, Git Hub Actions)
  • Profiling
• Version Control
  • Complex Git workflows (rebasing, cherry-picking, git-bisect)
• App Architecture and Design Patterns
  • Dependency Injection
• Networking
  • SSL
• User Interface Design
  • Custom Transitions and Animations
  • Accessibility
  • Localization and Internationalization
• Data Persistence
  • Core Data models and migrations (Intermediate)
• Testing
  • Unit testing - mocking, stubbing (Advanced)
  • Performance Testing
• App Life Cycle
  • Background Execution
• Additional Skills
  • Human Interface Guidelines
  • App Review Guidelines

• Collaborate in the application lifecycle (planning, design, development, deployment, maintenance) collaborating with stakeholders for requirements.
• Continuously research and evaluate new technologies to optimize development efficiency.
• Plan and design well-structured, reusable application architecture.
• Implement and develop according to best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable systems.
• Participate in project planning by providing estimates, contributing to requirement documentation, and assisting with work breakdown structures.
• Participate in user story creation, estimation, and work plan development, ensuring clear communication of requirements.
• Effectively prioritise, and manage dependencies to ensure timely completion, and switch contexts effectively when the need arises.
• Collaborate effectively with development teams to solve problems, make recommendations, and discuss best practices.
• Proactively identify and mitigate code related risks, adapting as needed.
• Track tasks and progress within JIRA.

• Develop software adhering to project plans, deadlines, and coding standards.
• Develop and maintain high-quality, maintainable systems using efficient and reusable code according to best practices.
• Use version control effectively and according to best practices, as well as backing up other work according to company standards.
• Prepare and maintain testing environments, including examples and instructions.
• Conduct initial testing and assist in developing testing plans.
• Implement and maintain automated tests and component libraries according to team practices.
• Analyse systems to identify root causes of issues within a system, develop workarounds, and implement permanent fixes.
• Deliver thoroughly tested and performance benchmarked work that meets functional requirements before deployment.
• Deploy changes to the production environment following established procedures.
• Implement and maintain Dev Ops processes, including CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code as applicable to the team.
• Maintain up to date and accurate code and system level documentation.

• Provide clear, timely, and efficient updates on project status, progress, risks, and potential problems to the team lead.
• Prepare reports, manuals, and…