Experienced Mobile App Developer (Contract) at First Bank

Job Identification: 469

Duties & Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the entire application lifecycle
• Develop fully functional mobile applications using proper Object-Oriented Programming, Clean Code, and other software principles
• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Gather specific requirements and suggest solutions
• Write unit tests
• Troubleshoot and debug codes to optimize performance
• Participate in design and code reviews
• Participate proactively in technical discussions, estimations, reviews, retrospectives, and meetings to contribute towards a better understanding of user needs, planning new features, and process improvements.
• Ensure new and legacy applications meet quality standards
• Research and suggest new mobile products, applications, and protocols
• Stay up to date with new technology trends

Key Performance Indicators

• Number of solutions or features assigned and executed successfully
• Estimation accuracy – Defined as the degree of deviation between estimated and actual feature delivery dates
• Product delivery variance – Defined as the difference between the planned and actual delivery date of requirements
• Implementation efficiency – Number of iterations required to deliver the requirements
• Number of product defects discovered post-release
• Defect resolution time – Time is taken to resolve identified software defects
• Number of identified non-compliance
• Number of technology process audit exceptions
• UAT success rate

Planning:

• Macro: 1 Year Micro: 1 month

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines
• Masters, MBA, or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• Proven work experience as a Mobile developer
• Demonstrable portfolio of released applications on the App Store or the Android market
• In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language like Swift and Java
• Experience in integrating with third-party libraries and APIs
• Familiarity with OOP design principles
• Excellent analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude
• Ability to perform in a team environment
• Over 5 years experience in the design and development of iOS/Android apps using Flutter technology.

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Have two or more iOS/Android apps developed with Flutter. Either deployed on the AppStore/Google Play or available on Github;
• 5+ years in mobile software development;
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs;
• Understanding of the Agile development life-cycle;
• Experience with automated testing and building;
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools;
• Ability to write readable code, create extensive documentation for existing code, and refactor the previously written code into a readable state.
• Intermediate+ English skills.

Beneficial:

• Java/Swift experience;
• Understanding of Android Keyboard API;
• Experience with optimizing applications for Material Design.

Soft Skills:

• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with other business unit leads
• Sound conflict management skills
• Customer-centricity
• Creative, results-oriented, and analytical with the strong problem-solving capability
• Good leadership and influencing ability
• Ability to coach/mentor junior developers.