iOS Engineer at Flutterwave

Job Summary

• As iOS Engineer, you will be responsible for developing applications for devices powered by the IOS operating system.
• You will be an active contributor to the development of IOS applications and their integration with back-end services.
• You will also convert UX and UI designs to products.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and development of professional business applications for the IOS platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features in a dynamic work environment.
• Work with external data sources/ APIs, unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Work on fixing bugs and improving application responsiveness, quality and performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to improve development efficiency.
• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Swift/Objective C code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.

Competence and Skills Required

• Strong knowledge of IOS SDK, different versions of IOS, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect IOS applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of IOS UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces, such as “touch”
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source IOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Understanding of Apple’s IOS design principles and interface guidelines
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timeliness of product build
• Clarity of documentation
• Quality of written codes
• Customer Satisfaction with product
• Short Cycle time (Time spent working on an issue)
• High velocity rate (Number of features delivered in a period)
• Fast backlog burn rate
• QA Kickback rate
• No of escaped bugs
• Defect removal efficiency
• Response time to customers enquiries and complaints across all channels.