Mobile Application Developer at AFEX

Job Summary

• As a mobile app developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining applications for the business.
• You would also coordinate the development staff’s schedule and ensure effective communication between team members and other IT functional areas.

Responsibilities

• The mobile developer would be responsible for writing, maintaining, and debugging and testing applications for the business.
• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery. 
• Developing user-facing features using Dart and Flutter for Android/iOS platform.
• Building reusable components and maintaining modularity for future use.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Optimising components to avoid memory leaks and improve rendering time
• Maintaining quality and ensuring the responsiveness of applications.
• Analyse, enhance, and support our existing mobile applications.
• Prioritise information security and process maintenance throughout the mobile app lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship to interns assigned to him/her.
• Work closely with the product development team is product analysis, review and building software requirement documents. 
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. 
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain applications. 
• Gather requirements around functionality and translate those requirements into elegant functional solutions.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget. 
• Provide third-level support to business users.

Requirements

• Strong OO design and programming skills in Dart or Java
• Experience in Flutter framework ( 1 -2 yrs of experience)
• Experience in one or more of the following languages: Java, Dart, Kotlin or Swift
• In-depth understanding of design guidelines and patterns (MVP, MVVM) and clean coding approaches.
• Experience Using SOLID principles and other software engineering principles.
• Strong knowledge of the performance tools and optimisation techniques
• Experience using state management frameworks like BLOC, Cubit or Provider
• Good understanding of Rest APIs and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of Sqflite, Firebase, Shared Preferences and other similar database management system 
• Good understanding of OO programming and design pattern 
• Good understanding of agile development frameworks including Scrum and Kanban 
• Strong knowledge of Git 
• Experience with third party libraries and APIs 
• Vast knowledge of the general software development landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies 
• Excellent QA/ testing skills

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience as a professional software developer.
• First degree from a reputable university
• Great teamwork skill.
• Great leadership skills
• Excellent Multitasking Skill
• Great interpersonal and communication skills
• Complex problem-solving Skill
• Excellent time management skills