Senior Mobile/Frontend Developer at Mkobo Microfinance Bank Limited (Mkobobank)

RESPONSIBILITY

• Support the entire application lifecycle (concept, design, test, release, and support)
• Product fully functional mobile application writing code
• Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions
• Design interfaces to improve user experience
• Liaise with the product development team to plan new features
• Research and suggest new mobile products, applications, and protocols
• Designing and developing mobile applications for Android or iOS platforms using mobile development frameworks such as React Native.
• Identify and plan for new features
• Develop application programming interfaces (APIs) to support mobile functionality
• Suggest and implement new mobile products, applications, and protocols
•  Remain up to date with the terminology, concepts, and best practices for coding mobile apps
• Work closely with colleagues to constantly innovate app functionality and design
•  Use and adapt existing web applications for app
•  Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions
• Communicate with users to understand their needs and experiences
• Optimize and design interfaces to improve user experience
• Fixing bugs and testing for usability.

Knowledge

• Ability to create user-friendly and user experience applications.
• Solid hands-on experience in Android application architecture, design and development, mobile development frameworks, mobile application tools, and environment.
• Knowledge and experience with build and release management.
• Good knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Good knowledge of interface builder, Core animation, and Object-oriented concepts

Qualification and Experience

• 5+ years of engineering experience writing native mobile apps for Android and iOS with Flutter.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience working on mobile apps, with a preference for candidates that have extended experience developing for iOS or Android
• Experience working for a Fintech preferable
• Experience with third-part libraries & APIs
• Demonstrable experience working with Dart and Flutter
• Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and YAML
• Solid experience in software development
• Familiarity with integrating third-party libraries and APIs
• understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools;
• Understanding of the Agile development life-cycle;
• Experience with automated testing and building;
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, or other version control tools.
• Strong working knowledge of HTML5 & CSS, MySQL, and JavaScript.
• The familiarity with frameworks & web technologies.