Senior Mobile App Developer (Android/iOS)

Urban Emu is a digital design and development company focusing on human-centered user experiences. We design and develop digital brand experiences for web and mobile users. We’re looking for an iOS and Android Mobile Developer for a 12-month contract.

Responsibilities

• Build iOS and Android Mobile Apps and Apple Watch and Google Wear complementary watch apps
• Work with back-end teams to develop API specifications for apps
• Participate in new feature ideation providing sound insight from a development perspective
• Confident and capable of juggling several projects on a regular basis in a fast paced environment
• Maintain effective and open communication skills with professionalism and a happy go lucky attitude!
• Regularly attend daily project based meetings to keep teams informed on progress, next steps, successes and challenges
• Work directly with Creative Directors and Project Managers

Required Skills

• Experience with iOS and Android mobile application development throughout the entire lifecycle
• Experience with Apple Watch and Google Wear watch application development
• Experience with iOS, Swift, Objective C, Cocoa Touch, Java, and Android SDK
• Familiar with publishing to App Store and Google Play Store as well as TestFlight
• 5+ years experience developing native mobile applications for iOS and Android
• 2+ years experience with RxSwift is a must
• 2+ years experience with RxJava is a must
• 2+ years experience programming in Swift is a must
• Knowledge of dependency management tools like CocoaPods
• Experience with interactive application development paradigms, network programming, and concurrency
• Strong experience calling REST APIs with XML and JSON responses
• Knowledge of iOS web view (WKWebView) and WebKit
• Good knowledge of fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithm design
• Experience with reactive programming and various design patterns including MVVM
• Experience in UI/UX design with auto layout, storyboards and size classes
• Familiar with OAuth2 and OpenID Connect flows
• Familiar with source code control (Git, GitHub, BitBucket)
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Proven self starter who is self sufficient, with strong communication skills
• Experience with unit testing and test-driven development is a plus
• Experience with React Native is a plus
• Experience building back-end APIs to support mobile apps is a plus
• Experience with Docker and containerized infrastructure is a plus

Experience:

• iOS Development: 5 years (Preferred)
• Android: 5 years (Preferred)
• RxJava: 2 years (Preferred)
• RxSwift: 2 years (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)