iOS Xamarin Senior Developer

For our client world’s leading executive search consulting firms. 

We are looking for an iOS developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and tablet computers.

Your primary focus will be development of iOS applications and their integration with back-end services developed in .NET. You will be working alongside other Engineers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Handle software updates, patches, and bug fixes.
• Working with the QA coach on defect prevention and team QA activities.

Skills/Experience

• Essential:
  • Proficient at Xamarin.iOS and cross platform mobile development
  • Proficient at using Xcode & Interface Builder to create Universal iOS apps (iPhone and iPad)
  • Solid understanding of iOS provisioning profiles and code signing
  • Experience with Objective-C, and Cocoa Touch
  • Experience with iOS frameworks such as Keychain, UIKit, Core Animation, etc.
  • Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
  • Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
  • Knack for benchmarking and optimization
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools SVN
  • Familiarity with continuous integration (Team City)
  • Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
  • Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
  • Desirable:
    • Experience using .Net Portable/Standard Class Libraries
    • Experience with any of the following, SQLite.Net, RestSharp.Net,
    • Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
    • Some experience with .NET web API is preferred

Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate across functions. 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A passion for designing and developing excellent solutions that meet the current and future needs of our Customers
• Drive / Motivation to deliver on commitments
• Team Player, comfortable working in a SCRUM based environment