Hybrid Mobile App Developer

Hybrid Mobile App Developer

  • Kolkata, India
  • Full Time
Job Description:

Are you an highly experienced, ambitious mobile app developer looking for a challenging role where you can learn lots more? We are looking for a motivated Hybrid Mobile App developer to come join our agile team of professionals. If you are passionate about technology, constantly seeking to learn and improve your skill set, then you are the type of person we are looking for! We are offering superb career growth opportunities, great compensation and benefits.

  • As a Hybrid Mobile App Developer, you will be responsible for creating compelling concepts for customer products and offerings as well as engage user experience across varied platforms.
  • You shall be involved across all stages of the application life cycle, from requirements specification, wireframes, mockups, development, testing to deployment.
  • You shall be expected to work in a team, assigning and delegating tasks and responsibilities among your co-developers.
  • You will also be engaged in providing regular updates on project status & progress to non-technical stakeholders.
Responsibilities and Duties:
  • Develop and enhance Mobile Application using Ionic/React Native, Javascript and CSS3.
  • Define technical design for Application (future phases require Enterprise integration, working with REST services, advanced features of Google API, working with Vendor Mobile APIs, Push notifications, etc.)
  • Participate in project planning sessions to define deliverables & deadlines.
  • Ability to project estimates, timelines, feasibility and alternative solutions.
  • Acting as lead iOS and/ or Android developer. Depending on the skills set can be the lead on one platform and play a supporting role across the other.
  • Working closely with another mobile app developer leading the other platform development.
  • Deliver across the entire app life cycle – concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support.
  • Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualise, build, test and realise products.
  • Gather requirements around functionality and translate those requirements into elegant functional solutions.
  • Build prototypes at tech scoping stage of projects.
  • Working along with the back-end development team to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps.
  • Working with the front end developers to build the interface with focus on usability features.
  • Knowledge of secure app development and integrating various security best practices in the development workflow and codebase.
  • Create compelling device specific user interfaces and experiences.
  • Standardising the platform and in some cases apps to deliver across multiple brands with minimal duplication of effort
  • Optimising performance for the apps.
  • Keep up to date on the latest industry trends in the mobile technologies.
  • Explain technologies and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications:
  • Proven commercial software development experience – desktop and mobile.
  • Published examples of mobile applications on the App Store and / or the Google Play Store.
  • Excellent knowledge in information architecture, human computer interaction and usability design principles.
  • A track record of delivering successful consumer and or business products.
  • Ability to use analytic data and user testing to inform design decisions.
  • A passion for new consumer technology and the emerging mobile landscape.
  • Ability to multitask and good time management skills.
  • Ability to work on their own and as a part of the team.
  • Excellent scoping and estimation skills.
  • Excellent testing/ QA skills.
  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to liaise with various departments locally and internationally.
  • Strong OO design and programming skills in Java (J2EE/ J2ME).
  • Familiar with the Android SDK.
  • Knowledge of SQLite, MySQL or similar database management system.
  • Familiar with Android Studio / Eclipse.
  • Understanding of other compiled languages.
  • Experience on web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)
  • Experience of development using web technologies.
  • Good understanding of OO programming and design patterns.
  • Good understanding of HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax and PHP.
  • Experience building web and native / hybrid apps.
  • Experience using social media APIs (Facebook / Google).
  • Using version control (Git).
  • Excellent debugging and optimisation skills.