Developer (Senior) at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• The iOS developer will work on the Discovery application together with Product Owners from various business units, Business Analysts, UX/UI designers & Content Teams, System Architect, and managers to understand the overall business need and the requirements, design the system solution using various approaches and technologies, implement the designed solution in the system with high quality source code and technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.
• The IOS developers will support the projects throughout the project lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, release, and post release support.

Areas of responsibility but not limited to:

• The system development life cycle and can explain the developer’s role in each stage
• The defined system development tools, processes and workflows
• The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them
• The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it
• The technologies used and the systems components structure
• The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations

The Senior iOS developer should be able to demonstrate that they can:

• Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience
• Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency.
• Perform accurate development estimation
• Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates
• Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community
• Assist with quality assurance and provide comments 

Competencies

• Excellent written and oral communication skills (English)
• Ability to work in a self-driven, complex environment with multiple and changing priorities
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
• Ability to think abstractly
• Ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies
• Clean code thinking
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Maintain high standards
• Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and can work under minimum supervision

Technical Skills

• Project Management
• Business Writing Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Process Mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing

Methodologies

• Waterfall and Agile
• Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns

Tools

• SoapUI (SOAP) / REST client (JSON)
• XCode
• Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence)

Technologies

• iOS
• UML
• XML, JSON
• SOAP and REST Web Service Development

Other

• Software architecture
• JAD sessions
• Data modelling techniques

Education and Experience

Education:

• Matric (Essential)
• BSc Information Sciences or Diploma
• Software Engineering related degree/qualification (Advantageous)

Minimum Experience:              

• 4+ years’ experience developing iOS applications
• 2+ years’ user interface analyst experience
• Business experience and product knowledge (Advantageous)
• Experience in Objective-C is beneficial (Advantageous)