Two (2) Senior Mobile App Developers

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The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables including but not limited to:

• Developing high quality mobile apps using a variety of programming languages:
­- Swift for native iOS apps;
­- Kotlin for native Android apps;
• Integrating mobile apps with cloud APIs and on-premises systems;
• Providing technical leadership and understanding of design patterns;
• Managing code standards, preferred toolsets and development methodologies for the Mobile Apps development team;
• Conducting code and solution reviews of development artefacts generated from within the Mobile Apps team, other sections within the Department and from external solution providers;
• Documenting and assessing architecture patterns e.g. MVVM;
• Deploying apps to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store using CI/CD tools;
• Preparing project reports, system designs, security and application documentation for projects run by the Mobile Apps team;
• Liaising directly with business stakeholders and project owners, both within the Department and with external agencies, to ensure the solutions are consistent with business and project requirements;
• Managing and overseeing the performance of external providers engaged by the Department to provide services associated with the delivery of mobile app projects;
• Ensuring that the mobile app development work performed by the Department meets relevant industry standards, guidelines and best practice methodologies at all times;
• Maintaining existing production grade mobile apps, developing enhancements and bug fixes;
• Reporting regularly on project status within the Mobile Apps team, to project stakeholders and product owners;
• Translating business requirements into function and technical specifications;
• Providing technical advice and user documentation to relevant stakeholders;
• Diagnosing issues and weaknesses in existing solutions;
• Coaching and providing guidance to other junior developers.

Specified Personnel will be expected to transfer skills, knowledge and provide mentoring to departmental staff and ensure appropriate documentation is stored in accordance with the Department’s recordkeeping policy and practices.

The Specified Personnel will also be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including but not limited to:

• Technical standards documentation including code standards, design patterns analysis, development methodologies and required toolset documentation;
• Code review reports, code comments and pull request approval;
• Project reports and artefacts;
• Functional and technical specifications.