IOS Developer

Responsibilities:

Job Description: The team needs an iOS developer and analytics background will be a plus. 
The team tracks a lot of user behavior data in order to develop innovative offerings for millions of customers across the nation. 
The right candidate will be part of a fast moving and highly visible team and will pave the way for the mobile technology strategy.


Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 
• Be a senior member of mobile team 
• Participate in the new implementations and enhancements of mobile apps
• Provide guidance on the future direction of mobile technology usage
• Work closely with the business team in understanding and implementing the optimum solution.
• Participate in the definition and implementation standards for mobile development.
• Facilitate the implementation and adoption of new mobile tools and technologies.
• Work with onsite and offshore vendors on key project deliverables


Qualifications: 
Required:
• Minimum 4 year of proven experience building commercial mobile applications 
• Minimum 8 years of experience in developing software applications.
• Minimum 2 years hands-on experience building native iPhone/iPad apps using XCode and Objective-C 
• Vast knowledge of current trends in the mobile technology
• Extensive consuming SOAP/REST web services. 
• Extensive experience with XML Schemas, AJAX, WSDL, WADL
• Extensive experience with processing XML/JSON data.
• Excellent understanding of usability aspects of mobile applications
• Strong understanding of mobile application security
• Ability to translate business requirements into working solutions.
• Innovative thinking to solve challenging problems.
• Results oriented with an ability to work in team and individual contributor work environments.
• Strong organization skills with good interpersonal skills and a customer service oriented attitude. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology

Desired:
• Experience with Java J2EE or Android is a huge plus
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Experience with HTML5 & CSS3 is a plus
• Experience with mobile JavaScript frameworks like Sencha Touch or JQuery mobile is a huge plus.
• Experience with writing and tuning queries to relational databases like Oracle, DB2 etc. is a plus.