What are the responsibilities and job description for the IOS Engineer position at Sparktek?
Job Summary
dvanced experience in designing, writing program code, testing, documenting, and implementing functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well-integrated application systems in accordance with Customer requirements, organizational methodologies, and standards. Identifies and prevents production problems and implement immediate resolution efforts across technology areas. Mentoring Software Engineers, holistic vision of organization and impact, focusing on "shift left" activities.
We're looking for an experienced and passionate iOS engineer to join the iOS platform team. You will be a core contributor to the code base, and you will also help mentor other engineers and have a large influence on important technical decisions. Our Mobile team builds products and features that drive the core experience on the Southwest Airlines mobile application. This position will play a key role in building and supporting mobile features. In this role there will be opportunity to work across different development stacks and influence product decisions.
Responsibilities
Design and build intuitive features to improve the experience of the iOS platform using latest Swift and latest XCode
Work closely with our Digital Experience Team to conceptualize, develop and launch new and innovative features
Work with the Team to promote best practices and ensure a high quality bar is maintained
Improve the mobile codebase by working on foundational issues and helping to rearchitect, as necessary
Carry out code reviews to guarantee code quality
Promote robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and deliver high quality work on a tight schedule
Promote a continuous improvement mindset and partner with Tech Leads and Solutions Architects to ensure continuous improvement in our native apps
Drive the technical direction and feature roadmap of large-scale cloud systems
Serve as a technical lead contributing to and directing the efforts of development teams, including internal and external team members
Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
Drives detailed definition of feature requirements through discussions with product managers and customers
Supports continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies
Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming
Evaluates code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems
Mentor Software Engineers to allow for skill / knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities
Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Extensive knowledge of iOS technologies such as SwiftUI, Objective-C, Cocoa, Combine and RxSwift
Strong understanding of software development principles, capabilities, and limitations of iOS platform
Utilize MVVM design pattern and development best practices
Ability to understand and debug large and complex native application code bases
Experience working on complex systems with a large customer base
Quality-first mindset with an emphasis on designing features with testability as a pre-requisite
Experience with and passion for Unit Testing and Code Coverage tools (ex. XCTest)
Advanced source control skills (branching and versioning, pull requests, merge conflict resolution, code reviews)
Security and encryption principles (e.g., biometrics, RSA, SqlCypher, SecureAuth or Ping) is a plus
dvanced knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies obtained through formal training and / or work experience
Proactively shares knowledge and skills of software development and testing to solve a range of problems
dvanced knowledge of at least one required programming language
Excellent partnering, communication, negotiation skills, and execution in working with various Technology or partner Teams
bility to articulate (verbally / visually) ideas, approach, concepts, options, risk, impact, and provides guidance to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences
bility to lead multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work
bility to mentor others
bility to lead ideating, presentations, mentoring and group-thinking sessions
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