Mobile Architect - Android plus iOS

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 
The Mobile Principal Architect will be responsible for: 
• Defining the overall technical architecture and designs for the mobile application based on customer requirements 
• Defining the technical requirements for the implementation and identify the various dependencies on external teams to implement the mobile solution 
• Discussing technical aspects of the mobile application solution architecture, including the technology used, methodology followed, and devices to be supported with the customer Preparing technical solution and architecture documents, artifacts and presentations for the customer 
• Should be able come up with reusable artifacts, frameworks, components that can be reused across applications 
• Should be able to design and develop mobile SDK and integrating mobile apps with web-services and external APIs 
• Must know various non-functional aspects in mobile application design and provide a solution to optimize performance, scalability etc. 
• Deliver mobile platform and architecture recommendations based on project requirements and industry best practices 
• Contribute toward excellence in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment 
• Enforce sound development practices and ensure the quality delivery of enterprise mobile solutions. Should ensure team members are aware of best practices like 
– Coding guidelines 
– git branching guidelines 
– Code quality and analysis tools (SonarQube, PMD, FindBugs…) 
– Release and deployment tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, Octopus…) 
•  Lead and mentor development teams 
•  Work closely with Project Managers, Senior Business Analysts, and UX teams 
•  Take ownership of the solution from end to end, and be responsible for translating functional requirements into a mobile solution 
• Hands on working on codebase to resolve critical issues which needs to be fixed on priority
• Take the overall responsibility of the project in terms of technically addressing any issues and get them resolved and not impact project timelines

What are we looking for? 
Skills required for a Mobile Principal Architect: 
• Experience with Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, MVVM experience, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java, HTML5/JS/CSS 
• A thorough understanding of OOP, iOS and Android core and design concepts. 
• Proficiency inLiveData, Dagger Dagger, Coroutines, experience, BitBucket/GitHub/GitLab Strong knowledge of Android UI and Apple design principles, patterns, and best practices, Core Data, Core Animation, and other IOS frameworks. Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, JSON format and mobile libraries for networking 
• Excellent analytical skills with an ability to debug complex issues like app performance, optimizing the data consumed by mobile app etc. Proficiency with writing automated tests in Jest, JUnit, Espresso, Mocha, etc 
• Proven experience on mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the store(s). Must have sound knowledge on mobile security protocols, analytics, payment gateways and social channel integration  
• Proven experience in developing secure mobile application with thorough knowledge on best security practices for mobile applications. Proven ability to design, optimize and integrate business processes across disparate 
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and mobile libraries for networking 
• Able to understand and help the team to work on CI/CD tools like Jenkins etc 
• Should know project management tools like JIRA, Confluence 
• Ability to quickly learn the latest features coming in the respective platforms (android and ios) and bring the same to the ongoing projects