Mobile Application Developer

The role of this position holder is responsible for the development and maintenance of mobile applications (currently Android and iOS) and their integration with back-end services. He / she will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure.

      Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

–          Design, build, test and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable code

–          Creating and designing UI and UIX for mobile app

–          Troubleshoot application problems and issues and looks for ways to improve the application

–          Developing application programming interfaces (APIs) to support mobile application functionality

–          Brainstorming with clients and company employees and providing proof of concept designs or prototypes with little level of effort

 Skills and Competencies

–          Android and iOS application development and testing technologies and tools, industry standard best practices

–          Code versioning tools such as SVN, GIT and Mercurial

–          Advanced and demonstrable knowledge in any of the following programming, markup and styling languages Objective C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Groovy, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3

–          Advanced and demonstrable knowledge in any of the following frameworks or technologies, AngularJS, Spring, Laravel, Zend, Doctrine, J2EE, Web Services (REST and SAOP)

–          Advanced and demonstrable knowledge in any of the following relational database management systems, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2 and Oracle

–          Detailed knowledge in Software Design, Software Documentation, Software Testing, Software Development Process and Software Requirements

–          Unified modelling language (UML)

–          Software project management tools

–          Popular office suites such as Microsoft and Open Office

–          Internet Research

–          Web based technologies

–          The ability to learn quickly

–          The ability to contribute to a team effort

–          A logical approach to problem solving

–          Good interpersonal and client-handling skills, with the ability to manage expectations and explain technical detail

–          A methodical, investigative and inquisitive mind

–          Presentation skills

–          Excellent oral and written Amharic and English communication skills

–          Initiative and self-confident

–          Strong analytical skills

–          Attention to details

–          Teamwork skills

Preferred  Educational Background: 

Bachelors degree from reputable institute in any of the following fields;

• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Electrical Engineering