Sr Lead iOS Developer

Job Title: Sr Lead iOS Developer

Location: Pleasanton, CA /Dallas, TX– (Candidates must be local and can work in Hybrid Mode)

Duration: Long Term Contract opportunity

Start ASAP

Skills:

• Look for 9+ years of candidates
• Lead iOS developer with past experience in developing health and wellness apps from scratch.
• native iPhone/iPad apps using XCode and Objective-C.
• Please take writeups or include in the resume about health and wellness apps experience for which project they have used.
• Must have Health and wellness app building experience
• The  Lead iOS developer with Apple Health Kit hands on experience

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Be a Tech lead of the Health and wellness team
• Participate in the new implementations and enhancements of Health and wellness app
• 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 4-6 year of proven experience building Health and wellness app building experience . The  Lead iOS developer with Apple Health Kit hands on experience
• Minimum 8 years of experience in developing software applications and 2-4 years of tech lead experience.
• 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.