Senior Mobile Developer- With(Angular / Ionic / Capacitor)

Role: Lead Developer(Mobile Angular / Ionic / Capacitor)
Location: Hybrid Chicago, IL.
Duration: 6-12 months + Ext.

Top 3 skill sets required for this role:

• Mobile Architecture & Angular Expertise: Lead the architecture and development of an Angular application wrapped with Ionic/Capacitor, including state management, modular design, AWS cloud and iOS-specific integrations.
• Hands-On Leadership & Delivery: Act as a player/coach, setting coding standards, performing code reviews, mentoring developers, and owning CI/CD, iOS builds, signing, and harness pipeline.
• Mobile Performance & Quality: Drive best practices for iOS performance, security, offline support, and UX quality to deliver a stable, production-ready mobile app.

Key Role Summary:

Owns the end-to-end technical execution of the mobile + backend ecosystem for the Customer Self-Service Companion application. Acts as the technical decision maker, ensuring reliability and alignment with enterprise standards, while remaining hands on in critical areas.

Core Responsibilities

• Own overall system architecture (mobile, backend services, messaging, data stores):
• Mobile application (Ionic + Capacitor / Cordova)
• Backend services
• Messaging and event processing
• Data persistence
• Lead design decisions for:
• Event-driven architecture (kiosk backend mobile)
• Push notifications and real-time updates
• Authentication and authorization flows (SSO, tokens).
• Set development standards and code quality expectations.

Required Technical Skills

Additional Responsibilities:

• The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of web design, responsive design, cross browser compatibility, page optimization, search engine optimization, and development and testing.
• The developer will bridge the gap between design and implementation, providing web solutions involving collaboration, portals, enterprise search, mobile functionality, and interactive forms.
• The qualified candidate will work in an Agile/Scrum delivery model and perform duties in a manner consistent with a complex, diverse, dynamic hardware and software environment that serves a complex education community.
• Develop web applications and sites that engage and retain visitors.
• Provide guidance on industry best practices, guidelines and governance for web applications and web sites.
• Manage latest requirements for cross-browser compatibility and page optimization.
• Develop applications and sites to include social media and mobile functionality.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance to ensure end product is delivered with quality outcomes.
• Perform benefit analysis for IT solutions and make recommendations for technology direction.
• Articulate ideas and demonstrate a willingness to bring new ideas to the forefront frequently.
• Maintain excellent knowledge base of industry trends and developments.
• Stay apprised of latest technologies and innovations in web application technologies.
• Supervise and direct staff as assigned. Participate in recruiting and staff performance reviews as assigned.

Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Technical Requirements:

• Mastery of modern web technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JS frameworks (jQuery, ember.js, angular.js, Foundation, Bootstrap), JSON, Adobe Photoshop and other graphic editing tools are also essential.
• Must also have expertise in the following:
• Responsive web design, fluid layouts and positioning, including Mobile Interfaces
• Browser behavior and compatibility, cross-browser issues and solutions, and testing
• Knowledge of SEO concepts and coding for Search Engine Optimization
• Knowledge of/coding REST APIs, AJAX, XML (XSD, XSL, XPATH), and Template Engines and MVC Frameworks
• Creating CSS3 Animations
• Knowledge of source control concepts and can commit code to repositories such as Git, SVN, TFS
• Rapid Prototyping Skills with the ability to demonstrate/pitch website design/functionality to a client
• Creating and executing unit tests using established unit test framework
• Must have advanced skills in object-oriented coding and scripting in languages such as Java, .net/C#, php, ruby as well as skills in relational database modeling and creating advanced SQL queries/procedures. Must also have ability to create in-house JavaScript libraries of reusable components, ability to set up, and configure, and host websites with IIS and Apache, and ability to travel to off-site locations.

Regards

Tim Patten

tim (at) pullskill (dot) com

551-272-o2o3