iOS Mobile Developer-Sterling, VA

iOS Mobile Developer

Location: Sterling, VA Rate: $45/hr. on W2 Position Type: Contract Interview Process: Phone Followed by F2F US Citizen, Green Card and GC EAD

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Having enthusiasm for engineering and emerging technologies
• Possessing a love of mobile products and development
• Creating innovative, efficient, and scalable web/mobile based solutions
• Building custom native user interfaces using the latest iOS programming techniques
• Redesigning and implementing new UIs for various products
• Integrating with external and internal web services and interfaces
• Optimizing UI and application code for efficiency, reusability and performance
• Providing and prototyping on constructive User Experience feedback
• Understanding web analytics, SEO, and social integration
• Focusing on UI design principles and make apps work intuitively, without compromising on simplicity and elegance.
• Developing prototypes quickly
• Delivering testable and quality code that can be rapidly deployed
• Communicating effectively and openly within the team
• Grasping the big picture

Qualifications:

• B.S. / M.S. in Computer Science or related field, or alternatively at least 3+ years of mobile programming experience
• Agile and XP development methodologies and working model
• Building complex applications for iOS using Swift/Objective¬C/C++ with Cocoa and other frameworks
• Multi¬threading, memory management and caching mechanisms specific to mobile devices
• Server integration (REST endpoints)
• Software development management tools such as JIRA, Pivotal Tracker, and Rally
• Build and deployment engineering processes and approaches
• Multiple operating systems, including Linux/UNIX, Mac OSX, and Windows
• If you have a Github account that shows off your work that is a plus or if you can provide examples of your work that's an alternative to Github

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with video-heavy apps is a plus but not required
• Experience with Android development is a plus but not required