Mobile iOS Developer - AM-TECH-DA-Mobile-99

About the Role

• Seeking a motivated, driven and hard-working, mobile iOS developer. It requires 5+ years of experience developing mobile iOS apps, good knowledge of network protocols like HTTP/S and Bluetooth and experience publishing apps on Apple’s AppStore. Very good knowledge and solid background on the iOS platform, ecosystem, APIs, services, features, packages, frameworks and networking technologies are expected. This includes good knowledge of low level APIs.The successful candidate will be required to engage and interact with several areas within Nielsen including QA teams, Backend processing systems, Operations, product owners, Product managers and business partners from around the world. This position is expected to bring industry best practices in areas such as source control, code review, automated unit test to name a few, to the team

Responsibilities

• Design and develop code for Nielsen’s iOS mobile digital and audio measurement applicationsHelp drive alignment between different teams and different mobile appsImplement best practices across a team of developers and testers Deliver efficient, quality software, excellent mobile performance and experience for our mobile app usersDrive mobile development and mentor junior team membersStay on top of technology change, able to assess impact, able to offer solutions and innovate in the mobile measurement spaceDeploy to Apple AppStore and monitor the Store stats for application healthProduction support for the existing apps in the Store 

Key skills

• Should be a solid iOS developer with minimum 5 years’ experience in designing and implementing solutions for mobile iOS devices (iPhones, iPads)
• Excellent native iOS development experienceExcellent knowledge of Swift programming. Obj C is a plusVery good knowledge and exposure to iOS networking APIs, specifically HTTP/SExperience working with on-device Bluetooth protocols using the corresponding iOS APIs and services is strongly desiredExperience working with on-device VPN protocols using the corresponding iOS APIs and services is a plusProven experience working with different type of extensions (like notification, app extension, network extensions, etc.,)Experience with Carthage, Cocoa pods, Swift package manager is a MUSTExperience working with Audio/Video recording in the backgroundUnderstanding of Native and Web communications using JavaScriptExperience with using Instrumentation and Profiling tools provided by XCodeExperience working with CoreData or Room DBGood knowledge on memory management for mobile applicationsProven record on mobile performance optimizationUnderstanding of IPv4/IPv6, UDP/TCP packets and sockets is a plusAny prior experience with ReactJS is a plusExperience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GITLab)Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment and ceremoniesGood knowledge of JSON formats and parsersExperience integrating 3rd party SDKs (e.g. Firebase)Should have the ability to work independently and be a self-starter, always under the direction and support provided by the managerExcellent communication and documentation skillsCommitment to excellence, accepting responsibility and accountability for resultsFlexible to attempt alternate solutions to resolve issues and able adjust to a dynamic, changing technical and business environment