Mobile Engineer (Freelancer)

At Tectu, you can make a real impact!  As a Mobile Engineer (Freelancer) you will play a lead role in delivering customer facing applications and backend infrastructure. The ideal candidate is passionate about delivering cutting edge solutions to support the changing business needs and technology landscape. You will be working closely with others on our Product, UX and Engineering teams to define and deliver these solutions.  

If you are passionate about technology, self-motivated and a disciplined freelancer, we would love to speak with you. The ideal candidate has both a willingness and desire to work in a dynamic environment, is able to apply Agile methodologies in day-to-day activities, and who enjoys working both independently with little oversight and in a team environment. 

About the Role

At Tectu, we work with various customers, providing advanced tech solutions to solve different problems and needs. As a Mobile Engineer at Tectu, your day will most likely vary according to which projects youre involved in, but generally youll be performing the following activities:

• Leading the design, implementation and integration of mobile (Android & iOS) applications with high quality and responsiveness

• Owning major projects from inception to production deployment, shipping at a rapid pace

• Architecting, designing and developing simple, yet flexible solutions for a variety of customers

• Building reusable application components and infrastructure 

• Writing quality code thats automatically tested as part of the development lifecycle 

• Contributing to team-wide efforts - code reviews, design reviews, technical decisions, and mentoring others

Requirements

• 5+ years mobile application development on Android and/or iOS

• 1+ years building hybrid applications (Flutter/React Native) or ready to learn quickly and develop in any cross-platform frameworks

• In-depth knowledge of Android/iOS (e.g. multithreading, persistent data storage, performance optimizations, etc)

• Full understanding of mobile build and distribution processes

• Ability to work through new and difficult Flutter or React Native issues and contribute to libraries as needed.

• Solid programming foundations: data structures, multi-threading, mobile architecture and design patterns

• A proven track record of owning and delivering features on time

Soft Skills

• Strong work ethic and strong core values (honesty, integrity, creativity)

• Sense of urgency, ownership mindset, and customer focus 

• Innovative problem solver who takes initiative never stops thinking about ways to improve

• Ability to self-learn new skills and technologies

Advantage

• BS in Computer Science, or similar degree is preferred

• Able to create and communicate the 'big picture' in a clear way.

• Experience with the latest cloud technologies of one of the biggest vendors (AWS, Azure, Google) 

• Experienced with mobile OS low-level APIs