Mobile Developer

Orion Innovation•Manhattan, NY

About The Position

Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education. Summary: The Client is looking for a Mobile Developer to join their team. The client’s software engineering group is responsible for building tools that enable teams of global accountants to perform complex tax and financial services for some of the world’s largest companies. As a member of the UI/UX team the Mobile Developer will be responsible for developing new features by translating design mockups into a functional user interface. They will also refactor existing features with a future-proof approach, research the latest practices in the Expo/React Native ecosystem and maintain a development environment with up-to-date tools. Additionally, the Mobile Developer will write and maintain clear documentation and Standard Operating Procedures, prepare and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences, collaborate with QA teams to test and create comprehensive test cases, enhance codebase resiliency, maximize application security and work with backend developers to design APIs for mobile use. We are looking for organized and communicative team players who will advocate for the user experience of our mobile software throughout its cooperative development with adjacent teams.

Requirements

High levels of expertise with Expo SDK and React Native
Proficiency with native build tools and package managers: NPM, Xcode, Android Studio and associated CLI tools
Experience working with JSON data models and mobile integration with REST APIs
Ability to write clear documentation of processes in Markdown
Minimum 5 years of experience developing intuitive, engaging, easy-to-use, visually appealing mobile applications and progressive web applications
Previous experience delivering client-facing applications
Experience working in structured environments following Agile methodologies
Self-directed with excellent verbal, written, presentation and facilitation skills

Responsibilities

Build cross-platform mobile applications and application features using the Expo SDK and React Native
Refactor existing application features
Develop extensible components and stored procedures adhering to principles of modular architecture and responsive UI
Write unit tests
Collaborate with designers on UI designs and with backend developers for API integration
Meet with business stakeholders to understand business needs and how they are best translated into full-scale applications and/or application features
Do independent research projects and present to teams
Be an advocate for user experience design and communicate vision to teams
Contribute to design and development language documentation
Identify areas for design and development improvement based on latest and upcoming industry trends
Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold the firm’s respectful and courteous work environment.