Mobile App Software Engineer ( iOS / Android ) – All Level

 

Soostone is a software engineering company focused on world-class production software that utilizes data science to optimize business outcomes.  We work on exciting engineering challenges that span many topics in our area of expertise, including large-scale data crunching, predictive and inferential models, domain-specific languages, machine learning, data visualization, highly concurrent systems, and web-app development.

As a full-time member of our engineering group in Ankara, you will work collaboratively with our team in North America and get a chance to put your programming skills to use in real-world research, products, and services. While we will consider programmers of various backgrounds, we prefer passionate candidates with demonstrated experience delivering working products who like to learn.

Remote work may be an option for this position, but it depends highly on the applicant’s professionalism and ability to work effectively in remote coordination with our team without being in the office. All our positions are currently remote / work-from-home until the COVID19 pandemic is over and workplace safety can be achieved comfortably in our Ankara office. 

 

Position Description:

 

The role is for a user interface software engineer who will help develop a world-class, highly scalable iOS / Android user interface – Mobile User Interface -  for our healthcare application offering. This engineer is expected to collaborate with designers and software engineers to design, develop, deploy, and maintain the mobile app in all phases of the agile development and application lifecycle. Ownership, self-motivation, teamwork, and experience working in a fast-paced agile environment are highly desired.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consistently deliver new user interface functionality aligned with design and product requirements in a rapid, high-quality manner
• Work with the design team to evaluate designs, reduce complexity, and increase time to market for user interface enhancements and features
• Take ownership of key user interface components and functionality.  Promoting best practices and architectures to improve the quality and maintainability of the mobile user interface
• Be a key contributor and participant of the mobile user interface team in the software development lifecycle by participating in code reviews, quality assurance, and production monitoring duties 
• Product ownership mentality and desire to innovate at pace with accountability
• Ability to meet committed timelines

Ideal candidates for this position will have:

·       Demonstrated skills crafting reliable, maintainable, elegant, and performant software in academia and/or the industry

·       Strong overall programming and coding skills; familiarity with a variety of paradigms and modern technologies

·       Experience in the build-out and support of a modern mobile application at scale

·       Experience in modern Swift (Objective-C is a plus!)

·       Experience with using open source libraries to expedite delivery of an application, including dependency management with tools like Carthage or Cocoapods

·       Proven experience in rapid mobile development at scale while preserving an innovative mindset 

·       Experience using agile methodologies to ensure rapid delivery of features in a secure and robust manner

·       Experience working with teams utilizing modern infrastructure, cloud, and information security systems and techniques 

·       Build distribution experience with tools such as Fastlane, Bitrise, TestFlight, Firebase, etc.

·       Thorough knowledge of the mobile application ecosystem’s best practices

·       Familiar with modern mobile technologies such as Swift, RxSwift, Carthage/Cocoapods, Reveal, Figma, Zeplin, etc

·       Experience consuming RESTful APIs

·       Thorough knowledge of the mobile application ecosystem’s best practices

·       Product ownership mentality and desire to innovate at pace with accountability

·       Ability to meet committed timelines

·       Good communication skills, fluency in English, ability to receive feedback, willingness to implement coding practices of our team, and comfort in working as part of a team

·       BS degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics or a related field

 

Further, highly valued qualifications include:

·       MS or Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field 

·       The presence within the open-source community, ideally with demonstrated code contributions

·       Experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL and building database queries

·       Experience with NoSQL databases

·       Experience in Web Application Development; grasp of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

 

Core Requirements:

• We may allow remote work for this position, but it depends highly on the applicant’s professionalism and ability to work effectively in remote coordination with our team.
• Currently, our entire team works remotely from home until the conclusion of the COVID19 pandemic and it is safe to resume our Ankara office activities - we expect this to be the case for at least the next 6 months
• A minimum of two years of hands-on, relevant experience

• Foreign candidates must have a valid working permit in Turkey without requiring sponsorship