Software Engineer: Mobile Development

Evince Nigeria Limited - We are into solution development and our motivation is to develop local expertise. We have an open culture and encourage innovation and an open communication.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Software Engineer: Mobile Development

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• We are looking for young software engineers (< 3 years) with a focus on mostly native mobile development using Android, React Native or Xamarin.
• A passion for applying best practices and creating new things is always an advantage.
• You will design, implement and test gaming solutions in the edutainment space. You will be part of a small and agile team of professionals building world class solutions from Nigeria.

 Responsibilities

• Develop solutions, both new and existing
• Work closely with product design and backend team to create a pleasing application
• Create a great UI and UX through high quality output
• Participate in solution workshops and write technical documentations as required
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting, issues resolution

Profile

• Must have a strong analytical skillset
• A high level of commitment to your job
• A passion for software engineering
• An open mindset i.e. a desire to learn and to impact your colleagues and the rest of the world.
• Preferably a university degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields.
• Strong understanding of developing and consuming HTTP based rest APIs.
• Must have a strong analytical skillset and be courageous enough to take on new challenges and learn new things quickly. Must be willing to write lots of documentation.

Required skills:

• A good understanding of Entity Relationship Modeling and working skills with SQLite
• Some decent knowledge of writing backend services.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Knowledge of restructured text is welcome
• Good knowledge of native mobile development, either on Android or IOS using Android Studio, React Native or Xamarin.
• You have contributed to an app in one of the play stores
• You understand the principles of computer science
• A good understanding of write mobile application backends and a good understanding of restful web services and consuming restful web services
• Experience with object oriented designs and development
• A good understanding of one or more programming languages especially java, c#, swift or javascript.

Additional skills:

• Candidate must have a good working knowledge of some source control tools i..e git
• Candidate must know how to write unit tests
• A good understanding of build tools and continuous integration is an added advantage
• Candidates must be willing to help with troubleshooting escalated issues in a timely manner