dotsavvy Mobile Application Developer job in Kenya

Vacancy: Mobile Application Developer

Purpose of the Position:

• In this role, you will design, build, or maintain mobile apps using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media
• Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
• Identify and correct problems uncovered by testing or client feedback
• Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems.
• Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Design and develop mobile applications in multiple authoring and scripting languages with an emphasis on the customer experience.
• Iteratively improve mobile applications through various channels, including deployments and user-interface improvements.
• Work side-by-side with Digital Designers, leveraging multimedia content creation applications and digital media to continuously strive for the best customer experience(s).
• Provide expert-level knowledge to business partners in writing, designing and improving content of mobile applications.
• Ability to develop quickly and with high quality via Sprints under the SCRUM methodology.
• Collaborate with business leaders, stakeholders and development teams in prioritizing and building requirements for successful delivery.
• Own your role and development, conducting deep dives into potential issues with an eye for identifying, solving and correcting problems to limit customer impact.
• Insist on a high standard of software development in production releases.
• Be prepared to review code and provide positive feedback with suggestions on how to improve performance, quality and delivery within the organizational standards and best practices, including innovation on new technology and industry standards as they pertain to multi-browser/device development.
• Experience in Unit Testing

Requirements:

(Mandatory)

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of coding in for Android or iPhone
• 3+ years JavaScript experience (advanced/expert level)
• 3+ years HTML5/CSS3 or Experience in mobile web apps

(Preferred)

• Java (intermediate level or above)
• SQL (intermediate level or above)
• Object Oriented PHP (intermediate level or above)
• Working knowledge of Apache (Mod-Rewrite etc)
• Knowledge of Regular Expressions
• Adobe CS
• Framework Knowledge (BluePrint, Bootstrap, CodeIgnitor, Zend, Ruby on Rails) *Not limited to these

Apply for this position:

If think that your that special talent we may be looking for, kindly send us your CV on jobs@dotsavvyafrica.com by the 15th October 2013

About Dotsavvy

Do you want to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond?

Dotsavvy is a 10+ years old full-service Digital Agency with strategy, content, advertising, social media, technology integration and mobile marketing capabilities. Our clients run the gamut from financial services, nonprofits, consumer, technology, healthcare, travel, and the public sector. 

With fewer than 20 people on the team, you will have the unique opportunity to wear many hats. And if you want to join a Digital Agency that promotes from within, look no further. We have a track record of cultivating internal talent. 

You can find out more about Dotsavvy from our web site at www.dotsavvyafrica.com