iOS Developer

Mission context

Do you want to be part of the Tribe with the highest visibility in the bank? At IT Channels, you will be part of the actions and you will be the entry point of the bank for the customers. Our tribe is the epicentre of all channels provided by the bank to its customers. We offer personalized and insightful advice & frictionless experiences through multiple channels (Easy Banking Web & App, Easy Banking Business Web & App), brands (Fortis, Hello bank!, Fintro) and business lines (Retail & Private banking, Bank for Entrepreneurs, Corporate banking). If you are interested in being part of that adventure and you are a "software craftsman" who sees software development as a craft, keep reading further !

Function description As a skilled iOS Developer, you will join fantastic teams of Software development specialists and work in an Agile squad where you’ll be responsible of

Translating requirements into high quality code

Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Swift code for the iOS platform

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship new features

Work with outside data sources and APIs

Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application

Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Language requirements Sound knowledge of English as well as (at least) one local language

Education Bachelor/Master or equivalent by experience

Agile requirements A developer involved in Agile projects must have the "Agile mindset" which implies:

a positive attitude and pragmatism

thirst for knowledge: Agile is about learning and adapting. Knowledge sharing is key to success.

The goal of team success: Agile is about the success of the team, no individual success or heroic behavior. It is more important for the team to succeed than for the individual to have completed his/her tasks.

There is no failure, only feedback: Agile is about taking everything as lessons, adjusting actions based on the feedback, resulting in continuous improvement.

Beyond the roles: Agile teams are cross-functional. All required disciplines are represented in the team (analysis, development, testing, … ). However, although team members have a primary role representing a discipline, they are expected to take on other roles and contribute to other disciplines whenever it helps towards reaching the sprint goal.

Required experience / knowledge At least 6 years of relevant experience

Technical experience mandatory

You know the principles of clean code and apply them effectively.

Understanding of Apple’s iOS design principles and interface guidelines, DDD and best practices

Proven knowledge of Swift

You write readable code and do refactoring where necessary.

You are familiar with test driven development (TDD)and you have practical experience with it

Proven knowledge iniOS app development (different version of iOS SDK and the libraries available for common tasks

Knowledge of SVN/Git (Gitlab or alternative), Jenkins, SonarQube, Fortify, Confluence, JIRA

Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Deployment principles

Experience with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services and third-party libraries or API’s

preferable Knowledge of Docker, Container and Groovy

Business experience preferable Specific requirement for agile: practical experience with Scrum

Practical experience in a team of many developers

Soft skills

Agile Mindset – You embrace the SCRUM values (Focus, Commitment, Openness, Respect and Courage).

You know what Pair Programming means, and you are prepared to apply it actively

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirement.

You actively share your knowledge with your team

You dare to challenge the requirements you receive based on your expertise

Continuous learning: you contribute to the constant improvement of the functioning of the team