Senior Mobile Developer - iOS

Cook Children's Health Care System - Fort Worth, TX

Full-time - Senior

Fort Worth, TX

Hospitals

About the position

The Senior Developer, iOS is a seasoned IT professional responsible for creating and designing new mobile applications, as well as maintaining and improving existing features on current applications. This role involves collaboration with marketing and EMR teams to develop innovative solutions that cater to the needs of patients, parents, and care providers. The Senior Developer will serve as a technical expert on Apple iOS development, deployment, and maintenance, ensuring that all functional and non-functional requirements are met for new and existing systems and applications. In this position, the Senior Developer will create high-level specifications and address issues related to systems integration and compatibility using the latest technology. A strong understanding of the Apple iOS Platform, design concepts, and patterns is essential, along with knowledge of user interface needs, data security, and information protection regarding PHI and HIPAA. The Senior Developer will conduct research on design feasibility, develop high-level product specifications, and communicate development and deployment concepts to leadership and relevant teams. The role also includes overseeing the progress of development to ensure design consistency, providing technical guidance, coaching other developers, and ensuring that applications meet quality, security, modifiability, and extensibility requirements. The Senior Developer must be adept at complex software development and capable of working independently with minimal supervision, possessing a strong background in software development, requirements gathering, task management, and mobile development infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Create and design new mobile applications for the Apple iOS platform.
• Maintain and improve existing features on current applications.
• Collaborate with marketing and EMR teams to develop innovative solutions.
• Determine functional and non-functional requirements for new and existing systems/applications.
• Serve as a technical expert on Apple iOS development, deployment, and maintenance.
• Create high-level specifications and address systems integration and compatibility issues.
• Conduct research on design feasibility and present findings to management.
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility.
• Oversee the progress of development to ensure design consistency.
• Provide technical guidance and coach other developers.
• Ensure applications meet quality, security, modifiability, and extensibility requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field (or 3 additional years of technical experience if degree is in a non-technical subject).
• 4 years of mobile development experience.
• 3+ years of experience developing applications on the Apple iOS Platform.
• 3+ years of experience using xCode or similar development applications.
• 2+ years of experience using Swift or Objective C.
• 1+ years of experience using BDD tools (e.g., Cucumber) or TDD preferred.
• 8 years of overall development experience preferred.
• Experience working with continuous integration and continuous deployment preferred.
• Experience in Android platform development preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• 1+ years of experience working in a Health Care environment preferred.
• Experience with Android app store preferred.
• Mobile development certification is a plus.
• Agile/Scrum certification is a plus.
• Apple iOS certification is a plus.
• Android certification is a plus.