Mobile App Developer

An opportunity to be​ part of a new and exciting startup with big plans. Campus Society’s vision is to be the all in one online platform for students across the world. We are excited to announce we have already seen 6000 users join the site in only two months of the beta launch. The developer will be expected to actively participate in, the design, development and release of the companies next generation of HTML5/Javascript browser and mobile based applications. The successful candidate will be in their element developing complex, standards-based, full-stack, enterprise applications, both for the browser and mobile devices alike, while demonstrating a passion to push their boundaries. The team is Agile focused with two week iterations, therefore exposure to a collaborative working environment would be beneficial. You should be a self starter and be able to hit the ground running. With strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills, you will be able to handle competing demands and manage your workload effectively. Required skills: - At least 4 years commercial web development experience - Previously built cross-platform mobile apps with standards-based Web technologies, using either of the PhoneGap or Sencha Touch mobile frameworks - Interface design for complex, data rich, low latency, trading applications - Commercial experience of engineering complex, OO, scalable Javascript applications - Expert understanding of software design principles and design patterns – MVC MVVM - Experience with Lifecycle Management Tools such as Jira, Jenkins, Svn and Git. - Javascript, JQuery and HTML, CSS2/3, Less/Sass, Grunt/Gulp/Bower Desirable Skills and Experience: - Comfortable working with Restful or SOAP based web services, XML, JSON etc . - Experience with Agile software development methodologies (Scrum/TDD). - AngularJS, JQuery, Backbone, RequireJS, NodeJS, Grunt or Bower. - JavaScript Design Patterns and code modularisation - CSS preprocessors such as Rework, Less and Sass. - Testing Frameworks/runners – eg. Jasmin/Mocha, Karma/Protractor - Graphic design and UI/UX expertise/enthusiasm