Mantra Consulting is one of the fastest growing IT staffing and services firm in the southeast. As one of the growing minority and privately owned staffing firms in the U.S., Mantra Consulting focuses on providing our clients with high-quality technical professionals and services to support their business and IT initiatives.

Our Client is seeking a mobile technologist to design and develop a strategic hybrid mobile application suite supporting its products at our Ft. Lauderdale, FL location. The Mobile Developer will work closely with business and technology partners to design and implement SOA-driven enterprise mobile solutions for the company’s SaaS software products. Ideal candidates will have experience delivering hybrid/native mobile apps for both iOS and Android running on smartphones and tablets. Candidates should be familiar with the both native mobile app development and hybrid architectures leveraging HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and one or more of the leading mobile web frameworks like Orubase, PhoneGap, Sencha Touch, or jQuery Mobile.
Relocation costs are available for the right candidate.

Full Time Direct Hire Role
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities

Create and maintain an overall mobile application technology roadmap and mobile application architecture & click-thru prototypes
Follow architecture boundaries for native, hybrid, and generic development across mobile platforms (iOS/Android/other)
Collaborate with Product, Design, Architecture, and Engineering teams to define clear requirements, deliverables, and timelines for mobile applications development in the new curriculum group
Work cross-functionally with other business units to drive consensus in product development and launch cycles for each application
Participate in the technical analysis and evaluation of new technologies, vendors, products, and product enhancements with a strong point of view on end-user functionality and an eye for highly usable user interface design Maintenance and engineering support for currently deployed and future products
Provide a hands-on approach to mobile development and the ability to communicate strategy, process, and development status at all levels of the organization when necessary
Create and maintain a strong working relationship with Product Managers, Architects, System Administrators and other developers

Job Requirements

Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field from an accredited college or university
1 year of software development experience with strong hands-on skills, solid understanding of architecture and design patterns (Applicable course-work may be considered in lieu of experience)
1 year of experience developing hybrid/native mobile applications for iOS or Android application platforms running on both smartphones and tablets while leveraging JavaScript boilerplate frameworks like knockout.js, Angular.js and Required.js (Applicable course-work may be considered in lieu of experience)
Familiarity with both native app development (Xcode, Objective C, UIKit, Core Animation, Core Graphics, Core Data) and hybrid architectures leveraging HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Implementation experience with one or more of the leading mobile web frameworks like Sencha Touch, Titanium, or jQuery Touch
Candidates will distinguish themselves via professional and or personal app development experience, referencing apps they built which are available in Apple’s app store or Google Play
Familiar with .Net technologies, WCF services and client-side integration via JSON for interfacing and building required services (APIs) to communicate with existing product suite.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Familiar with UML concepts and Agile methodologies such as SCRUM and TDD a plus
Motivated self-starter with solid time management skills
Sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills