You will be the person that drives growth for the mobile development team, lead the team to ensure software quality standards agreed are met. Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand requirements and provide low level designs that match with the requirements. Manage day-to-day activities in the mobile development team, while maintaining a high developer experience and clean coding practices. Become a mentor for the team and support the newcomers to ensure a quick ramp-up.

Reporting Structure

This role reports to the Mobile Manager
A team of mobile developers and senior mobile developers report to this role

Job Objective

Improving code quality using approaches such as unit and end to end testing, display deep knowledge of Continuous Integration and Delivery and toolsets that provide this ability.
Provide quality engineering and experience working with Quality leads to define processes and technologies.
Delivering world-class mobile applications
Manage day-to-day activities in the mobile development team, while maintaining a high developer experience and clean coding practices
Leading the growth and development of our mobile engineers

Job Responsibilities

Complete ownership of team delivery, provide technical advice, code review, solution architecture guidance o Build performant, scalable and secure native mobile applications on iOS and Android.
- Build the solution architecture and system design
- Provide guidance and direction on mobile application architecture implementation and system design to the team
- Own the automated build and deployment process for mobile applications o Guide and coach less experienced engineers o Spearhead design, technical and code reviews, Implement coding standards and approaches o Promote an Agile approach to software development.
- Maintain a culture of continuous integration and delivery, automation and minimizing blast radius
Collaborate with teams across the organization to mitigate risk and resolve dependencies.
Review development code and ensure maintaining quality standards. Ensure that team is conducting unit and end to end testing before starting the actual testing by the quality team.
Conduct market research, evaluate best practices, new technologies for better and faster solutions, conduct internal implementation feasibility studies, prepare battle card with pros and cons
Build solution development processes, documentation, and knowledge banks
Escalate interdependencies and problem areas at the right time with the manager and arrive at solutions
Train the team with the new technologies, solutions development
Work with project managers on estimating the feasibility and complexity of new products/features
Participate in the planning process for software development projects, and ensure meeting quality and deadlines on delivery
Managerial Responsibilities

Team Hiring & Selection

Contribute to defining team Job Descriptions
Perform interview & selection activities and facilitate onboarding & orientation of new Team Members Team Management
Build a transparent, open, and consistent communication system between self and team members
Consistently monitor team's work and performance by conducting regular team meetings and systematic review sessions
Enhance team's engagement levels by creating a positive work environment and by ensuring alignment of individual & team objectives to organizational goals
Assist and support team in achieving team goals and elevating productivity
Ensure continuous reporting of KPIs
Manage underperforming Team Members
Employee Development & Performance Management
Effectively use performance management mechanism to ensure growth and development of each individual team member - setting clear objectives, scheduling periodical informal performance conversations and formal review sessions, providing constructive feedback
Support & guide individual employees in the team to achieve work and personal development goals through coaching and mentoring
Ensure training need analysis is done for Team Members and that the chartered training programs are administered properly
Processes, Best Practices & Work Standard Management
Ascertain that the work processes and tools followed by the Team are effectual and of high-performance standards
Establish and document best practices
Closely monitor & audit the processes of the team to ensure the quality & work standards are maintained
Evaluate the efficacy of the tools and constantly update them
Job Requirements

Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related area) preferred
Previous Work Experience
8 + years of experience in – mobile applications development especially native
Excellent experience in mobile application trouble shooting and bug fixing along with strong ability to perform quick wins for production issues
Experience in leading a team in different geo locations
Skills and Abilities
Expert in React Native
Work with outside data sources and APIs.
Solid understanding of the iOS SDK, as well as the Swift Language for iOS development.
Solid understanding of the Android SDK, as well as the Java (or Kotlin) Language for Android development.
Understanding Stores requirements (App Store, Google Play and Huawei App Gallery)
Solid understanding in threading, OOP , mobile API integrations, mobile offline data and operation and Push notifications
Expert in solution design pattern, real time applications, Native, Cross and Hybrid mobile development
Solid understanding for mobile memory and resources management, mobile trouble shooting
Passion for quality and solving problems in complex computing environments
Ability to think logically and pay close attention to detail, Process oriented
Ability to lead a strong technical team with diversified backgrounds and technical skills
Ability to manage and guide resources in recent technologies

About iHorizons

iHorizons is a leading provider of business solutions and technology services in the Arab World. Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, we work with prominent clients to support their digital service migration journeys. The ultimate outcomes are radically improved customer experiences and increased operational efficiencies.

We are a forward-looking organization, always enhancing our methodologies and adopting new technologies so that we would serve our customers better and improve our position in the market. We have an outstanding culture, and we provide unique opportunities for career growth to all our staff.

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