Full-Time Mobile Architect

Are you a seasoned Mobile Innovator? Our iKTribe is seeking a visionary leader to elevate our mobile engineering.
As a Mobile Architect, you will:

• Design and architect core functionality for Android and iOS applications.
• Collaborate with Technical Architects and Product Owners.
• Participate in an architecture board to define best practices, assess technologies, and propose new technologies.
• Drive technical strategy, ensuring software alignment with company standards.
• Estimate technical feasibility for backlog items and projects.
• Mentor engineers.
• Define components, modules, interfaces, and interactions with internal/external systems.
• Design and contribute to microservices.
• Research and vet third-party tools/services.
• Model and review databases, design and review APIs, and design systems with security in mind.
• Stay up-to-date on industry threats and vulnerabilities.
• Advise on architecture weaknesses and provide solutions.
• Ensure compliance with regulations (PCI, POPIA, GDPR).
• Front-load design and produce technical documentation.
• Review documentation from peers.
• Provide input on architecture standards, new technologies, and scoping/feasibility exercises.
• Make technical dependencies visible.
• Present technical knowledge to the product team.
• Mentor and guide engineers.
• Assist in creating a technical roadmap.
• Help set standards around tools and technologies.

Deal Breakers:

• Minimum 5 years experience as a technical lead/architect in native mobile development.
• Minimum 8 years of Software Engineering experience building native mobile apps (Android, Java, Kotlin, Swift).
• Proficiency in Kotlin and Swift.
• Experience building applications from scratch, adhering to best practices and mobile architectural patterns (MVC, MVVM, MVP).
• Familiarity with integration patterns and protocols (REST, WebSockets, GraphQL).
• Proven track record of improving mobile app performance (launch time, memory management, battery efficiency, network optimization).
• Demonstrated mobile app security experience (secure authentication, data encryption, compliance).
• Hands-on DevOps experience (release automation, phased rollouts, feature flags, rollback strategies).

Additional desirable experience includes:

• POS / card acceptance systems.
• Excellent communication skills, and translation of technical concepts.
• UML diagram design.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Pragmatism.

Perks of joining the Tribe:

• High-growth company with tangible results.
• Hybrid, remote, and in-office work models.
• Competitive remuneration and benefits (Medical Aid, Group Risk).
• Visionary leadership.
• Study leave opportunities.
• On-demand learning and development.
• Friendly and collaborative culture.
• Coffee on tap at HQ.

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