Senior Software Developer (iOS or Backend) Job Posting



Job Title:
Senior Software Developer (iOS or Backend)
Job ID: HLCUNOP
Company: Confidential
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: $60k to $90k
Skills:
iOS,Xcode, JSON, API
Date Posted: May-08-12

Senior Software Developer (Backend or iOS) $60k -$90k


Our client is seeking a few good talented people from the Ottawa and Montreal area to work in their
downtown office.

Relocation Package available!

Location: Downtown Toronto,

Job Description

POSITION

Imagine building a web platform that will change the waypeople think and improve live their lives.



Our client is a funded startup backed by sophisticated angelinvestors. We are building a person-to-person marketplace for servicesand activities. Our primary dimensions are social, local and temporal.


You must be passionate about the above, a positive, driven and motivatedindividual, and excited about building high-quality product.


We are looking to fill both back-end and iOS softwaredevelopment roles. You have either intermediate orsenior-level experience, and work well in a lean team of smart, energizedpeople.



If you enjoy focusing on back-enddevelopment, you will be driving development of features such as our businesslogic, RESTful APIs, and a recommendation engine. You'll write beautifulcode including automated tests.


If you enjoy iOS development, you will head-up our client's mobile app development in a big way. Your role will includecreating custom UI, integrating with our solid API backend built in Rails. You will build GPS functionality, advanced push notifications, contactlist integration, camera integration, and more. You should be familiar withautomated testing. You have shipped excellent apps before. You have astute taste, a strong sense of design and care strongly about UI/UX.



TIMEFRAME

- We're flexible but looking to grow our team immediately



RESPONSIBILITIES

- Product development: thought partner and shape design andfunctionality of our product

- Implementation: Own product sprints for building of our client's technology platform

- Big data: Implement data collection services, analyze largedata sets, and build tools

- Integrity: Craft automated tests, design and implement A/Btesting environments



BACK-END TECH THAT WE LOVE

- Ruby on Rails, Sinatra

- MongoDB, PosgreSQL, ElasticSearch

- RSpec, Cucumber

- OAuth, Facebook Graph API

- AWS


MOBILE TECH THAT WE LOVE

- iOS, Objective C, Xcode

- PrototypesApp

- TestFlight

- JSON API



BENEFITS

- Health benefits

- Competitive salary and fun perks

- Whatever top-of-the-line equipment you need to get the job done

- Learn how to build a massively scalable social webapplication in a sexy technology stack

- Fun, healthy and results-oriented start-up culture

- Valuable references

Desired Skills & Experience

YOU MUST BE

- Excited about building quality product

- An independent, fast-learning, self starter who takesownership over solving ambiguous problems

- Energetic, passionate (does not matter about what!), anddriven


BACK-END DEV SPECIFICS

- Proficient in Ruby 1.9 and Rails 3

- Excited about BDD, automated deployment, fixing bugs, andshipping code

- Familiar with MongoDB, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS),OAuth, Facebook Graph API

- Bonus if you are: savvy with machine learning / naturallanguage processing / recommendation algorithms; or if you are experienced innative mobile app development



iOS DEV SPECIFICS

- Experienced with iOS, Objective C, Xcode

- Has shipped apps with custom UI, API integration

- Experience with GPS, Camera, Push Notifications, ContactList

- Conducts automated testing, e.g. with TestFlight

- Adept with performance tuning, memory management

- Keen eye for clean, simple design aesthetics, and usabilility,ability to slice PSDs

- Bonus if you are: experienced in responsive / mobile web, orhave experience in Ruby/Rails

Location: Canada-ON-Toronto
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: Resource Consultant
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: JobS@hirelevelconsulting.com
Contact Comments:

Thank You for applying. Candidates must be from outside of the GTA to apply. Please submit a MS Word doc resume, salary request and why you qualify for the role.

Thank You
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