Xamarin Consultant

Job Summary:

The Xamarin Consultant requires in-depth knowledge and experience to work autonomously and oversee and participate in the architectural design, development, and enhancement of applications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Possesses a solid understanding of the overall vision, business needs, and solution architecture for cross-platform mobile applications. Uses this in-depth knowledge to solve complex problems.
• Utilizes knowledge of best practices to develop cross-platform (iOS, Android, and Windows) applications using Xamarin.
• Writes high-quality code for the mobile application for native and rich user experiences.
• Transforms business requirements into technical specifications.
• Estimates technical requirements and breaks down work to user stories and tasks.
• Plans, develops, tests, deploys, and monitors cross-platform mobile apps in a DevOps model.
• Code review, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• Generating testing and test cases for new and existing programs to ensure that the application is error-free.
• Ensure a smooth experience and maintain uniformity across the platforms.
• Collaborates with senior roles and Architects on various prototypes, or proof of concept, to test solutions.
• Coaches, supports, and trains other developers and engineers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5-8 years of experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Solid experience and in-depth understanding of developing & managing cross-platform mobile projects with .NET, using C#, LINQ, and Rest APIs.
• Xamarin Forms and Xamarin Native development (Xamarin iOS, Xamarin Droid), Xamarin Studio or Xamarin for Visual Studio on both Apple iOS and Android platforms.
• Creating custom controls and customizing existing rules for Xamarin Apps.
• UWP (Universal Windows Platform) app development, XAML, and Visual Studio.
• Developing mobile applications for cloud-based solutions (e.g. Azure integrations like Enterprise single sign-on with Azure Active Directory, integration with Azure Storage, etc.).
• Mobile App Services, Push Notifications for both Android and iOS.
• HockeyApp/Visual Studio App Center with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) / DevOps for Mobile Apps.
• Automation Testing for Xamarin.
• Feature development like offline and sync, Social integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
• Deploy applications to the Apple App Store or to Google Play.
• Profiling cross-platform applications using Xamarin Profiler.
• Various code repositories like Git, TFS, etc.
• Experience in SOLID principles, design patterns, and MVVM Architecture.
• Developing in an Agile methodology with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS).

Strong understanding and knowledge of the following:

• Overall Cross Platform app development ecosystem, lifecycle, user experiences, and roadmaps.
• Shared Projects and Portable Class Library (PCL).
• Core Android & iOS features, SQLite, MBaaS, etc.
• Best practices in cross-platform UX design and development.
• Third-party components like Telerik / Syncfusion, etc. is a plus.
• Xamarin Binding is a plus.
• Familiar with SAP HANA REST API Integration with Xamarin is a plus.

Preferred:

• Overall 6+ years of experience in Mobile app development (3-4 years with Xamarin Forms & Xamarin Native).
• Previous development experiences on Native Android and iOS (using Core Java, Swift / XCode).
• Ability to work in a global and virtual environment and to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced & complex environment with a self-motivated work ethic; utilize sound judgment with an ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency.
• Willingness to travel globally.
• Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times.
• Flexible to either of the shifts (7:30 AM to 4:30 PM or 3:30 PM to 12:30 AM or 11:30 PM to 8:30 AM).
• 15% travel, including global travel.
• Occasional on-call work required.

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