Mobile Application Developer  

This job is for developing the mobile client side of a web application with a REST API backend. The mobile frontend should be developed with an hybrid technology, allowing a single code baseline targeting multiple mobile platforms, namely Android and iOS.

The candidate will be integrated in a team which will be developing a web application with two frontends: one for mobile applications with front office functionalities and one for web browser with back office functionalities. The backend will be provided as a REST API for both frontends. The overall application will be developed in JavaScript (on both frontend and backend), with the mobile frontend developed with the Cordova hybrid technology and the Ionic UI SDK. The REST API backend will be developed in Node.js.

The role of the candidate is to develop the mobile client side for a web application using hybrid mobile technology Cordova and the Ionic UI SDK. The backend is delivered through a REST API that is consumed by the mobile application. Nevertheless, the application also has local (client) storage requirements, to accommodate offline scenarios and further synchronization with backend when connectivity is reestablished.

• The candidate should understand the web ecosystem and the base technologies involved in the web application development, namely JavaScript (ECMAScript), HTML5, CSS and the HTTP protocol.
• It must also have solid knowledge and working experience using the hybrid platform Cordova and basic knowledge of the Ionic SDK.
• It must also understand and use the supporting tools needed for software development, namely unit and integration tests, Git Source control, unit and continuous integration mechanisms.
• Web designer skills and expertise, applied in HTML5 and CSS. Working knowledge using the Bootstrap framework or similar ones.
• Working knowledge of Type Script would be a nice to have, because some parts of the code base (the ones that do not need dynamic behaviour) should be developed in this language, instead of vanilla JavaScript.