Lead Mobile Engineer at Gopher
Friday, November 18th, 2011Company Description:
Gopher (www.gopher.co.nz) is a New Zealand based internet company ranked the 20th fastest growing techology company in Asia-Pacific (Deloitte Technology Fast 500 2010). We’re on the forefront of utilising emerging advertising mediums & technology to benefit SMEs in New Zealand and Australia and are now expanding across South-East Asia with the establishment of an office in Jakarta.
Job Title:
Lead Mobile Engineer
Job Description:
We are looking for a creative thinker with a strong interest in developing cutting-edge mobile products to lead the development of our suite of mobile apps for Android, Blackberry and iOS internationally. You’ll be passionate about all things mobile and be able to join the dots between mobile, local, and social.
Formal Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
Required Skills and Experience:
- At least 5 years of software/web development experience
- At least 2 years developing for mobile devices at a senior level
- Management experience and a proven track record of commercial deployment
- Good knowledge of SDKs for Android, iOS, and/or Blackberry
- Experience working with APIs such as FourSquare, Koprol, Facebook or Twitter
- Java and Ruby on Rails programming skills are desired
- Proven ability to work under tight deadlines while ensuring a high
level of quality control - Startup experience is desired
- Strong communicator, with good written and spoken English
- Able to cooperate effectively with other development, design and marketing teams
How to apply:
Please send a cover letter indicating the role you are applying for and your CV to mattk@gopher.co.nz