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Senior Mobile Apps Developer/Consultant
Role : Permanent
Location : SWINDON, UK
Annual Salary (inclusive of bonus) : £25,000 - £36,000
Application Closing Date: 1 Mar 2020
TryAround a mobile apps development company is in search for several senior mobile app developers with collective mobile platform skillsets. TryAround App Ltd, a fairly new company in the field of mobile app development and consulting is looking to fill multiple Mobile Apps Delivery Senior Developer Consultants to support its IT Director in ensuring the performance and management of in-house TryAround apps and client projects. This opportunity is filled with potential as you will be responsible for serving up external users and also manage in-house mobile apps product development.
Based out of the Swindon office, successful candidates will join the innovation and consulting team playing a pivotal role in building and optimising their mobile capability. You will be joining a newly established mobile team who have built a small number of 4-5 star rated apps, working to build Android and iOS applications across their international brand portfolio and also offer clients the cutting edge mobile consulting services.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Senior Developer Consultants will play a crucial role in the development projects, working along side the technical director and also influential developers within a team. The consultants will pride themselves on writing clean reusable code and have a desire to establish themselves as a crucial team member. They will be able to work across the app planning, architecture and take it through to the build stage.
The senior level mobile apps consultant must be proficient in hands-on delivery, visualising mobile apps software products from start to finish including testing and a track record of managing a small developers and clients. Skillset must be of broad range covering all mobile apps development and consulting including Native iOS & Android development, Technologies around iOS and Android, Windows apps platform, Xamarin, Hybrid apps using Ionic or Cordova, Backend as a Service including and not limited to .Net, Java, Node JS, Mongo DB and other No SQLs. Backend services exposure and frontend services exposure must demonstrate enough level of experience with proven apps already live in the App Store, Google play or Windows. Domain knowledge of Health and Fitness apps is also mandatory and must be demonstrated in any of the live apps.
You'll use your problem-solving skills to support business facing projects to ensure solutions meet business and customer needs. You should be comfortable working towards targets, be self-motivated and driven towards achieving your goals with or without a team. Good communication, time management and organisation skills are essential for this position along with a good level of IT literacy in the area of Mobile Apps Delivery.
Key Requirements:
1. Demonstrate enough level of experience in server and backend services and app development platforms with exposure to both Enterprise Mobile
Application and application development for startups
2. Proficient in both Android and iOS platforms. Windows mobile platform is beneficial.
3. Proficient in Hybrid apps and Backend services including end to end delivery with design, architecture, development and testing
4. Handling team of developers in a senior capacity including pre-sales, budgets, campaigns, training and management
5. At-least 5 live apps on Google Play or App Store
6. Academic: Must have at-least Bachelor's Degree in computer science or Information Technology
7. Health and Fitness industry experience in IT capacity is mandatory
Key Skills:
Experience developing high quality, scalable and efficient iOS apps for the Apple App Store
Experience of Swift 3.0, Xcode, JSON, Unit testing and other mobile testing technologies
Scalable Architecture: Track record of applying proven methodology to form perfect Mobile Architecture including the frontend and backend services and web services usage
Experience using Apple standard development practices eg: Storyboard
Passion for development, keeping up to date with the latest techniques and innovations
Experience of working with JavaScript, Web and Cloud technologies is mandatory
You should have a passion for user experience
At-least 5 Proven Mobile Apps on the App Store or Google Play or Windows Store
Android development including Android SDK, Gradle, Jenkins, Java, GIT, HTML and CSS3
iOS, X-Code or Objective-C, JSON, unit testing and complete Apple Technologies is essential
Demonstrate enough exposure to complete software development lifecycle, Agile, TDD/BDD, Scrum, RESTFUL backend services
Extensive mobile apps development or consulting experience
Ability to build/create apps using native technologies for iOS, Android or Windows platform
Strong background of using Swift for iOS and Java for Android
Design, develop, deploy and tune an N-Tier Enterprise Mobile Application based on open-source technologies
SOA and Web Services experience (REST/SOAP)
Experience of using Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban and good understanding of product life cycle development
Experience of TDD in mobile development environment
Have experienced the full app life cycle, from initial implementation through to debugging the live apps
Health and Fitness industry experience in IT capacity is mandatory to this role as you will be interacting with the End Users directly, Financial/Retail/E-commerce experience is a bonus
Knowledge of security including authentication
Design, develop and deploy applications for many brands including startups with a focus on performance and scalability
Worked on projects using size classes, Auto Layout, and Storyboards
Exposure and setup of strong version management and configuration management tools
Build and Deploy tools like Jenkins using ANT/Maven
Demonstrated knowledge using Git, GitHub, BitBucket, JIRA and Confluence and Fabric/Crashlytics, Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin
Knowledge of Android SDK development, knowledge of C/C++
Working knowledge of Node.js, Mongo DB, HTML5, Angular, and JavaScript would be essential
Good knowledge of building, packaging and deploying code for continuous integration
Core Animation, Serial Communication, Concurrency, Store submission, MVC, MVP, OOD, OOA
Commercial Android development experience from idea creation to public launch
Digital Agency and start-up background along with exposure to both Enterprise Mobile Application and application development for startups
Other Skills:
The ability to form new teams, motivate and lead existing sales team including contractors/sales agents
Must have at-least Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology as your academic qualification
Coaching and mentoring skills
Initiative and enthusiasm for mobile products/apps
Clear verbal and written communication skills and 'people skills’ and good proficiency in English
Good planning and organisational skills
The ability to work calmly under pressure.
Ownership of customer accounts by performing customer visits for pre-sales, sales and post sales support activities for new and existing accounts.
Good IT, Budget and Software/Retail product demo/training skills.
Prepares proposals for marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
Conducting surveys and studies competitors and customers’ reactions to mobile app product functionalities and pricing strategies.
Monitoring the team's performance and motivating them to reach targets.
Maintain & develop an ongoing relationship with the customer with a view to maximise optimise sales.
Source new client, engage in pre-sales and source new business accounts in line with sales targets.
Keeping up to date with products and competitors.
Reporting back to IT director.
Hours:
Minimum of 37.5 hours a week. Flexible working hours are required as travelling to visit customers and your team may often make your working day longer. Your job may involve some overnight stays away from home.
If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a dynamic team and work for a business with genuine opportunities for career progression your application is welcomed.
Senior Frontend Developer/Designer
Role : Permanent
Location : SWINDON, UK
Annual Salary (inclusive of bonus) : £25,000 - £36,000
Application Closing Date: 1 Mar 2020
TryAround a mobile apps development company is in search for several senior fronted developers / UI designers with collective Javascript, Angular and HTML5 skillsets. TryAround App Ltd, a fairly new company in the field of mobile app development and consulting is looking to fill multiple Senior Developer Consultants to support its IT Director in ensuring the performance and management of in-house TryAround apps and client projects. This opportunity is filled with potential as you will be responsible for serving up external users and also manage in-house websites and designs for client product development.
Based out of the Swindon office, successful candidates will join the innovation and consulting team playing a pivotal role in building and optimising their web/mobile capability. You will be joining a newly established team who have built a small number of 4-5 star rated apps, working to build web applications across their international brand portfolio and also offer clients the cutting edge development & design consulting services.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Senior Developer Consultants will play a crucial role in the development projects, working along side the technical director and also influential developers within a team. The consultants will pride themselves on writing clean reusable code and have a desire to establish themselves as a crucial team member. They will be able to work across the project planning, architecture and take it through to the build stage.
The senior level developer & designer consultant must be proficient in hands-on delivery, visualising client server applications, products from start to finish including testing and a track record of managing a small developers and clients. Skillset must be of broad range covering all frontend development and consulting including Designing User Interfaces(UI Designer/Developer) for different channels such as Web design, Web Development, Handheld devices and work closely with pre-sales, business and development teams in project planning execution activities. Hybrid apps using Ionic or Cordova, Backend as a Service including and not limited to .Net, Java, Node JS, Angular JS, Mongo DB and other No SQLs. Backend services exposure and frontend services exposure must demonstrate enough level of experience with proven apps and websites.
You'll use your problem-solving skills to support business facing projects to ensure solutions meet business and customer needs. You should be comfortable working towards targets, be self-motivated and driven towards achieving your goals with or without a team. Good communication, time management and organisation skills are essential for this position along with a good level of IT literacy in the area of Frontend, UI/UX design & Mobile Apps Delivery.
Key Requirements:
Designing User Interfaces(UI/UX Designer/Developer) for different channels such as Web design, Mobile Development, Handheld devices and work closely with pre-sales, business and development teams in project planning execution activities.
The focus areas are requirements gathering, user profiling, doing high-fidelity prototyping (depicting information architecture of the application), wireframes, flow diagrams, visual design and usability reviews.
Working with the software development team on senior capacity for handling system integration testing, functional testing and user acceptance testing. Delegating the work to the team members, prioritising scrum backlogs and training developers for new skill set.
Key Skills:
Experience developing high quality, scalable and efficient frontend apps & portals
Experience of deploying & managing backend and web application servers like Node JS or IIS server through MSTC/VNC or Manage/Install Windows Server and other Virtual machines
Scalable Architecture: Track record of applying proven methodology to form perfect Architecture including the frontend and backend services and web services usage
Expertise in markup language HTML, HTML5, CSS3, CSS, jQuery, Agile, Scrum, Bootstrap 2.0, Angular JS, Ajax, Less, Foundation, OO JavaScript, WordPress, XML, XSLT, Cross Browser, Debugging & Plugins
Passion for development, keeping up to date with the latest techniques and innovations
Experience of working with JavaScript, Web and Cloud technologies is mandatory
You should have a passion for user experience and high end user interaction designs
Experience in Conceptualisation, Animations, and Designing & Development of frontend screens, portals, websites and graphic designs
Android development and Hybrid apps including Android SDK, Gradle, Jenkins, Java, GIT, HTML and CSS3. Java EE is a bonus. Managing Java backend servers is a plus.
Essential experience in HTML, HTML5, CSS3, CSS, J Script, Jquery, Jquery Mobile, Typescript, Dreamweaver, React JS, Photoshop and other graphical tools, Word press, Zoomla, ASP, ASP.Net, C#, PHP, Flash, Action Script
Demonstrate enough exposure to complete software development lifecycle, Agile, TDD/BDD, Scrum, RESTFUL backend services
Extensive frontend apps development or consulting experience
Design, develop, deploy and tune an N-Tier Enterprise Application based on open-source technologies, SOA and Web Services experience (REST/SOAP)
Experience of using Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban and good understanding of product life cycle development
Experience of TDD in frontend development environment
Have experienced the full app life cycle, from initial implementation through to debugging the live apps
Knowledge of security including authentication. Knowledge of iOS development is a bonus.
Design, develop and deploy applications for many brands including startups with a focus on performance and scalability is a bonus
Exposure and setup of strong version management and configuration management tools
Build and Deploy tools like Jenkins using ANT/Maven
Demonstrated knowledge using Git, GitHub, BitBucket, JIRA, Confluence and Fabric/Crashlytics, Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin
Good knowledge of building, packaging and deploying code for continuous integration
Core Animation, Serial Communication, Concurrency, Store submission, MVC, MVP, OOD, OOA
Commercial frontend and web development experience from idea creation to public launch
Digital Agency, Enterprise and Start-up background along with exposure to both Enterprise Application and application development for startups
Other Skills:
The ability to form new teams, motivate and lead existing sales team including contractors/sales agents
Must have at-least a Bachelor's Degree as your academic qualification
Coaching and mentoring skills
Initiative and enthusiasm for mobile products/frontend apps/UI/UX designing
Clear verbal and written communication skills and 'people skills’ and good proficiency in English
Good planning and organisational skills
The ability to work calmly under pressure.
Ownership of customer accounts by performing customer visits for pre-sales, sales and post sales support activities for new and existing accounts.
Good IT, Budget and Software/Retail product demo/training skills.
Prepares proposals for marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
Conducting surveys and studies competitors and customers’ reactions to product functionalities and pricing strategies.
Monitoring the team's performance and motivating them to reach targets.
Maintain & develop an ongoing relationship with the customer with a view to maximise optimise sales.
Source new client, engage in pre-sales and source new business accounts in line with sales targets.
Keeping up to date with products and competitors.
Reporting back to IT director.
Hours:
Minimum of 40 hours a week. Flexible working hours are required as travelling to visit customers and your team may often make your working day longer. Your job may involve some overnight stays away from home.
If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a dynamic team and work for a business with genuine opportunities for career progression your application is welcomed.
Field Sales Manager - Mobile Apps Delivery
Role: Permanent
Location: LONDON/READING/SWINDON/SOUTH EAST
Annual Salary (inclusive of bonus): £26,000 - £36,000
Application Closing Date: 1 Mar 2020
Are you a results-orientated sales professional who can drive success?
Can you understand, plan and implement a full B2B and B2C sales strategy for new products?
Can you manage, coach and motivate a team of Field Sales Executives to perform against business targets?
Are you having academic qualification in Business Administration preferably in Sales/Marketing/Management?
Would you jump at the chance to work for a young IT company to sell new mobile products and create market penetration with innovative sales approaches and at the same time meeting revenue targets?
If you can answer yes to all of the above, then this may well be the opportunity for you. TryAround App Ltd, a fairly new company in the field of mobile app development is looking for a Field Sales Manager to support its IT Director in ensuring the performance and management of the Field Sales activities. This opportunity is filled with potential as you will be responsible for setting up a small sales team, making sales visits initially with new joiners and/or independently close sales deals with small business companies like restaurants and fitness centre gyms either via telephone or in person. As the products are fairly new in the market, a similar experience is desirable to this role.
You will be tasked with selling the full portfolio of products offered by TryAround App Ltd to a wide range of varying customers, businesses and reporting your results daily via our cloud managed worksheet, therefore previous experience of using a similar system will be advantageous.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
The successful candidate will essentially have experience in launching, managing and selling new products in both B2B and B2C in FMCG industry along with a proven track record in sales and a sound understanding of the sales process. You should be comfortable working towards targets, be self-motivated and driven toward achieving your goals with or without a team. Good communication, time management and organisation skills are essential for this position along with a good level of IT literacy in the area of Mobile App Sales to both business and consumers.
Desirable Skills:
Excellent sales and negotiation skills.
Good business sense especially launching new B2B & B2C FMCG products to the market.
The ability to form new teams, motivate and lead existing sales team including contractors/sales agents.
Coaching and mentoring skills.
Initiative and enthusiasm for mobile products/apps.
Excellent communication and 'people skills’.
Good planning and organisational skills.
The ability to work calmly under pressure.
Ownership of customer accounts by performing customer visits for pre-sales, sales and post sales support activities for new and existing accounts.
Good IT, Budget and Software/Retail product demo/training skills.
Recruiting and training junior/new sales staff and allocating work accordingly.
Prepares proposals for marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
Conducting surveys and studies competitors and customers’ reactions to mobile app product functionalities and pricing strategies.
Developing sales strategies and setting/achieving sales targets.
Monitoring the team's performance and motivating them to reach targets.
Maintain & develop an ongoing relationship with the customer with a view to maximise optimise sales.
Source new business in line with sales targets.
To develop and utilise any database systems as used by the business.
Respond to & follow up sales enquiries by email & telephone using company systems to record and report developments.
Compiling and analysing sales figures.
Keeping up to date with products and competitors.
Collecting customer feedback and market research in the area of B2B and B2C product segments (Mobile Apps).
Reporting back to IT director.
Hours:
Minimum of 37.5 hours a week. Flexible working hours are required as travelling to visit customers and your sales team may often make your working day longer. Your job may involve some overnight stays away from home.
If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a dynamic sales team and work for a business with genuine opportunities for career progression your application is welcomed.
Systems Consultant (Enterprise Mobility / AWS / Cloud)
Role : Permanent
Location : SWINDON, UK
Annual Salary : £28,000 - £36,000
Application Closing Date: 25-11-2019
TryAround a software development and consulting company is in search for Enterprise Mobility Systems Consultant with Mobile Apps Knowledge. TryAround App Ltd, a fairly new company in the field of mobile app & software development and consulting is looking to fill Enterprise Mobility Systems Consultant to support its IT Director and Senior Consultants in ensuring the performance and management of in-house TryAround apps and client projects. This opportunity is filled with potential as you will be responsible for serving up external users and also manage in-house mobile apps and client product development.
Based out of the Swindon and Client office, successful candidates will join the innovation and consulting team playing a pivotal role in building and optimising their mobile & consulting capability. You will be joining a newly established mobile team who have built a small number of 4-5 star rated apps, working to build Android and iOS applications across their international brand portfolio and also offer clients the cutting edge mobile & software consulting services.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Provision, Design, maintain and continuously improve TryAround's and its clients Mobility and Cloud environments
Undertakes feasibility studies for major IT developments incorporating costs and benefits, and presents proposals to clients
Communicates the impact of emerging technologies to clients and advises upon the potential introduction of such technology
Provides advice and assistance in the procurement, provision, delivery, installation, maintenance and use of IT systems and their environments
Researches, analyses, evaluates and monitors network infrastructure and performance
Works closely with clients to implement new systems
Mandatory Skills:
Experience managing Mobility, Mobile device Management, AWS and MS Azure cloud environment in a global footprint
Experience working with Mobility and cloud technologies and projects
Mobile device management (MDM) from any vendor
Mobile application management (MAM) from any vendor
Demonstrate enough experience in Linux and Windows system administration, infrastructure design and architecture
Node js server provisioning and management including performance tuning and optimisation
Load balancers in high traffic scenarios
End to end Cloud Server architecture and implementation
Configuring backups and Geo redundancies
Education:
A minimum education background of bachelors degree in information and communication technology
Other Skills:
Enough IT experience in systems consulting and relevant professional certifications
Hands on experience in AWS and MS Azure cloud, including tenant management, resource provisioning and overall management
Working Knowledge on Mobility and Mobile Device Management
Basic experience on networking , routers and switches and data centre planning
Experience with ITILv3 framework processes and activities
Willingness to travel atleast 15% of the time
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under high stress with consistency and accuracy
Ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse, globally disparate team
Ability to effectively communicate in English, including reading, writing and speaking
Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment
Experience with wide variety of technology hardware, software and troubleshooting
Capable of multi-tasking and self-direction to meet goals
Solid quantitative skills and strong data analysis skills
Strong emphasis on quality and keen attention to detail required
Very good communication and interpersonal skills
Maintain & develop an ongoing relationship with the customer with a view to maximise optimise sales
Keeping up to date with products and competitors
Reporting back to Senior Consultants or IT director
Hours:
Minimum of 37.5 hours a week. Flexible working hours are required as travelling to visit customers and your team may often make your working day longer. Your job may involve some overnight stays away from home.
If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a dynamic team and work for a business with genuine opportunities for career progression your application is welcomed.
Role : Permanent
Location : SWINDON, UK
Annual Salary : £28,000 - £36,000
Application Closing Date: 25-11-2019
Senior Mobile Apps Test Analyst
Role : Permanent
Location : SWINDON, UK
Annual Salary : £22,000 - £32,000
TryAround a mobile apps development and consulting company is in search for senior level mobile app software test analysts with manual, automation and programming skillsets ideally to join in the new year. TryAround, a fairly new company in the field of mobile app & software development and consulting is looking to fill multiple Mobile Apps / Software Test Analyst to support its IT Director & Seniors in ensuring the performance and management of in-house TryAround apps & client projects.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Senior Mobile App iOS Tester / Analyst will play a crucial role in the development & consulting projects predominantly iOS apps. The analysts will pride themselves on writing clean reusable test scripts and have a desire to establish themselves as a crucial team member.
Assist & support in creation of Test estimates
Assist & support in the creation of automation scripts, Test schedule/timeline (covering test planning, preparation and execution) that is realistic & effective
Be involved in all activities of testing including test planning, preparation & execution
Create, review and approve all Test requirements ensuring that they meet the relevant corporate and client standards
Prepare and review the Test cases ensuring that they meet the relevant corporate and client standards, and demonstrate the coverage as specified in the detailed test plan for all sorts of test stages like System testing, FIT, DIT etc.
Support the users through the Test execution phase providing guidance and support in all areas of execution and reporting accordingly
Report & manage defects to resolution by liaising with the technical teams and business users via a regular defect meeting
Identify and manage key risks and Issues within the test phases, keeping the Test lead / Managers / Directors fully informed
Ensure test environments & test data are fully sourced and available prior to Test execution
Report progress against plan on all testing activities keeping the Test lead / Seniors / Mangers informed of any slippage and providing recommendations for mitigation
Ensure all work is carried out and documented in accordance with required standards and procedures
Liaise with technical and development teams to ensure the environment is at the appropriate code level prior to commencing test execution
Mandatory Requirements:
Proficient in iOS native development and Android testing platforms & firebase backend
Strong understanding in Hybrid apps & Backend services including & to end delivery with design, architecture, development
Manual & automation testing
Demonstrate understanding in web server & backend services and app development tools like Xcode with exposure to both Enterprise Mobile Application and software application development / programming.
Demonstrate strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and gain the confidence of the business community by providing regular, appropriate and clear communication
Exposure to programming languages like Swift & Javascript
Possess strong organisation skills demonstrating the ability to plan activities effectively and communicate them in a non-technical language
Experienced in the creation of detailed test plans & Apple standard development practices eg: Storyboard
Experienced in all Test activities, including planning, preparation and execution.
Have an awareness of all phases of testing including System Test, System Integration, User Acceptance, non-functional, Operational Acceptance Testing
Production of test documentation, including test plans, test requirements, scripts, test outcome reports and metrics
Have an awareness of creating test estimates.
Extensive use of test management tools, including HP Quality Centre & other cloud based tools.
A proven record of working in high pressure environment with changing priorities and deadlines.
Experienced in the use of test techniques such as Risk Based Testing, Advanced Defect Management & Static Testing
An awareness of the full project lifecycle from Inception through to Closedown
Ability to identify risks and issues and recommend potential resolution and mitigation
Ability to identify business risk from a technical issue and communicate this effectively in a business language
Good knowledge of software development best practices and development best practices along with testings is essential.
Knowledge on automation testing
Experience of usability testing.
Knowledge non-functional testing security or performance.
Must have at-least Bachelor's Degree in your academic qualification in Computers or Information Technology
Desirable Skills:
Design, develop, deploy and tune an N-Tier Enterprise Mobile Application based on open-source technologies
Passion for development, keeping up to date with the latest techniques and innovations
Relevant Professional and Technical certifications
Hours:
Minimum of 37.5 hours a week.
Like to work for us? Imagine a career in cutting edge Mobile and Software Development & Product Consulting. If you have it in you, send your profile now to support@tryaround.com