Description:
Service Victoria is the one place to go for government services. It's our job to make things easy. Our customers give our services an overall 96% satisfaction score, and our app was the most downloaded in Australia for 2021.
The Service Victoria culture is dynamic and fast-paced, we're not what you'd expect from a government department. We work flexibly and remotely, using our workspace in Footscray . We have a mature digital services platform of contemporary cloud-based infrastructure, technical architecture and scalable and reusable common capabilities, with real-time integration into agency legacy systems.
The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government.
Service Victoria and DGS are bringing important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses.
We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.
We are looking for a Senior iOS Engineer on a 12 month contract. This role is a high-level position in our organisation and comes with a lot of responsibilities. The selected candidate will be in a senior role in the mobile development team, architecting and developing a robust, scalable, and efficient iOS version of the Service Victoria mobile app.
Key Accountabilities
- Helps to plan, design, build and support our products.
- Contribute to product planning by providing authoritative and pragmatic advice balancing technical excellence, business objectives and quality requirements.
- Develops high-quality solutions to challenging and complex product requirements.
- Helps lead the technology strategy, including design patterns, library re-use, testing and deployment techniques.
Key selection criteria
- A deep familiarity with Swift and Objective-C and Cocoa Touch.
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Strong working knowledge of iOS SDK, different versions of iOS, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
- Experience with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.
- Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics, and Core Text
- Excellent knowledge of iOS UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
You will have the exciting and rare opportunity get involved in building a modern and innovative government department, that will transform government services. You will be working with a growing team of enthusiastic professionals with highly skilled leaders in an environment that will support your growth and development. You'll also be able to build connections across the Victorian Public Sector.
DGS is a diverse and inclusive workplace and is committed to providing flexible working arrangements.
Please apply with your CV and a Cover Letter.
Thank you,
For more information please contact Tatjana Milosevic on tatjana.x.milosevic@dgs.vic.gov.au