Key Decisions / Dimensions
1. Team Structure and Roles: Defining team roles, responsibilities, and structure to optimize workflow and collaboration. This includes decisions on hiring new team members, promoting or reassigning existing ones, and determining the best team configuration for project success.
2. Project Planning and Road mapping: Developing detailed project plans and roadmaps that outline timelines, milestones, and deliverables. This involves setting realistic deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and allocating resources effectively to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
3. Process and Methodology Implementation: Deciding on the development methodologies and processes the team will follow, such as Agile, Scrum, or Kanban. This includes establishing best practices, setting up workflows, and ensuring that the team adheres to these methodologies for consistent and efficient progress.
Major Challenges
1. Communication and Collaboration:
Ensuring seamless communication across diverse teams is vital, particularly in remote setups. SDM must facilitate effective collaboration, using tools and practices that promote clear information flow and mutual understanding, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
2. Quality Assurance:
Maintaining high code quality and thorough testing is critical. SDM should implement CI/CD practices, ensure comprehensive test coverage, and address technical debt proactively, balancing the need for rapid delivery with long-term maintainability and reliability of the software.
3. Adaptability to Change:
Navigating market shifts, technological advances, and changing customer needs demands agility. SDM must foster a culture of adaptability, embracing agile methodologies, and ensuring the team can swiftly respond to changes in requirements, team composition, and external pressures, maintaining productivity and morale.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Graduate or post-graduate in computer science and engineering
Work Experience: 3-5 years
Required Skills:
o Native Mobile Development:
1. Basic understanding of native development for both iOS (Swift, Objective-C) and Android (Java, Kotlin).
2. Skills in designing intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces for mobile devices.
3. Experience with RESTful APIs, and third-party libraries for integrating various services.
4. Techniques for optimizing mobile app performance, including memory management and reducing app size.
5. Knowledge of mobile-specific APIs for accessing device features like camera, GPS, and sensors.
6. Testing and Debugging: Familiarity with testing frameworks (robo-electric, expresso, junit etc.) and mobile debugging tools.
7. App Deployment: Experience with deploying apps to the App Store (iOS) and Google Play Store (Android)
8. Build Tools: Experience with build tools and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
9. Security Best Practices: Understanding of mobile security practices, including secure storage, authentication, and data protection.
o Web Development:
1. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
2. JavaScript Frameworks: Knowledge of frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.
3. CSS Frameworks: Familiarity with frameworks like Bootstrap or Materialize for responsive design.
4. Service Workers:Understanding of service workers for background processes, caching, and offline functionality.
5. App Shell Model: Knowledge of the app shell architecture to ensure fast loading times and smooth user experiences.
6. Web APIs: Proficiency in using modern web APIs such as the Fetch API, Web Storage API, and Notification API.
7. Responsive Design: Skills in creating responsive and adaptive designs that work across various devices and screen sizes.
8. Version Control: Proficiency with Git for version control and collaboration.
9. Build Tools and Package Managers: Experience with tools like Webpack, Babel, and package managers like npm or Yarn.
10. Testing and Debugging: Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Mocha, Jasmine, Karma) and debugging tools (e.g., Chrome DevTools).
11. Security Best Practices: Understanding of web security practices, including HTTPS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and handling sensitive data.
Skills Keywords: Native Mobile Development Fundamentals:
iOS, Swift, Objective-C, Android, Java, Kotlin, User Interfaces, UI Design, RESTful APIs, Third-Party Libraries, Mobile App Performance, Memory Management, App Size Optimization, Mobile-Specific APIs, Camera, GPS, Sensors, Testing Frameworks, Robolectric, Espresso, JUnit, Mobile Debugging Tools, App Deployment, App Store, Google Play Store, Build Tools, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, CI/CD, Mobile Security Practices, Secure Storage, Authentication, Data Protection
Web Development Fundamentals:
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JavaScript Frameworks, React, Angular, Vue.js, CSS Frameworks, Bootstrap, Materialize, Service Workers, App Shell Model, Web APIs, Fetch API, Web Storage API, Notification API, Responsive Design, Version Control, Git, Build Tools, Webpack, Babel, Package Managers, npm, Yarn, Testing Frameworks, Jest, Mocha, Jasmine, Karma, Debugging Tools, Chrome DevTools, Web Security Practices, HTTPS, Content Security Policy, CSP