About Discovery

 

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

 

About Vitality Group

 

Vitality Group, a subsidiary of Discovery Limited, is responsible for the expansion of the Vitality Shared-Value Insurance business model beyond South Africa and the UK, serving to fully leverage the assets and intellectual property of Discovery beyond its primary markets. The business forms equity or contractual partnerships with leading global insurers to integrate Vitality and shared value with partners’ insurance and financial services products in the markets where they operate. Vitality Group also operates a business providing wellness solutions to employer groups in the United States. Vitality Health International, a business unit within Vitality Group, coordinates and focuses on resource allocation to Discovery’s emerging, global health insurance initiatives. Vitality Group is also responsible for Discovery’s 25 percent equity investment in Ping An Health, the largest comprehensive medical insurer in China.

 

To date, Vitality Group’s businesses jointly reach more than 20 million lives across 28 markets (Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Kingdom the United States, and Vietnam).

 

 

Key Purpose

Designs, develops, and implements Flutter mobile applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, writes code and performs unit and functional testing of software. Contributes to the overall architecture and standards of the group, acts as an SME and plays a software governance role. 
 

Flutter Leads must be able to technically support and maintain the deployed applications on dev, test and production environments.

 

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Flutter Leads must have a competent understanding of:

Leading and driving a high performance Flutter team The system development life cycle and can explain the developer’s role in each stage The defined system development tools, processes and workflows The distinction between business, functional and non-functional requirements and how to implement them The importance of delivering high quality source code and how to achieve it The technologies used and the systems components structure The domain and business terminologies and link them back to system implementations 

Flutter Leads should be able to demonstrate that they can:

Develop, test, and maintain the deployed application software with high quality Collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure a successful, high-quality product and great user experience Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues with efficiency. Perform accurate development estimation Produce technical specifications and designs. Participate in new business development through ideation, prototype development, and project estimates Research new techniques, tools, and best practices and share that knowledge with the team and community Maintain high standards  Analytical and problem solving skills Self-starter who takes ownership, is accountable, and is able to work under minimum supervision Excellent written and verbal communication skills Can help with quality assurance and provide comments                                          

Within 6 months of being in the position, a Flutter Lead should be able to demonstrate strong domain knowledge and technologies in relation to the environment that they work in.

 

Personal Attributes and Skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills (English) Is values driven Ability to work in a self-driven, complex environment with multiple and changing priorities Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables Ability to think abstractly Ability and desire to quickly learn new technologies Clean code thinking Is a problem solver

 

 

Education and Experience

A degree in IT 5+ years’ experience as an iOS/Android developer 4+ years’ experience as a Flutter developer Experience with software development in a test-driven environment Excellent understanding and application of design principles Leading a development team Defining architectural strategy for a mobile application Assist in planning and work planning Input in hiring and interviewing developers Worked with product owners or business representatives to understand needs and articulate them into stories for execution.

 

Advantageous

3+ year user interface analyst experience (preferred) Software Engineering related degree/qualification Honours degree Business experience and product knowledge Experience in Objective-C is beneficial Experience in Java or Kotlin Have worked on at least 1 app published in the App or Play Store Experience with migration of native apps to Flutter Experience with development of Flutter plug-ins and modules Experience with app deployment pipeline Experience with publishing an app to the App or Play Store Knowledge of integrating native and flutter code Knowledge of the GoogleFit and HealthKit Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and architecting an application accordingly.

 

Methodologies

Familiarity with Agile development methodologies Knowledge of OO design principles and development patterns Knowledge of event programming Knowledge of BLoC Secure development practices Zero trust

 

Tools

XCode Android Studio ServiceNow or Similar Git and GitFlow lifecycle management

 

Technologies

Swift/Kotlin (Java) Dart and Flutter UML JSON REST Web Service Development

 

Other

Software architecture JAD sessions Data modelling techniques

 

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.