OCTO Senior iOS Developer

Short Description:

The OCTO-DMV team is looking to hire highly skilled senior iOS developer to rapidly connect DMV Enterprise Application with modern technology.

Complete Description:

Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) will be implementing the Mobile Driver License (mDL) for the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles for the Apple Wallet within the DMV modernization and digital identity ecosystem. To address these challenges, the OCTO-DMV team is looking to hire highly skilled senior iOS developer to rapidly connect DMV Enterprise Application with modern technology.

Role Description:

This role is essential for the successful implementation of secure mobile identity capabilities within the DMV ecosystem. The Senior iOS Developer will ensure that the mobile solution meets modern security standards, integrates seamlessly with Apple hardware and software technologies, and delivers reliable experience for end users. You will work to gain an understanding of the current system infrastructure, security needs, network considerations, and methodologies.

In this role, you will primarily focus on:

• Lead end‑to‑end development of native iOS applications using Swift and modern iOS architectural patterns.
• Integrate Apple identity‑related frameworks, including Secure Enclave–backed credential storage, Wallet‑based identity SDKs, and cryptographic APIs.
• Implement secure communication flows using industry standards, including ISO‑aligned mobile identity protocols and related data exchange specifications.
• Develop and maintain hardware‑level interactions such as NFC, BLE, device engagement, and secure element exchanges required for digital identity interactions.
• Work closely with backend service teams to ensure alignment with API specifications, secure data contracts, and identity‑based authentication flows.
• Perform in‑depth troubleshooting, debugging, and optimization across application layers including UI, networking, cryptography, and device hardware interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with Apple platform security guidelines, privacy requirements, and best practices for managing sensitive identity data.
• Provide architectural guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to junior developers on the mobile engineering team.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners including product owners, security architects, QA engineers, and business stakeholders to define and deliver high‑quality mobile capabilities.
  
  
  

Responsibilities:

The Senior iOS Mobile Developer will play a key role in the design, development, and implementation of advanced mobile solutions within the DMV modernization and digital identity ecosystem. This role is focused on building secure, high‑performance iOS applications leveraging native Apple frameworks, device‑level security features, and modern identity standards. Develop documentation throughout the lifecycle of the development process and provide technical support to the team.

• Design and develop mobile solutions for mDL using Swift and modern iOS architectural patterns.
• Integrate Apple identity‑related frameworks, including Secure Enclave–backed credential storage, Wallet‑based identity SDKs, and cryptographic APIs.
• Implement secure communication flows using industry standards, including ISO‑aligned mobile identity protocols and related data exchange specifications.
• Ensure that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
• Develop, Test and Deploy applications and systems
• Revise, update, refactor and debug codes
• Improve existing mobile applications and systems
• Proactively monitors and reports performance utilization of assigned technologies.
• Troubleshoot software and/or hardware issues/failures.
• Manage problem or escalated tickets and tasks and out-of-cycle requests from systems/software owners.
• Determine the best course of action for meeting business needs and provide consultative expertise to customers on how to best use systems.
• Proactively monitors and identifies broader, more complex issues across multiple, integrated, connecting technologies and communicate as appropriate.
• Provides technical knowledge and support to District agencies, personnel, and additional stakeholders
• Performs other related duties as assigned
• May coordinate activities of application developers.
• Able to identify best practices and standards for the use of the product.
• Delivers support and design for industry specific applications that require integration with statewide systems or applications
• Interacts with executive level business users or technical experts
• May function as a technical SME (Subject Matte rExpert)
  
  
  

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology

Candidate Skills Matrix:

Following sections are to be filled by the candidate:

Skills | Required/Desired | No. of Years | How many years of experience candidate has?

Professional experience in native iOS development using Swift. | Required | 7 |

Expertise in iOS frameworks: SwiftUI or UIKit, Combine, Core Data, Core NFC, Core Bluetooth, CryptoKit, and secure storage APIs. | Required | 7 |

Hands-on experience with hardware backed security (Secure Enclave), certificate management, key exchange, and data signing/verification. | Required | 7 |

Experience in working with REST APIs (Expert Level) | Required | 7 |

Experience in working with JSON and XML | Required | 7 |

Experience in translating Wireframes and designs for development | Required | 7 |

Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, authentication/authorization protocols, and secure session management. | Required | 7 |

Bachelor’s degree | Required | |

Must Be able to qualify for a Journeyman level Emerging Technology consultant category | Required | |

Experience integrating with mobile identity, wallet, or credential systems | Highly desired | 6 |

RedHat OpenShift Container-based application development and deployment experience | Desired | 4 |

Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development | Highly desired | 6 |

Background check:

• Extensive criminal history background check will be required. We cannot submit candidates with recent histories (go back seven years) of extensive driving, drug, robbery or any other illegal activity. Any criminal activity on the background check will eliminate the candidate from consideration. If selected, please make certain that you inform all candidates that they will have to complete this criminal background check prior to starting. NATIONAL background checks are required; Federal background checks are NOT compliant under this contract. A national background check is a national criminal background check that pulls criminal records from State and County Courts in almost every US State.