Senior iOS Architect - Maps, 3D Rendering & Visualization

DXC Technology; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking a Lead iOS Engineer to spearhead architecture, design, and development of advanced native iOS apps with a strong focus on mapping, visualization, graphics, and 3D rendering. The role is hands-on and involves crafting scalable, testable solutions while mentoring other engineers.

You will drive engineering standards, collaborate with product/design/backend teams, and deliver high‑performance mobile experiences using Swift, SwiftUI, Core Graphics, SceneKit, RealityKit, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in native iOS development.
• Expert-level proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI.
• Strong hands-on experience with Combine and RxSwift.
• Proven experience leading technical architecture, application design, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Strong understanding of scalable, maintainable, modular, and highly testable iOS application architectures.
• Hands-on experience developing custom visualization, mapping, graphics, or rendering features.
• Strong practical knowledge of Core Graphics, Canvas, Path, Shape, and custom rendering pipelines.
• Strong understanding of coordinate systems, transformations, geometry calculations, and spatial relationships.
• Experience implementing interactive gestures including pan, zoom, and rotate.
• Strong understanding of hit-testing and interaction within custom-rendered visualizations.
• Experience developing overlay- and layer-based rendering architectures.
• Experience with geometry operations such as clipping, path simplification, and smoothing.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization experience using Xcode Instruments.
• Production experience with at least one modern iOS 3D rendering framework, such as SceneKit or RealityKit.
• Strong understanding of 3D graphics fundamentals, including transforms and transformation matrices, Quaternions, Camera systems, Raycasting, Coordinate-space conversions, 3D coordinate systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, technical design, and implementation of complex native iOS applications.
• Develop scalable, maintainable, modular, and highly testable solutions using Swift and SwiftUI.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Design and implement advanced visualization, mapping, graphics, and rendering capabilities for iOS platforms.
• Develop custom rendering components using Core Graphics, Canvas, Path, Shape, and custom rendering pipelines.
• Build map-based visualization systems including overlays, annotations, layers, and interactive spatial elements.
• Implement coordinate systems, coordinate transformations, gesture handling, and hit-testing.
• Develop interactive map functionality supporting gestures such as pan, zoom, and rotate.
• Design and implement overlay- and layer-based rendering architectures.
• Implement geometry operations including clipping, path simplification, smoothing, and other spatial calculations.
• Analyze and optimize application performance using Xcode Instruments and other profiling and debugging tools.
• Design and implement 3D visualization capabilities using SceneKit, RealityKit, or comparable 3D rendering technologies.
• Apply 3D graphics concepts including transforms, matrices, quaternions, camera systems, raycasting, and coordinate-space conversions.
• Identify and resolve complex rendering, performance, memory, and architectural challenges.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX/UI designers, backend engineers, and other technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other iOS engineers.
• Contribute to engineering standards, technical strategy, and continuous improvement of development practices.

Skills

iOS Native Development

Swift & SwiftUI

Combine & RxSwift

Architecture Leadership

Rendering Pipelines

3D Graphics

Map Rendering

Gesture Handling

Performance Optimization

Code Reviews & Mentoring

Tools

Xcode Instruments

SceneKit

RealityKit

Metal

USDZ/glTF

Job description

DXC Technology is seeking a Lead iOS Engineer to spearhead architecture, design, and development of advanced native iOS apps with a strong focus on mapping, visualization, graphics, and 3D rendering. The role is hands-on and involves crafting scalable, testable solutions while mentoring other engineers.

You will drive engineering standards, collaborate with product/design/backend teams, and deliver high‑performance mobile experiences using Swift, SwiftUI, Core Graphics, SceneKit, RealityKit, and