Lead iOS Engineer (SSE II)

Zip Co Limited; Council of the City of Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital financial services company in Sydney seeks a Senior Engineer to lead the transition of its Native iOS App to React Native. The role involves collaborating with team members to solve complex mobile engineering problems, mentoring engineers, and ensuring product quality. Candidates should have extensive experience in Swift, RxSwift, React Native, and modern architecture patterns. Competitive benefits include 25 days paid leave annually, parental leave, and wellness initiatives.

Benefits

25 days paid leave annually

16 weeks paid parental leave

Mental health and wellness initiatives

Fee‑free Zip products

Team social events

Daily free breakfast

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with Swift, RxSwift, and Swift UI.
• Experience working with React Native and Turbo Modules.
• Excellent understanding of the iOS application lifecycle.
• Solid knowledge of modern architecture patterns like MVVM and Clean architecture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager and Product Manager to discover technical problems.
• Develop, support, and provide guidance to reduce complexity.
• Perform effective code reviews and lead high-quality software development.
• Manage a backlog of features and bugs effectively.
• Recommend architectural changes to improve performance.

Skills

Swift

RxSwift

Swift UI

React Native

SnapKit

MVVM and Clean architecture

Risk management

Job description

Swift, RxSwift, and Swift UI expertise with an excellent understanding of the iOS application lifecycle.

• Join the Mobile Platform team to support the transition of the Native iOS App into React Native.
• Work flexibly, with two team connect days in the office per week.

Write your story with a career at Zip

Join Zip's Technology function, responsible for building and maintaining seamless, secure and sustainable platforms that enable customers to shop with confidence and merchant partners to grow their brands.

Our Mobile team is a high performing team that is accountable for solving complex mobile engineering problems, with a core mission to lead the transition of the Zip Native iOS App to React Native. As a Senior Engineer, you will own the delivery of solutions, directly mentoring high performing engineers and ensuring the ongoing evolution and success of Zip’s customer experience is robust and seamless.

What you’ll own

• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager, Product Manager and Designer (if applicable) in a triad to discover and validate technical problems.
• Develop, support, and provide technical guidance to the engineering squad to reduce complexity.
• Perform effective code reviews and lead the development of high-quality software used by our teams, merchants, and customers.
• Manage a backlog of features, bugs, and technical debt and effectively manage priority.
• Recommend and assist with architectural changes to improve performance and reliability.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Extensive experience working with Swift, RxSwift, and Swift UI.
• Experience working with React Native and Turbo Modules.
• Excellent understanding of the iOS application lifecycle and knowledge of SnapKit.
• Solid knowledge of modern architecture patterns like MVVM and Clean architecture.
• Ability to coach and bring the best out of others, with a focus on operational maturity and effective delivery.
• A mindset that embraces AI and new tools to adapt, learn and grow.
• An aptitude for identifying and managing risks. Whether you are a People Manager or an Individual Contributor, we are all leaders at Zip, therefore effective risk management is important to how we run our business and part of all our roles.
• Our values in your DNA: Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game.

What you’ll get in return

As we write this next exciting chapter in our story, we will continue to move at pace and embrace change. For you, this might mean opportunities to learn new skills with hands‑on experience, broader responsibilities, or the buzz of seeing your work impact customers faster.

• 25 days paid leave annually, including birthday leave and quarterly wellbeing days.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, and 4 weeks for supporting carers.
• Family support policies including miscarriage bereavement leave and domestic violence leave.
• Mental health and wellness initiatives, including $299 annual wellbeing allowance, free access for you and family members to our Wellbeing platform Sonder, discounted private health insurance, and great rates on fitness sessions through Class Pass.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave, 2 days study leave and 2 days religious or cultural leave per year.
• Fee‑free Zip products, and discounts with Zip merchant partners (AU).
• Team social events, epic offices, free breakfast daily, and weekly free lunches (Sydney and Melbourne).

Be a part of a team that reflects the diversity of our customers

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, veteran status, and everything else that makes you unique.

Equally, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive. Please let us know if there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

And finally…get to know us

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company, offering innovative, people‑centred products. Operating in two core markets – Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and the US, Zip offers access to point-of-sale credit and digital payment services, connecting millions of customers with its global network of tens of thousands of merchants.

We’re proud to be a values‑led business and our values – Customer First, Own it, Stronger Together and Change the Game – guide us in everything we do. #LI-Hybrid