Senior iOS Engineer — Lead Secure, High-Performing Apps

Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to join ABC Digital Product and shape mobile experiences used by Australians. You will lead development, guide design and delivery, and create scalable, secure iOS apps with a focus on performance and accessibility.

You will mentor engineers, influence engineering standards, and partner with cross-functional teams to plan and deliver major features while maintaining robust technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications or equivalent significant skills, knowledge and experience.
• Extensive experience developing complex, scalable, secure, accessible and high-performing applications across mobile platforms.
• Highly advanced iOS development skills with Swift in public-facing apps.
• Extensive experience with automated testing (unit/integration/e2e).
• Extensive mobile release experience including CI/CD pipelines and monitoring.
• Proven technical leadership with mentoring across engineering teams.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Strong planning and organisational skills for multi-person delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, maintenance and support of ABC iOS applications, delivering high-quality features and reusable components.
• Define the technical roadmap and contribute to product planning and engineering strategy.
• Coordinate major feature delivery, manage dependencies, timeframes and stakeholder expectations.
• Identify and resolve complex production issues to improve performance and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers while evolving engineering standards.
• Maintain clear technical and project documentation for sustainable development.

Skills

iOS development

Mobile architecture

CI/CD

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Tertiary qualifications in related field

Tools

Xcode

SwiftUI

Automated testing tools

Job description

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to join ABC Digital Product and shape mobile experiences used by Australians. You will lead development, guide design and delivery, and create scalable, secure iOS apps with a focus on performance and accessibility.

You will mentor engineers, influence engineering standards, and partner with cross-functional teams to plan and deliver major features while maintaining robust technical documentation.