iOS Engineer

The Guardian; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Employer pension contributions

Volunteer days

Private healthcare

Life cover

Eye tests

Dental insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Season ticket loans

Job summary

The Guardian is seeking an iOS Engineer to join the Apps Experience team. You will build features in Swift and SwiftUI, maintain code quality and collaborate with designers, editors and other engineers to deliver fast, accessible apps.

You'll be part of a culture that values innovation, code quality, and cross‑functional teamwork, with a hybrid work arrangement and ongoing opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Experience developing iOS applications in Swift with modern iOS development using SwiftUI and UIKit.
• Ability to independently deliver well-scoped features from development through to release.
• Willingness to contribute to architectural discussions and learn from more experienced engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain major new features and improve existing functionality.
• Review code to maintain high standards and quality.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and engineers to deliver high-quality user experiences.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and evolve engineering practices.

Skills

Swift programming

SwiftUI

UIKit

Collaborative teamwork

Code reviews

Tools

Xcode

Git

Job description

Job Description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are now looking for an iOS Engineer to join our Apps Experience team. We build the Guardian iOS app primarily in Swift. With 4.8+ star reviews, one of the UK's top 12 news apps on the App Store, and handpicked by Apple's editorial team for its Editor's Choice collection, we're trusted by millions of readers to deliver a fast, reliable and accessible experience.

As an iOS Engineer you'll build and maintain features, taking ownership of the delivery of appropriately scoped pieces of work from design through to release with the support of your team.

About the role

• You'll be building and testing major new features, as well as improving and maintaining existing functionality.
• Our programming language of choice is Swift, and we now build all new features exclusively using SwiftUI, but you'll occasionally work with legacy code in Objective-C.
• You won't be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative, whether pair programming with other developers or working closely with designers, editorial and commercial colleagues.
• Sometimes deciding what code to write is as hard as writing the code itself. As an engineer you'll be involved in product decisions as well as technical ones.
• You'll be reviewing the code of other engineers to ensure we maintain our app's high standard.
• You'll contribute to technical discussions and help evolve our architecture and engineering practices.
• You'll collaborate closely with product managers, designers and fellow engineers to deliver high-quality user experiences.
• You'll strive to be innovative on a daily basis, as well as at our regular hack days. For example, a recent hack day saw the iOS team develop a new home screen widget using SwiftUI, which has now been shipped to the App Store.

About you

• Experience developing iOS applications in Swift, with a good understanding of modern iOS development using SwiftUI and UIKit and Apple's core frameworks.
• The ability to independently deliver well‑scoped features, producing high-quality, maintainable code and taking responsibility for your work from development through to release.
• An understanding of software design principles and a willingness to contribute to architectural discussions, learning from and collaborating with more experienced engineers on complex technical challenges.
• A collaborative approach to working with product managers, designers and fellow engineers, communicating effectively and contributing positively to the team's success.
• Curiosity and a desire to continually develop your technical skills, improve the developer experience, and contribute ideas that enhance our products and ways of working.
• An appreciation for cross‑functional collaboration, enjoying working with Android and backend engineers to deliver a consistent experience across platforms. Familiarity with Kotlin for Android, or Scala and Typescript for server side development is useful, but not essential.

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media

Our engineers and developers operate in a hybrid environment working 1 day a week from our offices in Kings Cross and 4 days a week remotely.

We strive for salary transparency wherever possible. The salary band for new iOS Developers starts at £62,000 per annum.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits at the Guardian

• You'll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age).
• We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.
• You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.
• We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.