IOS Engineer

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; Ringway; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Technologies Recruitment in Manchester is seeking an experienced iOS Engineer to join our established engineering team. You will build, maintain, and elevate native iOS features alongside a TypeScript-based backend-driven UI solution, contributing to production-grade mobile experiences.

We value autonomous, pragmatic developers who can dive into an existing codebase and deliver with minimal guidance, using Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit within an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional iOS development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Swift, SwiftUI, MVVM and UIKit.
• Experience consuming REST/GraphQL APIs and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery: Drive features from technical design through implementation and release using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.
• Collaborative Engineering: Break down complex tasks and partner effectively with backend engineers, designers, PMs, and QA in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Quality & Stability: Debug production issues, write maintainable code with robust unit tests, and monitor app health using observability and crash reporting tools.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

SwiftUI

MVVM

UIKit

Tools

Xcode

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tools

Job description

iOS Engineer

Duration: 06 Months

Location: Manchester - 1 days onsite a week

The Role

Join our established engineering team as an Experienced iOS Engineer, where you will build, maintain, and elevate native iOS features alongside a TypeScript-based backend-driven UI solution. We are looking for a highly autonomous, pragmatic developer who can dive directly into an existing codebase and begin delivering production-ready software with minimal guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery: Drive features from technical design through implementation and release using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.
• Collaborative Engineering: Break down complex tasks and partner effectively with backend engineers, designers, PMs, and QA in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Quality & Stability: Debug production issues, write maintainable code with robust unit tests, and monitor app health using observability and crash reporting tools.

What You Bring

• Core Experience: 3+ years of professional iOS development with deep expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, modern architectures (like MVVM), and UIKit interoperability.
• Technical Chops: Proven experience consuming REST/GraphQL APIs, navigating CI/CD pipelines, and utilizing Xcode tooling.
• Bonus Skills: Familiarity with GraphQL, A/B testing platforms, Apple's Human Interface Guidelines, large-scale consumer apps, and observability platforms (Grafana, Datadog, Firebase).

The Ideal Candidate

• Autonomous & Impactful: You are comfortable in large codebases, require minimal onboarding to become productive, and have a strong focus on ownership.
• Forward-Thinking: You possess strong engineering fundamentals and actively leverage modern tools-including advanced usage of AI assistants like Claude and Codex-to enhance your workflow.
• Clear Communicator: You estimate work realistically, communicate risks early, and make pragmatic decisions that balance speed and quality.