iOS Engineer - Swift, UI, CI/CD, Remote-First

Economist-Group-; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension or 401(k) plan

Private health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Work From Anywhere program

Free access to Economist content

Job summary

The Economist Group is looking for a Software Engineer, iOS, to help build and improve our mobile applications. In this role, you will contribute to delivering reliable, high-quality features while growing your expertise in native iOS development.

You will work in a collaborative, remote-first environment alongside experienced engineers, contributing to both new features and ongoing improvements to the app.

Qualifications

• Experience in iOS development.
• Proficiency in Swift and familiarity with iOS frameworks (e.g. SwiftUI or UIKit).
• Experience building and shipping mobile applications.
• Understanding of mobile development fundamentals, including UI patterns and performance considerations.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integrating backend services.
• Exposure to testing practices and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn.
• Good communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain iOS applications using Swift and modern frameworks.
• Build user interfaces and features in collaboration with Product and Design.
• Contribute to application architecture and code quality within the team.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Debug issues and help improve application performance and stability.
• Participate in code reviews and team engineering practices.
• Work with backend services and APIs to deliver end-to-end functionality.
• Support testing, release, and CI/CD processes.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Testing

Code reviews

API integration

Tools

Xcode

Job description

The Economist Group is looking for a Software Engineer, iOS, to help build and improve our mobile applications. In this role, you will contribute to delivering reliable, high-quality features while growing your expertise in native iOS development.

You will work in a collaborative, remote-first environment alongside experienced engineers, contributing to both new features and ongoing improvements to the app.