Senior iOS Engineer — Scale Apps, Swift & AI in Dev

HireHi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave policy

Matched pension or retirement plan

Wellbeing initiatives and discounts (e

Social events and merch discounts

Volunteering allowance

London office three days per week

Salary range £65,000-£85,000

Job summary

Resident Advisor is a platform serving millions with events, news and app experiences. We seek an experienced iOS engineer to design major features, align iOS/Android APIs, modernise legacy code, and raise release quality through tests and monitoring.

You will mentor teammates, collaborate with web/platform teams, and help steer AI use in development. This on-site London role offers strong compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience building and releasing iOS apps used at scale.
• Deep experience with Swift, app architecture, and refactoring live code.
• Testing and coding practices that support stable app releases.
• Ability to improve other developers through review, pairing, and clear explanations.
• Ability to explain technical trade-offs to product and design teams in plain language.
• Bonus: SwiftUI, reactive programming, GraphQL, A/B testing, phased rollouts, data tracking, monitoring tools such as Datadog, Android or cross-platform experience, an interest in electronic music and the scenes RA serves

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of larger features, including specifications that align iOS and Android on the same APIs
• Own areas of the codebase and safely modernise older parts
• Improve release quality through automated UI tests on native frameworks, crash analysis, and monitoring
• Review code and mentor other developers
• Work with the web and platform teams on the APIs the app depends on
• Help shape how the team uses AI in development and where it should not be used

Skills

Swift

App architecture

Refactoring live code

Testing practices

Mentoring

Clear communication

Explain trade-offs

SwiftUI

Reactive programming

GraphQL

A/B testing

Datadog

Tools

GraphQL

SwiftUI

Datadog

A/B testing

Job description

Resident Advisor is a platform serving millions with events, news and app experiences. We seek an experienced iOS engineer to design major features, align iOS/Android APIs, modernise legacy code, and raise release quality through tests and monitoring.

You will mentor teammates, collaborate with web/platform teams, and help steer AI use in development. This on-site London role offers strong compensation and benefits.