iOS Engineer (Remote)

The Athletic Media Company; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The Athletic Media Company is seeking an experienced iOS engineer to own core features and architecture of our native app. You will build fast, polished experiences, embrace bleeding-edge Apple features, and contribute to overall app quality.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years of Swift iOS development, strong product instincts, and comfort with GraphQL, SwiftUI, and Combine. This is a remote role for US/Canada residents, with competitive base pay and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of native iOS development experience in Swift.
• Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a voice in product decisions.
• Preferred experience with GraphQL, SwiftUI, and Combine.

Responsibilities

• Work with Design and Product to build UI that is beautiful and well-engineered.
• Architect and build the app for performance, growth, and code quality.
• Write unit and functional tests to ensure code quality.
• Investigate, debug, and fix production issues reported by users.
• Brainstorm product ideas and improvements with design and product teams.
• Refactor code to improve developer experience and maintainability.
• Collaborate in a cross-functional team and contribute improvements.

Skills

iOS Swift

SwiftUI

Combine

GraphQL

Product design sense

Tools

Swift

GraphQL

SwiftUI

Combine

Xcode

Job description

About Us

Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.

About the Role

Our ideal candidate will own key aspects of our native iOS application and contribute to our core features and architecture. We’re looking for an experienced engineer who can build beautiful, polished user experiences and architect elegant, maintainable code. We prioritize fast iteration without compromising quality. Successful candidates keep up-to-date with best practices and have a familiarity with bleeding-edge features from Apple.

You can check out our current iOS app here:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-athletic-sports-news/id1135216317

This role is remote for candidates currently located in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

• Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered


• Architect and build the app to optimize for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality


• Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality


• Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues


• Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams


• Refactor existing code where needed in order to improve quality of life for the other engineers.


• Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on process and making your own suggestions for improvements

Requirements

• 2+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift


• Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions


• Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine


• Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges


• Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required

The annual base salary range for this role is $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

We are excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process. If you are a candidate for a technical role, we will let you know what specific tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.