Lead iOS Engineer: Build & Release Architect

Draftkings; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

DraftKings seeks a Lead iOS Engineer to helm the iOS build and delivery infrastructure, defining the technical vision and guiding a growth-focused team. You will collaborate with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to deliver intuitive, high-performance iOS apps.

You will ensure reliability and scalability in a fast-moving, regulated gaming environment, while mentoring engineers and setting coding standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent.
• 4+ years building/shipping iOS apps, 2+ in leadership or mentorship.
• Expert Swift/SwiftUI with MVVM/VIPER patterns.
• Proven ability to design scalable codebases and lead large features.
• Strong background in API integration, data persistence & performance tuning.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Hands-on with Xcode settings, SPM, and Azure DevOps pipeline design.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of scalable iOS build and release tooling (Azure DevOps pipelines, build caching, release automation).
• Advance CI/CD performance, reduce build times, track impact with metrics.
• Set and uphold coding standards, architecture patterns, best practices across iOS team.
• Collaborate with product managers, DevOps, backend engineers to align with business goals.
• Mentor and coach iOS engineers to foster collaboration and technical excellence.
• Monitor app performance, stability, and release processes for reliable deployments.
• Stay current with iOS updates and emerging tooling; propose innovative solutions.
• Partner with leadership to shape product roadmaps and long-term mobile strategy.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

Leadership

Mentorship

API integration

CI/CD

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure DevOps

Xcode

Swift Package Manager

Job description

DraftKings seeks a Lead iOS Engineer to helm the iOS build and delivery infrastructure, defining the technical vision and guiding a growth-focused team. You will collaborate with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to deliver intuitive, high-performance iOS apps.

You will ensure reliability and scalability in a fast-moving, regulated gaming environment, while mentoring engineers and setting coding standards and best practices.