Remote Senior iOS Engineer (Swift) — 3-Month Contract

Wikimedia Foundation; Iowa City (IA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, iOS to join the App Growth team within the Core Experiences engineering group on a 3-month full-time contract. You will drive medium-scale iOS initiatives, design components, and raise the bar for performance and accessibility across the multilingual Wikipedia app while collaborating with product, design, and analytics teams.

This is a remote-first role requiring daily overlap with 14:00–21:00 UTC to align with the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional iOS development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit.
• Experience with performance optimization and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Deliver medium complexity initiatives from technical discovery through delivery.
• Lead design of scalable, accessible iOS components for a global audience.
• Collaborate with product, design, analysts and native engineers to align outcomes.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

iOS architecture patterns

Performance optimization

Self-driven

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

CS/STEM degree

Tools

MediaWiki

WordPress

Drupal

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, iOS to join the App Growth team within the Core Experiences engineering group on a 3-month full-time contract. You will drive medium-scale iOS initiatives, design components, and raise the bar for performance and accessibility across the multilingual Wikipedia app while collaborating with product, design, and analytics teams.

This is a remote-first role requiring daily overlap with 14:00–21:00 UTC to align with the team.