Senior Consultant IT

Guardian Life; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the insurance sector is seeking a Senior iOS Development Manager/Architect to design and develop innovative apps that enhance user experience during critical life moments. This role involves collaboration, performance tuning, and the application of extensive iOS knowledge to deliver high-quality applications.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering experience required.
• Proficient in Swift and Cocoa Touch.
• Strong experience in debugging and optimizing code.

Responsibilities

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform.
• Ensure performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Collaborate with a team to define and ship new features.

Skills

Swift

Cocoa Touch

iOS frameworks

RESTful APIs

UI/UX standards

Performance tuning

Debugging

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description:

Are you interested in building apps used by people during some of the most important moments in their life? Apps that must work flawlessly because our users are protecting their lives or processing grief from the loss of a loved one. Apps that are reinventing the traditional insurance business by striving for best-in-class consumer user experience. In the Mobile Center of Excellence (MCoE), we design and develop all Guardian's native apps for Android & iOS. We also provide guidance and consulting services for any vendor-developed apps our affiliates may be providing to their customers. The MCoE team is seeking a talented Senior iOS Development Manager/Architect to help design and develop apps for our supported operating systems and deliver new experiences for our customers. Join us to help bring your ideas and ours to life!

Responsibilities:

1. Design and build applications for the iOS platform
2. Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
3. Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
4. Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
5. Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation

Skills:

• At least 15+ years of engineering experience
• Proficient with Swift and Cocoa Touch
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Strong communication skills, passion for quality, and attention to detail
• Experience writing multi-threaded, asynchronous code
• Track record in debugging and optimizing code for performance using instrumentation
• Strong experience working across organizations and teams

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Gurgaon

Current Guardian colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday