Senior iOS Engineer

The Athletic; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Parental Leave

401 (k)

Short & Long Term Disability

Free Subscription

Competitive Health Care

HSA & FSA

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

The Athletic is seeking an experienced iOS engineer to own key aspects of our native iOS app, contributing to core features and architecture. You will build beautiful, polished user experiences and maintainable code, while collaborating with Design and Product to deliver performant UI.

Join a fast-moving team that values quality, testing, and scalable architecture, and help drive growth and a great user experience for sports fans.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift.
• Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine.
• Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges.
• Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions.
• Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Own key aspects of our native iOS application and contribute to core features and architecture.
• Build beautiful, polished user experiences and architect elegant, maintainable code.
• Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality.
• Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues.
• Refactor existing code to improve quality of life for other engineers.
• Collaborate with Design and Product to build performant UI.
• Architect the app for performance, growth, scalability, and code quality.
• Collaborate in a cross-functional team and suggest process improvements.

Skills

Swift

iOS development

GraphQL

Combine

Tools

SwiftUI

Job description

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401 (k)
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Free Subscription
• Competitive Health Care
• HSA & FSA
• Commuter Benefits

4+ years experience with native iOS development in SwiftPreferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, CombinePreferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challengesConsumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisionsPassion for sports and media is helpful, but not required