Senior iOS Engineer (Remote)

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Remote is seeking an experienced iOS engineer to own key aspects of our native iOS app and contribute to core features and architecture. This role is remote for candidates located in the United States or Canada, with a focus on performance, code quality, and maintainability.

You will collaborate across Design and Product, write tests, and help drive product decisions while staying current with Apple best practices and modern tooling like SwiftUI and GraphQL.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of native iOS development in Swift
• Consumer-facing product and design instincts with product decision influence
• Preferred experience with GraphQL, SwiftUI, and Combine
• Preferred experience in an early-stage startup growth and scale
• Passion for sports/media is helpful but not required

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design and Product to build beautiful, performant UI
• Architect the app for performance, scalability, growth, development ease, and code quality
• Write unit and functional tests to ensure code quality
• Investigate, debug, and fix production issues
• Brainstorm product ideas and improvements with design/product teams
• Refactor existing code to improve quality of life for engineers
• Work in a cross-functional team and suggest process improvements

Skills

Swift

Design instincts

Product decision influence

Tools

GraphQL

SwiftUI

Combine

Job description

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

• 4+ 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