Senior Mobile Engineer (IOS)

First Citizens Bank; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Mobile) to design, build, and maintain cross‑platform iOS apps using Cordova, with strong skills in Objective-C/Swift and React.

You will work on hybrid mobile solutions, optimize performance, deploy to the App Store, and collaborate across UI/UX, backend, and QA teams to ensure high-quality mobile experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years' experience or GED with 8 years in software development.
• Experience with authentication, multi-factor authentication is a plus.
• Experience with Ionic Framework.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain hybrid mobile applications for iOS.
• Optimize app performance and responsiveness.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve platform-specific compatibility issues and bugs.
• Deploy applications to the Apple App Store, ensuring compliance with their guidelines.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, backend developers, and QA teams to deliver high-quality mobile applications.
• Maintain proper documentation for development processes, app architecture, and technical specifications.
• Stay up to date with the latest mobile development trends, and best practices.

Skills

Cordova

iOS (Swift/ObjC)

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML5/CSS3

Git

CI/CD

Agile/JIRA

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related

GED/High School + 8 yrs exp

Tools

Cordova

Ionic Framework

React Native

Flutter

AWS/Azure/Firebase

JIRA

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a skilledSenior Software Engineer (Mobile) with expertise in developing cross-platform mobile applications foriOS usingApache Cordova. The ideal candidate will have strong experience inObjective-C, Swift and exposure to front-end frameworks such asReact. You will play a crucial role in building, optimizing, and maintaining hybrid mobile applications while ensuring seamless performance across multiple devices and operating systems.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintainhybrid mobile applicationsforiOS
• Optimize app performance and responsiveness
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve platform-specificcompatibility issues and bugs.
• Deploy applications to theApple App Store, ensuring compliance with their guidelines.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, backend developers, and QA teams to deliver high-quality mobile applications.
• Maintain proper documentation for development processes, app architecture, and technical specifications.
• Stay up to date with the latestmobile development trends, and best practices.
• Proven hands-on experiencein iOS (Swift/Objective-C)
• Hybrid mobile app development usingApache Cordova
• Should have experience integrating third party SDK's and developing custom plugins
• Experience inmobile security best practices.
• Working knowledge inHTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript.
• Experience integratingCordova pluginsfor native features such as Camera, GPS, File System, and Notifications.
• Experience withmobile debugging tools, performance optimization, and cross-platform compatibility
• Strong knowledge ofApp Store deployment processes
• Understanding ofApple Push Notification Services
• Experience withGit version control, Agile methodologies (JIRA etc.), and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong communication skills, problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team

Qualifications:
Minimum Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree and 4 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 8 years' experience in Software application development and maintenance

• Experience with authentication, multi-factor authentication is a plus
• Experience withIonic Framework.
• A good understanding of micro-front-end architecture
• Knowledge ofProgressive Web Apps (PWAs)
• Familiarity withcloud services like AWS, Azure, or Firebase.
• Experience withReact Native or Flutteris a plus.

Additional Information

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.