iOS Engineer (Remote)

Summary

The Athletic is a sports media company providing comprehensive coverage of professional and college sports. They are seeking an experienced iOS Engineer to own key aspects of the native iOS application, build polished user experiences, and contribute to scalable, maintainable architecture. The role involves collaborating with design and product teams, testing and debugging the app, and improving products and engineering processes.

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

Skills

• 2+ 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

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift
• Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions

Nice to Haves

• 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

Benefits

• For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits may be available for U.S. roles.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s) may be available for U.S. roles.
• A company-matching 401(k) plan may be available for U.S. roles.
• Paid vacation may be available for U.S. roles.
• Paid sick days may be available for U.S. roles.
• Paid parental leave may be available for U.S. roles.
• Tuition reimbursement may be available for U.S. roles.
• Professional development programs may be available for U.S. roles.