iOS Engineer, Flights Search

Priceline•New York, NY

8d•$130,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The iOS Engineer, Flights Search will build and optimize Priceline’s native iOS flight search and shopping experience across iPhone and iPad. The role involves developing responsive, accessible, high-performance booking flows with Swift and SwiftUI; creating flight search features such as fare comparison, seat map interactions, flight customization, and checkout; and using AI-assisted developer tools to support ideation, coding, refactoring, and automated testing. The engineer will collaborate with product managers, backend engineers, and UI/UX specialists to deliver stable solutions using Apple’s latest iOS SDKs. The role also includes designing client-side data handling, networking, and caching strategies to reduce search latency and maintain performance during peak booking traffic, as well as mentoring less experienced iOS developers. The position follows a hybrid model with two days onsite and the remaining days remote or in office.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
At least 3 years of experience building and maintaining high-performance, customer-facing iOS applications.
Strong expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, the iOS SDK, and Xcode.
Deep understanding of Swift Concurrency, including async/await, Actors, TaskGroups, and structured concurrency patterns.
Hands-on experience with mobile architecture patterns such as MVVM-C, VIPER, or The Composable Architecture (TCA), tailored to declarative UI workflows.
Fluency with AI-first developer tools and LLM-driven coding workflows, such as Cursor and Claude.
Familiarity with local data persistence tools such as SwiftData, Core Data, or Realm; network caching integration with URLSession; and dependency management using Swift Package Manager (SPM).
Strong computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented and functional programming, data structures, unit testing with XCTest or Swift Testing, performance profiling with Instruments, and multithreaded debugging.
Demonstrated history of living Priceline’s values: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability, and Trust.
Unquestionable integrity and ethics.

Nice To Haves

Experience with flight search engines, travel e-commerce, Global Distribution Systems (GDS), real-time dynamic pricing, or complex REST/GraphQL API consumption.

Responsibilities

Build and optimize native iOS flight search and shopping experiences across iPhone and iPad apps.
Develop reactive, accessible, high-performance booking flows using Swift, SwiftUI, Xcode, and native iOS technologies.
Create flight search features such as real-time fare comparison, seat map interactions, flight customization, and dynamic checkout flows.
Use AI-assisted developer tools to accelerate ideation, code generation, refactoring, and automated testing workflows.
Collaborate with product managers, backend engineers, and UI/UX specialists to build fast, stable solutions using current iOS SDKs.
Architect client-side data handling, networking, and caching strategies to minimize search latency and maintain app performance during peak traffic.
Mentor and coach less experienced iOS developers on Swift best practices, clean architecture, and UI responsiveness.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage and resources.
Generous time off, including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days.
Ability to work up to four weeks per year from anywhere.
Parental leave and dependent care and family support resources.
Summer Fridays, stocked kitchens, and catered meals, varying by location.
Retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts.
Employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits.
Travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits.
Employee Resource Groups, social events, recognition programs, and service awards.
Certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant.