iOS Engineer

The New York Times•New York, NY

11h•$110,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Since 1851, The New York Times' mission has been to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Whether it's bringing new truths to light through reporting, finding the perfect side dish to pair with dinner, or challenging yourself with the Sunday crossword, our mobile apps bring this mission right to our subscribers' hands. Our iOS apps are progressive and innovative. Our teams advocate for the best approach to building apps and look to the future by participating in Early Access Programs. Our mobile teams sit at the intersection of our mission. We’re looking for iOS Engineers across several teams to help us take our apps to the next level. Some of the opportunities include: Build engaging features to improve the reader experience in our flagship News app Maximize subscriber value within our Growth Platform Apply the latest trends in native development to create engaging experiences on our Games team Help users discover and cook the world's best recipes on the Cooking team Build the foundational technologies that empower all mobile teams by joining the App Platforms team

Requirements

2+ years of professional native iOS development experience using Swift
iOS design patterns, memory management, and multi-threading, such as SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, MVVM/MVI, and CoreData/GRDB
Knowledge of Git/GitHub and best practices for peer code review
Experience with the mobile app release process, build tools, and continuous integration
Experience with Agile software development practices
Understanding of dependency injection
Proven focus on app performance, quality, and responsiveness

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of iOS UI concepts (layouts, themes, styles, views) and Material Design guidelines
Experience working on a mobile platform team
Experience working with a distributed team and an understanding of how to make the most of asynchronous collaboration

Responsibilities

Build and ship iOS features by enhancing existing code and creating new functionality from scratch
Write clean, maintainable code using Swift and SwiftUI
Mentor other iOS engineers and support their growth
Participate in code reviews and write unit tests; collaborate with QA to enable robust automated functional tests
Contribute to app architectural decisions, documentation, technical roadmap and timeline estimations
Integrate with internal NY Times services and external third-party APIs
Stay current on iOS technologies, best practices, and AI tooling for mobile development
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world