Lead Software Engineer (iOS) (On-site)

Cricut•South Jordan, UT

2h•Onsite

About The Position

Cricut is looking for a talented Lead iOS Mobile Engineer to help us take our iOS native apps to the next level. The position demands a candidate capable of doing high-quality work against technical and schedule challenges, while following strong software design and process principles. This is a great opportunity to play a key role in a dynamic team, working on cutting edge mobile technology. You are a driver of change and you have yet to meet a technological challenge you cannot resolve. You are dedicated to developing clean code that will help shape the iOS mobile software which thrills our users. High-Velocity Engineering: Leverage AI tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to accelerate development cycles, automate testing, streamline debugging, and rapidly prototype and ship features.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable field with 5+ years relevant experience
Extensive experience developing iOS mobile native applications in Swift/SwiftUI (experience in The Composable Architecture is a big plus)
Solid knowledge of iOS UI design principles, best practices, and development life cycle
Experience with at least one of these design architectures: MVVM, MVC, VIPER, Clean Architecture
Experience consuming RESTful JSON/XML web services, Open API standard (Swagger)
Experience in testing high volume applications: unit test, integration test, performance test
Experience with Git and GitFlow
Experience with Scrum/Agile methodologies
Experience in mentoring junior members
Experience in project management
A solid grasp of fundamental algorithms, data structures, and design patterns
Ability to prototype new features and redesign existing ones
Excellent problem solving, debugging skills, critical thinking, and communication skills
Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
Aptitude and desire to independently learn new technologies
Working knowledge of Internationalization

Nice To Haves

Experience in working with offshore contractors
Experience in continuous integration and delivery (e.g., Bitrise, GitHub Actions)
Experience in Core Animation, Core Graphics, Core Bluetooth
Experience in automated user interface functional testing
Experience with iOS performance profiling tools and optimization techniques
Experience with Google Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics

Responsibilities

Hands-on role where you will be working alongside the team
Lead technical architecture, coding standards, and other team processes and policies
Work with PM and UX on story refinement, articulate engineering concerns, and guide technical direction
Work with cross functional teams on quarterly planning and plan work for the team
Apply software engineering design patterns to develop well-structured, modular, performant application code
Run Scrum ceremonies
Work collaboratively with product manager to drive features and maintain the backlog
Serve as a technical mentor and know how to delegate tasks to the team
Perform code reviews, write unit and UI tests, and contribute to architectural planning and refactoring
Collaborate with API teams on API design
Drive software releases includes releasing apps to the App Store