Senior iOS Engineer

Pocket Prep•Durham, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our iOS engineers work to maintain and add new features to our native iOS Study app. This role will substantially contribute to our iOS production codebase and test suite, and will work in tandem with our Android engineers to produce a consistent experience across platforms. This can involve code review, participating in and leading technical kickoffs, and developing best practices. The role will also collaborate with our design team to implement a consistent and responsive UI that gels with both our product and the native OS look and feel. The right candidate will be focused not just on writing code, but being a great engineer, problem-solver, and teammate.

Requirements

6+ years of native iOS development experience in Swift
Strong knowledge of the iOS platform framework and Swift
Proficiency building UI in Interface Builder
Experience deploying apps to the App Store
XCTest framework proficiency
An engineer’s mindset - writing code that will stand the test of time and address the problems at hand, rather than focusing on quick fixes
A desire to collaborate with the team, knowledge share, and pair program to find optimal solutions and solve complex tasks
Strong opinions, weakly held - use your expertise to provide input and feedback, while also keeping an open mind to possibilities
Love for continued learning individually and as a team, as well as making education more accessible for others
Embrace a spirit of improvement and welcome feedback
Choose curiosity instead of judgment
Share your opinions and perspectives, and kindly disagree when you see things differently
Craft is important to you; You prefer to do things well instead of rushed
Love for continued learning individually and as a team, as well as making education more accessible for others

Nice To Haves

Reactive architectural patterns/RxSwift proficiency
Experience building UI with SwiftUI
Familiar with iOS accessibility best practices
Familiar with Android platform and Kotlin language, and able to understand and provide feedback on Android code

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain our iOS Study application and test suites
Work closely with Android engineers to align our mobile experiences and architectural patterns across platforms
Collaborate with the design team to implement UX changes and inform them of platform-specific behavior
Ideate with PMs to flesh out technical requirements, risks, and complexity
Work with the larger engineering team to develop and iterate on our values, best practices, and code style guidelines

Benefits

Stability: We're 12+ years old, 100% profitable without investor backing and we continue to have year-over-year growth.
Work/Life Balance: Freedom to live your life while accomplishing something awesome for everyone in education. Flexible PTO and a 3-week company-wide holiday break from mid-December through the New Year.
Competitive Compensation: Generous profit-sharing program and total compensation that targets the 75th percentile.
100% Healthcare: We cover all of our employees' healthcare premiums because we are invested in your well-being. We also cover 80% of dependents.
Hybrid Flexibility: You can work where and when you are most effective. We have an office in downtown Durham, North Carolina, and are supportive of hybrid work options.
Give Back: We are active participants in our communities through volunteer partnerships with local nonprofits. We offer VTO (volunteer time off) for independent engagement with your community.

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