Senior/Lead iOS Engineer
About The Position
Medal is seeking a Senior/Lead iOS Engineer to enhance its mobile application. The role involves joining a skilled team of engineers and designers to develop the iOS experience, covering aspects from real-time recording and clipping to social feeds, content discovery, and chat. The engineer will influence mobile architecture, product strategy, and deliver features used by millions of gamers. The company emphasizes a fast-paced development cycle, aiming to release new features within two to three weeks of conception. This position is ideal for individuals passionate about creating polished mobile experiences, optimizing performance and user interaction, and working at the intersection of social media and gaming.
Requirements
- 5+ years of recent experience shipping iOS apps.
- Swift, UIKit, and SwiftUI knowledge.
- Swift Concurrency and Combine experience.
- AVFoundation experience or other hands-on work with video and audio on mobile.
- Experience working on complex real-time apps, video/media-heavy workflows, or social applications.
- An ownership mentality and a track record of driving projects end-to-end.
- Obsession with quality of code and interfaces.
- Interest in product and taking ownership of broad product areas.
- Practiced at using analytics, testing, user feedback, bug, and crash reports to inform app development.
- Experience using REST APIs and working with backend teams to accomplish product goals.
- A love for gaming.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for synchronous and asynchronous collaboration.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with video on mobile at a consumer-facing company.
- History as a Medal user.
- Knowledge of Android development.
- Experience with other Apple technologies such as Objective-C, iPadOS, macOS, etc.
- CI/CD experience (e.g., Xcode Cloud).
Responsibilities
- Own major parts of the iOS codebase and contribute to architecture decisions.
- Build and optimize video-heavy features used by millions of gamers, including recording, clipping, playback, and the social feed.
- Tackle ongoing performance work: reducing stutter, improving frame rates, and navigating iOS sandboxing challenges around media capture.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, backend, and product to ship fast without sacrificing quality.
- Advocate for user experience, performance, and accessibility.
- Help uphold a high bar for code quality and engineering culture.
- Stay on top of iOS best practices and help keep the tech stack modern and efficient.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Wellness and fitness perks including a Wellhub membership and mental health resources
- Paid parental leave, fertility and maternal health benefits
- Generous PTO policy
- Daily meals and commuter benefits at our NYC HQ in Flatiron
- Learning and development stipend
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
