iOS Engineer

What you will do:

• Lead projects from proposal through postmortem, assessing vague problems, proposing high impact solutions, and executing them against a set of success criteria.
• Step up to resolve product issues – large and small.
• Identify opportunities to increase searches and enhance the standard of trust online.
• Own major application features and take responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time.
• Collaborate with peers remotely during product brainstorms, technical design discussions, pair programming sessions and code reviews.
• Write pragmatic, performant, and testable code that works consistently across devices.
• Always work to improve the quality of the codebase.

What we are looking for:

• Significant iOS engineering experience (5+ years), with experience working on at least two large native iOS applications.
• Experience programming in Swift.
• Deep understanding of MV* concepts, mobile threading, and memory management and how they apply to mobile applications.
• A fundamental understanding of complex data structures and algorithms, which enables you to develop and apply new solutions and confidently navigate and improve existing code.
• Ability to leverage both quantitative and qualitative data and to collaborate with a cross-functional team to develop effective UX solutions.
• Effective project management skills.
• Creative problem solvers and risk takers. You like to take initiative to push projects forward but know when to involve others.
• Excellent communication skills. You can validate your decisions and communicate them clearly.
• Knowledge of Kotlin and willingness to do Android related work would be considered a plus.

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