IOS Developer/ Lead Developer / Engineering Manager

Role: IOS Developer (Software Development Engineer III - IOS)

Location: Mumbai

Experience : 5-7 Years

The Role: SDE-3, IOS Developer

As a member of our IOS Engineering team, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing and building world-class mobile experiences that empower millions of Indians to trade, invest, and grow their wealth with confidence. This isn’t just about writing code — it’s about shaping the performance, security, and scale of one of India’s most loved fintech apps.

If you’re excited by solving complex technical challenges, mentoring engineers, and pushing the boundaries of mobile innovation, this role is for you.

Ideal candidate:

If you are an iOS developer with a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits. You will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile ecosystem. You are comfortable working on our existing codebase, developing new apps and optimizing them for a fast and delightful user experience. 

What You’ll Own

Design & Architecture: Drive the design and architecture of scalable, secure, and high-performance IOS applications.

End-to-End Development: Own features from concept to production, ensuring seamless UI/UX and optimal app performance.

Code Quality & Standards: Champion best practices in coding, testing, and deployment — raising the bar for the entire mobile team.

Collaboration: Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver frictionless, intuitive customer experiences.

Innovation: Explore and implement modern IOS technologies (Jetpack, Swift ) to stay ahead of the curve.

Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

Performance & Monitoring: Define metrics, monitor app health, and continuously optimize for speed, stability, and scale.

7+ years of hands-on IOS development experience, with strong expertise in Swift.

AI-native, with the mindset to harness AI for accelerating development, debugging, performance optimization, automating workflows, and driving smarter engineering decisions Proven track record of shipping complex, large-scale IOS apps with millions of users.

Strong grasp of mobile app architecture (MVVM/MVI), design patterns, dependency injection, and reactive programming.

Skilled at writing clean, maintainable, and testable code.

Exposure to performance tuning, memory management, multithreading, and offline storage strategies.

Collaborative mindset — able to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams while also mentoring peers.

Relentlessly resourceful, with a “figure it out” attitude and strong problem-solving skills.

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Why This Role Rocks

You’ll build at scale — powering a fintech platform trusted by millions of active users.

You’ll work on cutting-edge mobile tech (Swift, modular architecture, UI Control & UI View) with freedom to innovate.

You’ll have high ownership and visibility — directly shaping the user experience of one of India’s top fintech apps.

You’ll join a team of smart, driven engineers who thrive on solving big, meaningful problems.

Every line of code you write will impact the way India invests.

We are looking for people willing to work in a fast-paced and everchanging environment with focus on innovation and adaptive mindset. Come joins us, if you want to make a difference in healthcare field by building data as a key asset in decision making.

We are looking for a Team Lead/Architect for iOS platform responsible for designing and architecting applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and tablet computers.

The candidate should ideally possess the below experience

• Should Have experience leading/mentoring large technical teams.
• Experience in working with product managers , translating functional requirements to precise technical requirements.
• Identify, create and manage project/Product technical artefacts.
• Be able to plan technical milestones & drive development efforts with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience in designing enterprise grade application architecture for mobile apps, employing design patterns & best practices.
• Should have strong OOAD & TDD development approaches.
• Should have good exposure to code coverage, CPU, Memory & other profiling/tooling.
• Conduct code reviews, technical brainstorming sessions, do code refactoring & optimization.
• Coordinate with the Testing team and define UT, IT, Smoke/Regression tests.
• Triage & Delegate technical issues  to developers using bug tracking tools like JIRA
• Develop modular, reusable components for projects with industry-grade coding skills.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and clear the bottlenecks , identify the root causes of bugs along with developers
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

• Proficient with Objective-C or Swift languages, and Cocoa frameworks
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc
• Solid work experience with UI application development using standard patterns (MVC/MVP/MVVM)
• Work experience in AWS AppSync & Amplify framework integration
• Experience in offline & real time data models
• Solid experience with REST API standards and integration with ORM
• Expertise in design level optimization techniques – Caching, lazy loading, pre-fetching
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Solid understanding of security frameworks & practices for iOS development- Encryption & Data protection.
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with profilers
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools -Git, Mercurial or SVN
• Familiarity with continuous integration

Desired Skills

• Ability to understand Hybrid or cross platform applications using IONIC, React Native, Flutter
• Ability to develop any test tools in Mac/Desktop
• Experience with communication and messaging applications
• Experience with security software and solutions
• Experience in python / JavaScript is good to have  
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred

Qualification:

• Diploma, bachelors or masters in the area of human centred / product design
• Continued education and research into UI trends and current design strategy and technology

Methodology/Practices:

• Experience working on Agile development methodology
• Experience working in Design Thinking methodology (preferred)

• You have prior experience in Java
• You have a deep understanding of Android SDK, app fundamentals & different development frameworks, integration with backend / API
• Excellent attention to detail and an eye for visuals. Design skills are not required but you should be able to critique and modify existing designs
• You have a deep interest in technology
• You're ready to learn and use new technology

• Proven software development experience and iOS skills development
• Proven working experience in iOS app development and
• Have published at least one original iOS app
• Experience with iOS SDK
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Experienced in SWIFT Language

• Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

You can apply directly through here -

https://lnkd.in/erjTTJuS

The candidate should have good team player skills and the ability to work hard independently under the least supervision. Should be a problem solver and self-motivated to work in a startup environment. Must have good learning and grasping skills. Keen to learn new things and flexible to work with startup culture.

Responsibilities

• Translate existing designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Design, build and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable Java code.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
• Work in an agile environment with continuous integration and deployment.
• Detail requirements taking inputs from the team and coming up with estimations for planning.
• Collaborate on projects with a closely-knit team.
• Develop and maintain mobile apps using Rest APIs.

Requirements

• Experience- 0-2 years.
• Good aptitude and good attitude.
• Need a hardworking candidate.
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes.
• Strong Knowledge of OOPs.
• Strong Knowledge of Core Java.
• Hands-on experience in Java.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with offline storage, Proficient with Multithreading, I/O stream, Collections, etc.
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces.
• Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Familiarity with cloud APIs and push notifications.
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization.
• Understanding of Google's Android design principles and interface guidelines.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GitHub.
• Familiarity with continuous integration.
• A team player, fast learner with good verbal and written communication skills

Preference

• Hands-on experience in Kotlin.

Education

• UG: BCA in Computers, B. Tech/B. E. in Any Specialization.
• PG: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization.

Designation: Senior iOS Developer

Qualification: BCA/BTECH/BSCIT/BE/MCA/MTECH/MSCIT/ ME with relevant skills and interest may apply.

Salary: 30000 – 50000 per month

Experience: 3+ Years

Location: Mahape, Navi Mumbai (Work from Home for Next 4-5 months post that It can be working from office but people who just want to work from home are also welcome)

Job Profile/Description:

a) 3+ years of experience in Native iOS Application development.

b) Experience on iOS, iPhone SDK, Objective-C/Swift, Xcode & Interface Builder, MacOS,

Auto-layout, Autoresing.

c) Experience with Core Data, SQLite, Location Based Services added advantage.

d) Understanding of building App that utilizes web-services to tie applications to server-side APIs,

via REST and SOAP.

e) Experience with the implementation of third-party libraries and API.

f) Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging

technologies.

g) Should be aware of platform-independent mobile application development trends/ tools

h) Experience in developing enterprise mobility is desirable

i) Good interpersonal skills, for effective communication with business and development teams

j) Proven track record of successful and timely project delivery

k) Well Conversant on iOS along with other mobile platform for Mobile Application

l) Development and integration.

m) Should have executed at least three projects from start to finish in iOS

n) The position requires an expert understanding of complex, multi-phased projects and the

o) Understanding of apple design principles and interface guidelines.

P) Experience in uploading iOS apps on the App Store.

q) Candidate should be Quality and cost-driven with strong oral and written communication,

interpersonal skills.

r) Motivated to learn and implement new processes and technologies.

s) Candidate must have the ability to perform under a stringent timeline.

t) Should be a good Team player and team mentoring.

u) Contain good knowledge of different iPhone and iPad devices screen resolutions.

v) Proficient in code versioning tools including Mercurial, Git, and SVN.

w) Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools (such as Instruments and Shark,

depending on project needs)

x) Knowledge of Flutter will be nice to have

Only applicants who are available full time for a minimum duration of 1 year can apply.

About Tickled Media:

Tickled Media is a technology company that makes great products for parents in Asia. We publish theAsianparent and Africaparent; Asia's and Africa's largest website and app for parents. Every month we affect the lives of 20 million mothers living in these regions. We have offices across Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Africa. Additionally, you will get the opportunity to travel to these markets or work with colleagues from these countries. Tickled Media has also raised series C investments from some of Asia's largest venture capital firms.