Senior iOS Developer

Experience Required: 2-4 Years

No. of vacancies: 1

Job Type: Full Time

Vacancy Role: WFO

Job Category: Development

Job Description

We are looking for an iOS developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and iPads. Your primary focus will be the development of iOS applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment tocollaborative problem-solving, sophisticated design and the creation of quality products is essential.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of experience
• Proficient with Objective-C, Swift and Cocoa Touch
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• 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
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of 3rd party libraries
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools (such as Instruments and Shark, depending on project needs)
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git, Mercurial or SVN)
• Familiarity with continuous integration Publish applications on App Store.
• Excellent skills with memory management and caching mechanisms.

About Hive 

Hive is the leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions for content understanding, trusted by the world’s largest, fastest-growing, and most innovative organizations. The company empowers developers with a portfolio of best-in-class, pre-trained AI models, serving billions of customer API requests every month. Hive also offers turnkey software applications powered by proprietary AI models and datasets, enabling breakthrough use cases across industries. Together, Hive’s solutions are transforming content moderation, brand protection, sponsorship measurement, context-based ad targeting, and more.

Hive has raised over $120M in capital from leading investors, including General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, Visa Ventures, and others. We have over 250 employees globally in our San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi offices. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the future of AI!

About Role 

In order to execute our vision, we need to grow our team of best-in-class engineers. The ideal candidate is an experienced iOS Developer with demonstrated leadership and technical skills. You are receptive to feedback and an open collaborator who prioritizes team success. You are constantly learning, and using new tools and technology to broaden your skill set as a developer. You care deeply about the user experience and refuse to ship a product that is mediocre for our users. 

Responsibilities 

• Maintain a clean and extensible code base 
• Take ownership of whole projects on your own, but also willing to be a contributing member of  your iOS development team as a whole 
• Work across disciplines with team members from front-end, backend, design, and product to ship  features 
• Help maintain our shared internal frameworks and create some of your own 
• Actively participate in product decisions, ensuring we set reasonable development deadlines and  create quality user experiences
• Build components the entire team can use across apps 
• Track and analyze KPIs to improve our products and processes  

Requirements 

• You have an undergraduate degree or graduate degree in computer science or a similar technical  field from a top university  
• You have 2+ years of experience as an iOS Developer or Software Engineer 
• You have mastery of Swift and Objective-C (objective-c experience is plus but not strictly  necessary) 
• You owned or were a primary contributor, to the development of at least one application on the  app store 
• You are very familiar with new technologies, open-source frameworks and commonly used  design patterns 
• You have demonstrated expertise in OO design, data structures, and problem-solving • You can write multi-threaded, asynchronous code and have a good understanding of functional  programming 
• You have experience shipping quickly and often and can debug performance bottlenecks 
• You are a team player - no job is too small, or too big! 

Who We Are 

We are a group of ambitious individuals who are passionate about creating a revolutionary AI company. At Hive, you will have a steep learning curve and an opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest-growing AI  start-ups in San Francisco.  The work you do here will have a noticeable and direct impact on the development of the company. 

Thank you for your interest in Hive and we hope to meet you soon!

• Proven software development experience
• Proven working experience in Android
• Strong Java OOPs concepts and design patterns understanding 
• Hands-on experience on Kotlin.
• Good understanding of C and data structures, JavaScript
• Must have a good understanding of React Native or Cordova
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Have published at least one app in the Store.
• Experience in writing SDK frameworks
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Knowledge of JNI, security algorithms
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces
• Knowledge of the open-source Android/iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Must be proficient in code versioning tools such as Git, SVN
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies Solid understanding of the mobile development life cycle
• Good to have: Experience in working on cross-platform such as Flutter, Kony.

What you’ll do:

• Will have a unique and rewarding opportunity to shape and design an app with a huge impact on the Automotive industry
• Write highly scalable software in Swift ad Kotlin with a focus on reusability and efficiency
• Work with some of the best people in the industry to build and maintain compelling user experiences
• Working with iOS Frameworks such as AVFoundation/video streaming, CoreML
• Work with open-source multimedia projects, such as FFmpeg

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of iOS/Android development.
• Strong background in software engineering with large-scale apps
• Experience with iOS/Android SDKs
• Expert knowledge of XCode/AppCode IDE, build and distribution processes
• Experience writing multi-threaded/asynchronous code
• Creative and innovative problem-solving skills with a passion for new technologies
• Strong team player and ability to work without many directions when needed

Bonus points for:

• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Computer Science or related fields
• Knowledge of C/C++
• Background/experience in AI (e.g. deep learning, computer vision)
• Contributions to community software

Note: We are looking for immediate joiners. Selected/Offered candidates can ready to join within 15 to 30 days of time can apply.  

• Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

• BTech/MTech degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject.
• The candidate should have at least 1 Year of experience in iOS Development.
• Deep familiarity with Swift and Cocoa Touch
• Good knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Should have good communication skills.

We are looking for skilled iOS developers who are passionate about solving digital payment problems for over a billion Indians.

Requirements:

• At least 4 years of experience in developing, releasing, and maintaining iOS mobile applications.
• Ability to write efficient, reusable, and maintainable code in Swift.
• Excellent expertise in iOS SDK frameworks and fundamentals.
• Amazing debugging skills with the ability to write unit test cases Strong computer science fundamentals.
• Startup friendly i.e self-starter, quick learner, hard-working, and passionate.