Software Engineer (Mobile)

We are looking for an experienced iOS Developer with a strong background in Swift UI to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing iOS applications to meet our Virtual assistant needs. The candidate should have strong communication skills, be able to work collaboratively with a team, and be passionate about building high-quality mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain iOS applications using Swift UI.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Perform unit testing and ensure the robustness, reliability, and performance of applications.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS development trends and best practices.
• Self - driven and quick learner.
• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.

External Skills And Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in iOS development with a strong focus on Swift UI.
• Proficient with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• Understanding of iOS design principles and interface guidelines.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, JSON, and integrating third-party libraries and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of mobile SDKs, different iOS versions, and handling different screen sizes
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of version control tools such as GIT.
• Experience with unit testing, test-driven development, and CICD architecture.
• Exposure to AWS landscape is an added advantage.

iOS Developer responsibilities include:

• 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
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Swift UI, Objective C,
•  UIKit, AVFoundation, Core Bluetooth, Combine, PushNotifications.
•  Experience with Databases - Core Data, Realm  
•  Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
•  Knowledge of Architecture - MVC and MVVM
•  Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
•  Excellent communication Skills and Client interaction.

About the Role

We, at upGrad, believe in giving ownership and responsibility to each one of the team members. As an iOS Developer, you will be a part of the iOS app development team and strive to deliver the best learning experience out there to our learners that upGrad is known for. You will be responsible for developing features, taking those features to production and maintaining the existing code.

Innovative nature and pro-active involvement in the product is taken very seriously at upGrad, therefore, a major part of your role would involve thinking about new features and new ways to deliver quality learning experience to our learners.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own end to end development and operations of high-performance software development team.
• Design the architecture and deliver clean, testable, and scalable code 
• Participate in requirement gathering and display a strong sense of ownership and delivery 
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by
• Participating in regular peer-reviews of solution designs and related code 
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.

Skills Required

• Minimum 6 years of strong iOS development experience with at least 2 Apps Published on App Store of Enterprise Platform.
• Strong Swift concepts along with OOPS, Computer Science fundamentals, Memory Management, App Profiling experience.
• In depth understanding of frameworks like UIKit, Foundation classes, AutoLayout, Core Data, Networking, Collections, GCD, ARC.
• Solid understanding to write modular code, template based programming which is Unit testable (Critical Requirement)
• Solid understanding of iOS architectural patterns especially VIPER (and MVVM) and their importance in scalable software development process.
• Prior understanding of Git (must have), JIRA, Trello, Confluence, etc
• Experience in iOS UI creation using Storyboards, XIB and Code.
• Experience with standard libraries like RxSwift, Swinject, Alamofire, etc.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams to work on different phases of the project.
• Knowledge about App Store, publishing an app and the common rejection reasons.

About the Role

A highly motivated and passionate individual who has experience in executing end to end web based products and applications; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Passionate about building flexible and scalable solutions with an eye for detail and can weigh pros and cons to find best possible solutions. 

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Understand the product requirements, ask questions, and gather information and feedback to design and deliver features both on Android and iOS.
• Create a roadmap of tasks to be delivered for both iOS and Android applications in sync, such that new features go to the end-user at same time. 
• Lead the design of Android and iOS applications in a modular fashion with reusable components.
• Proactively identify issues related to memory consumption, battery drain and multi-threading in the application by planning regular tests and analysis.
• Deliver Android and iOS applications with integration to backend services deployed on the cloud with high quality and responsiveness. 
• Create strong practices around test driven development, automating delivery of apps to the marketplace with strong CI/CD practices.
• Manage a highly skilled and efficient team by hiring, keeping the team motivated, and managing performance.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment. Should be able to help other developers with challenges, problem solving, and help achieve milestones as per plan.
• Prioritize to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Hands on with programming with 50%+ of bandwidth going into modules owned.

Skills/Experience

• A highly talented developer with 10+ years of hands-on experience in building apps that have been released to the Play Store(Android) and Appstore(iOS). 
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of 5-10 or more engineers in mobile application teams.
• Strong knowledge of Android, Kotlin, iOS, Swift, Objective C and working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns.
• Experience building mobile applications which lean heavily on connecting to cloud services to gather data and stream videos/content. 
• Working knowledge of Xamarin or Flutter (cross platform frameworks) is highly preferred. 
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.

We are looking for someone with 4-7 years of experience in iOS / iPhone applications development with:

- Strong Object Oriented design and programming skills in SWIFT

- Good working experience in iOS SDK (Cocoa Touch, UIKit, Core Data, Core Location, etc.) and XCode

- Proficient in writing Unit and UI Test Cases and delivering quality work

- Good experience with MVVM architecture

- Experience in web services integration (REST APIs, JSON, XML), to connect iOS applications to back-end services

- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning is desired

- Understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines

** Areas of Responsibility ** 

- Involvement in all aspects of development: playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development

- Fast prototyping of proof-of concept features/applications based on a brief

- Developing and maintaining new features in Mobile Application development

- Owning the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application

- Using technical knowledge and creative thinking to provide the most innovative solutions

- Optimizing the performance of the apps and keeping up to date with the latest industry trends in mobile technologies

** Required Skills ** 

- Dedicated to delivering high-quality work and adhering to timelines

- Must be a good team player, good learner, and self-starter

- Must have strong leadership and team management qualities
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills

- Good communication skills 

- Must have strong decision-making skill

Perks and Benefits 

Company provided meals, Medical Insurance and other perks.

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.