iOS Developer

We are B2B Travel Tech startup that is reshaping the way travel agents sell and deliver exceptional travel experiences worldwide. We enable travel agents to book flights, hotels & holidays conveniently and we provide comprehensive end-to-end on-ground travel services. We do over INR 1000 crore+ GMV (sales) and are growing rapidly.

Our strong business model and focus on delivering excellent customer experience has facilitated our sustainable growth funded by internal cashflows. To fuel innovation and growth, we have raised USD 5.5mn+ funds from marquee global investors!

Profile Overview:

iOS Developer at TravClan is a key role which ensures delivering the best experience to our customers on iOS. The engineers in the iOS team will be part of the Mobile Team. The team has built highly rated Android and iOS app and is used by thousands of Travel Entrepreneurs in India. This role will involve immense learning of Travel Technology and Ecommerce concepts providing amazing growth opportunities while working with some of the best engineers in the industry. Some of the Product capabilities include Flight bookings, Holiday Bookings, Hotel Bookings, Visa, Wallet, SaaS Website Builder, Marketing Material Builder, News.

Growth Prospects:    

• Annual CTC - ₹8 to 15 LPA
• ESOPs + promotions + aggressive growth prospects (read further) !
• Fast Appraisal -  Despite Covid, we had appraisals in 6 months in Jan & July 2020 
• Aggressive Hikes - In May'21 & Jan'22, Average Hike was 35% & 30% respectively  

What’s on Offer:

• Work on Best Tech Stack - iOS and Swift, Android, Java, Python/Django, NodeJS, Flutter
• Learn from Best Mentors with Cumulative 50+ years of experience in Tech who previously worked in 4 unicorns.
• Fast Career Growth with fast appraisals and fast salary increase.
• Super passionate team with deep conviction which has stayed together during covid.
• Build world class tech products and leverage technology to drive growth globally!
• Very high ownership role in a fast paced environment.
• Great Culture -> No hierarchy / politics nonsense guaranteed!

Our founding team: 

The founding & engineering team has worked in senior leadership roles at successful internet startups in India and Overseas

• Arun - Cofounder, leads Product & Growth Ex Cars24, TravelTriangle, TripFactory, IIM Bangalore
• Chirag - Cofounder, leads Business Operations Ex Oyo, TravelTriangle, IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Roorkee
• Ashish - Cofounder, leads Technology Ex CTO Cars24, CTO FabFurnish, Gaadi, Ex-Entrepreneur
• Shrawan: VP Engineering, 20+ yrs Tech exp, Ex CTO Millenium Entertainment, One Kosmos
• Akshat: Director Engineering, 16+ yrs Tech exp, Ex Cars24, L&T, Samsung US, Motorola US.
• Rajesh:Director Engineering, 15+ yrs Tech exp, Ex Hike, Foodpanda

Company Profile:

• You read the detailed company profile here.
• To know more about us, have a look at a few videos on Youtube!

What do we value?  

• We are a team of believers. At the same time, we are constantly learning and growing. We are on an audacious mission and a rock-solid belief we can get there.
• We dream big, yet we start small and start quickly. We are not deterred by the extra effort needed to relentlessly execute, iterate, execute to realize our dreams.
• We are a team of differentiated and ambitious individuals, united by a common goal. We are a single team, where every member is important. 
• We believe flexibility in roles and freedom to execute ideas are the two foundation values for aggressive growth. 
• We constantly protect and evolve our culture. As a super energetic and experienced team, we want to enjoy the time we spend together. 

What we are looking for: 

Desired Candidate Profile

• 6 months to 2 years of full time experience in developing iOS apps.
• Ethical, hardworking, and 'passionate about startups' mindset
• Is a self-starter, and loves working in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent structured problem-solving ability
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• Has worked in an Agile environment and understands what building a MVP is like.

Must have technical skills

• Swift programming language (Control flows, Optionals, View Controllers etc).
• Good understanding of Interface Builder, Storyboards, Cocoa Pods and Git
• Good understanding of AutoLayouts and building responsive apps for multiple iOS devices
• Understanding of Commonly used data structures like Dictionaries etc.
• Understanding of CoreData and NS UserDefaults.
• Understanding of working with APIs using Alamofire, concepts like Pagination of Lists.
• Good knowledge of MVC for iOS, writing Modular code, creating reusable components.
• Working with Push Notifications on APNS.
• Apple developer account and certificates management

Good to have:

• Working with Firebase SDK namely Crashlytics, Remote Config, Analytics, CleverTap.
• Working with TestFlight or Firebase for Beta Testing.
• Working independently and closely with the Product team.
• Worked with Jenkins/CICD for iOS.

The Recruitment Process:

1. Aptitude Test: Every shortlisted candidate initially needs to appear for a one-hour aptitude test. The aptitude test consists of some basic math aptitude problems, descriptive questions, and some technical questions. 

2. Personal Interviews: 2-3 in person/vritual interviews. Detailed discussions about the job profile, company, candidature & tech skills are discussed in these rounds.

3. Extending an offer: On successfully clearing the interview rounds, the job offer is extended to the candidate. This includes financial benefits, ESOPs and many other benefits.

Important Points:

• Office Location- Connaught Place, Delhi 
• Work Timings - 9:30 till work gets over. You are considering joining a startup. Buidling anything of value takes time. The majority of our exits happen within the first 2 months of people joining because new joiners are not able to adjust to the high pace environment. You can expect 10-12 hours of work in a day!

 Looking forward to having you on board with us!

Job Title: IOS Engineer (Remote)

Remote Working | Engineering Team | Full-time

The Impact you will create on the Job:

Developing SDKs on IOS with support for cross-platform technologies like ReactNative, Flutter along with hybrid development over platforms like Cordova.

Apply data structures and algorithms to optimize the code for a lower memory, battery, and processing footprint - all with the goal to build plug-and-play SDKs that don’t expect the app developers to write any supporting code in the app.

You will be liaising with the cross-functional teams to get an in-depth understanding of the functional requirements and propose scalable solutions.

As an individual contributor, you will tackle some of our broadest technical challenges that requires deep technical knowledge, hands-on software development and seamless collaboration with all functions.

You will envision and develop features that are highly reliable and fault tolerant to deliver a superior customer experience.

You will get an opportunity to work with some of the best talent while learning from various highly-functional teams in the company.

You will collaborate with your team and set an example by delivering high quality and innovative engineering solutions for complex use cases.

Plan and execute the roadmap with the engineering team to build and deliver next-generation systems.

What we look for?

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science/IT from premier institute.

2-4 years of industry experience in iOS development, with at least one live app on App Store.

Good knowledge of Objective-C, Swift 5, data structures and algorithms.

Fair understanding of Native Frameworks, specifically concurrency handling, data persistence (User Defaults, Keychain, Core Data), and background tasks.

Good understanding of iOS Frameworks related to UI and network.

Fair understanding of Apple’s concurrency handling, Core Data, and NS Operation classes.

Familiarity with developing UI with both XIB/Storyboard and code.

Good understanding of SDK integrations, debugging, and troubleshooting.

Interested in exploring mobile app development ecosystems like React Native, Cordova and Flutter.

Comfortable with tackling ambiguous problems and unblocking yourself.

Fair understanding of Push Notification ecosystem.

Job Description:

• Strong working experience in IOS application development is a must. First-hand experience of native mobile apps using Swift must.
• Experience with Swift, RxSwift, Swift UI, Unit test.
• Strong system design and architecture skills - specifically for IOS. Curiosity to tinker around, explore new paradigms and strongest for continuous improvement. Strong problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of network connections, Rest API'sand scheduling. Strong knowledge about security standards (e.g. HTTPS) and privacy standards.
• Idea/experience of the unit and instrumentation testing in IOS. Optimizing app performance and memory consumption.
• Leveraging community libraries to efficiently complete development tasks.
• Debugging apps using simulators and related tooling.
• Persisting data for offline-first apps using databases such as Realm.
• Localizing apps to support multiple languages and regions, vernacular libraries and fonts.
• Familiar with Version control system such as GIT.

• You will be building and shipping robust apps to Android/ iOS devices using a single codebase.
• You will be writing readable and clear code using Dart that will be extensively documented for future use and upgrades.
• You will be sharing feedback and brainstorming ideas with teams to improve the development process.
• Understand basic concepts of design for developing user friendly applications.
• Stay up to date with the latest technologies.

Responsibilities: 

• Work with an open-source iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks. 
• Work directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and realize products.  
• Build reusable iOS software components for the platform.  

• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.   
• Work on bug fixing to improve application performance and shipping new features as required 
   

  Requirements:  

• Experience with iOS Design patterns, memory management, REST web-services and JSON Parsing. Designing and building advanced applications for the iOS platform 
•  Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features 

• Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform  
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance  
• Can integrate apps with backend and 3rd party API’s. 
• Good programming skills in Objective-C/Swift and extensive knowledge of Apples SDKs and frameworks like Core Data, Core Graphics, Foundation, UIKit, etc.  
• Have published one or more applications in an iOS App Store. 

• Knowledge of iOS App Store deployment process. 

Work Location : Kochi/ Trivandrum

The ideal candidate will be passionate about providing the best experience to our user community from UI/UX design to speed and performance.  You will think critically to develop native apps for iPhone and iPad.  You’ll instrument, measure, optimize and build high quality architectures and code in areas such as Search, Transactions and Profile Management.

General Responsibilities:

End-to-end iOS application development that will produce elegant features that our users will love

Coding alongside the team (comprised of designers and product managers)developing features for our mobile apps

Produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

Understand where to make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns

Provide solid feedback on good mobile UI/UX design practices and ways to reduce any user friction

Requirements:

9+ years in top-notch current software development skills which includes Objective-C, C and/or C++

10+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.

Knowledge of UI and animation frameworks, touch user interface, and MVP application design

Strong expertise in developing enterprise applications on iOS – understand how to scale to millions of users

Familiar with deploying to Apple’s app store and staged rollouts 

Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

Extensive programming experience in Objective-C

Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management.

Strong understanding of working with REST services, databases, caching strategies & asynchronous calls is a must

Good understanding of software development lifecycle along with working knowledge of SCM with strong emphasis on Git and Jira

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.

Please visit us at https://www.foundingminds.com/

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.