iOS Developer - Mohali

• Should have excellent knowledge of Swift and Objective C
• Good working knowledge in Cocoa Touch
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools
• Experience with memory management & caching mechanisms specific to mobile devices
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Experience working with Core Data, Realm
• Understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
• Experience in publishing apps to the App Store.
• Code version tool – Git, Bitbucket
• Design Pattern - MVC and MVVM, MVP

What will you do? (but not limited to)

• Design, develop, and maintain our mobile applications using either Flutter or React Native, ensuring high performance and responsiveness across both Android and iOS platforms.
• Collaborate closely with the product and development teams to design and develop innovative features that align with our mission and user needs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code that adheres to industry best practices, and conduct code reviews to uphold high-quality code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade the software to ensure optimal performance, security, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Lead and mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and improvement.
• Drive architectural decisions and lead efforts to scale and improve our codebases.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand and address their needs, translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Who can apply?

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Mobile Application Developer with a proven track record in developing and deploying mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms.
• Proficiency in React Native, with a deep understanding of cross-platform mobile development and app architecture.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript (for React Native), and familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio, IntelliJ, and other IDEs.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to think algorithmically and a keen eye for debugging and optimizing code.
• Experience with app development languages such as Swift, Kotlin, or Objective-C and with utilizing RESTful APIs for backend integration.
• Proficient understanding and utilizing code versioning tools, such as Bitbucket.
• Experience in a startup environment and building products from scratch is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to lead and inspire a team.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions based on a balance of data, experience, and judgment.

Job Description:-

• Min 1 year or more of iOS App development experience.
• Proficient with Objective C and Swift
• Experience with iOS frameworks.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Deep understanding of design patterns.
• Knowledge of using Cocoapods, Push Notifications, Payment Gateway and other third party SDKs and libraries.
• Location Tracking and Custom UI.
• Understanding of XML and JSON web services.
• Must have Publish at-least 1 iOS Application on AppStore.

Responsibilities and Duties:-

1. Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform and follow clean coding practices.
2. Collaborate with backend team to define, design, and ship new features.
3. Understand & Implement Design patterns / Industry best practices
4. Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
5. Write reusable codes adhering to SOLID principles.
6. Use profiling tools to optimize app performance.
7. Write algorithmic efficient codes.
8. Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications:-

1. Bachelor's (Required)
2. Programming Languages needed:

• Objective-C (Preferred)
• Swift (Preferred)

COVID-19 precautions:-

• Remote interview process
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place, Mask is compulsory, Proper Sanitization, Safe Distance is followed at the office.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary:     ₹Negotiable

Schedule:  Day shift

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.

• Build beautiful, user-friendly, performant, and effective new features
• Take ownership of the company’s iOS platform
• Continuously improve stability and performance of the company’s iOS platform
• Be the user’s voice and help make product decisions
• Deliver beautiful delightful user experiences
• Exhibits knowledge and behavior to adopt Information Security and Privacy practices at their work.

• You think iOS, design for iOS, build for iOS! Technical
• At least 1.5 - 3 years experience on native iOS platform using the Cocoa framework
• Proficiency with Swift and familiarity with Objective-C
• Experience with RxSwift or Combine framework is preferred
• Strong knowledge of iOS Frameworks like Core data, CoreAnimation, etc
• Expertise with Auto-layouts for UI development
• Experience building a modular code base in MVVM Team Building & Leadership
• Want to interact with all levels of the company including senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• Love problem solving and thrive on handling multiple projects and tasks
• Foster strong professional relationships with the full organization