iOS Developer

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 :

Zorro is a new-age pseudonymous social network. Zorro has recently raised $3.2Mn seed fund and backed by prominent investors, including Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Ritesh Agarwal, Kunal Shah, and 13 other Unicorn founders along with institutional investors including 3one4 capital, 9 Unicorn Ventures, Eximius Ventures & Roots Venture's We at Zorro are looking for an iOS Developer.

Role & Responsibilities :

- Design, build and improve the mobile experiences in the identity, chat and communication business functions.

- Solve technical problems and build the next generation of products for our consumers, drivers and merchants.

- Improve the testability and maintainability of the code

- Build reusable iOS software components for interfacing with multiple applications

- Work with backend engineering teams, both within and outside the team to build robust, well-designed interfaces.

- Formulate and create clear and efficient technical documentation.

- Write code that is clear, concise, performant, tested, and easily understood by others

- Work with backend engineering teams, both within and outside the team to build robust, well-designed interfaces.

Requirements :

- 2-3 years of experience in application (iOS) development and product delivery.

- Predictability and balance of product delivery speed and quality.

- In depth knowledge of iOS apps architecture and implementation including proficiency in Swift programming, Cocoa, Xcode and the iOS SDK.

- Experience of working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills and a proven track record of being able to respond effectively to customer situations.

- A command over the technology ecosystem and ability to learn and ramp up on the latest trends.

- Experience with building products catering to millions and Knowledge of WebSockets and experience in managing libraries is a plus.

What you can expect from us :

Learning Budget: If there's a workshop, book, or event you think will help you learn, we'll cover your bill. Health insurance for you and your family.

What happens after you apply ?

• Good experience in teamwork
• Should be work in agile methodology
• Everyday task update to team leader
• Master into research and development task for some major function
• Developer should have to be updated with latest technology

Technical

• Understanding of Application life cycle
• Knowledge of Programming language Dart
• Knowledge of Native Programming language Kotlin/Java and Swift/Objective-C
• knowledge and experience of Flutter and Dart SDK
• knowledge of Bloc coding structure or any other professional coding structure
• knowledge and experience of project version control [Git]
• Networking library like http and dio
• Local storage library like floor or moor
• Crashlytics and Analytics using Firebase
• Firebase push notification or any other
• Familiar with Google APIs. [Google Maps, Mapbox]
• Knowledge of OOPs and Dart/Flutter coding standard
• Must have experience into android and ios performance and optimize technique
• Must have knowledge of latest operating system for Android and iOS

1. Proven working experience in software development
2. Working experience in iOS development
3. Have published one or more iOS apps in the app store
4. Deep familiarity with Objective-C, SWIFT, and XCODE
5. Experience with third-party libraries and API

Additional Skills Required:

- Strong fundamentals in Algorithms, OOP's and Data Structure

- Analytical Thinking

- Team Player

- Motivated & Career-Driven

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.

• Experience / strong knowledge in both iOS & Android Mobile Application technologies
• Proficient in SwiftUI, Swift, Xcode, Java, Kotlin and Android Studio, Flutter, React Native
• Experience with version control: Maven, Gradle, Git, Cocopods
• Experience in application submission / provisioning process
• Experience in performance and memory tuning
• Good understanding of computer science concepts, design patterns, algorithms and data structures

Bonus Points:

• Experience / knowledge in any of the Back-End technologies

Mandatory: Hands on experience working with Swift 3 , Swift 4. Very strong logical skills. Good hold on operating system concepts and data structure. Experience with web services , core-data , camera kit , image caching concepts, keychain , past experience working with one of the design patterns like MVC / MVVM / Viper , network check.

Good to have: Rx-Swift experience , video / image filter experience , media player usage , complex UX effects , couch-db , RealM.Knowledge of GIT management , Continuous Integration and Continuous Development practices.