iOS Development-Principal Senior Engineer

Mandatory skills:

• Proficient with Objective-C and Swift depending on project requirements and Cocoa Touch
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services

Secondary Skills:

• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• Understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines
• Experience with Version Control System
• Experience with Bug Tracking

Added advantage if the candidate possess below skills.

• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
• 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
• Bluetooth communication, BLE
• Performance and Security related Concepts

We are seeking a talented Android Native Kotlin Developer to join our team. As an Android Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality Android applications using Kotlin. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-friendly and efficient mobile solutions that meet business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design and develop Android applications using Kotlin, adhering to best practices and coding standards.
2. Collaborate with product managers, UI/UX designers, and backend developers to define and implement features.
3. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with proper documentation.
4. Conduct thorough testing and debugging of applications to ensure high quality and performance.
5. Optimize application performance and troubleshoot any issues that arise.
6. Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies related to Android app development.
7. Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and provide constructive feedback to team members.
8. Work in an Agile development environment, actively participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
9. Collaborate with QA engineers to ensure proper testing and delivery of bug-free applications.
10. Continuously improve development processes and contribute to the overall improvement of the Android development team.

Qualifications and Skills:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
2. Proven experience in Android app development using Kotlin.
3. Strong knowledge of Android SDK, Android Studio, and related development tools.
4. Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles.
5. Experience with RESTful APIs, JSON, and web services integration.
6. Proficient in version control systems such as Git.
7. Familiarity with agile development methodologies.
8. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
9. Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
10. Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.

Additional Preferred Skills:

1. Experience with Android Jetpack components (e.g., LiveData, ViewModel, Room, Navigation).
2. Knowledge of reactive programming using frameworks like RxJava or Kotlin Coroutines.
3. Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks like Dagger or Koin.
4. Understanding of Material Design guidelines and UI/UX principles.
5. Experience with automated testing frameworks like Espresso or JUnit.
6. Knowledge of software development best practices, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
7. Prior experience working on large-scale mobile applications.

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Opportunity:

Create a consumer facing front end application that will be used by millions of users. 

What you will do:

• Develop our mobile apps using Swift/ObjectiveC.
• Work with backend, frontend, and other developers to build out a customer-centric experience that will constantly evolve.
• Work with our designers and customer success team to create a seamless user experience.
• Respond to support team tickets as needed to resolve bugs and issues.
• Participate in contributing ideas, updates, and product development areas to the team.

Experience Range: 

3-5 years with technical hands-on experience in building a consumer mobile app. You must have shipped an app to the stores.

Technical Expertise:

• 3-5 years experience with iOS native apps.
• Strong knowledge of Swift and ObjectiveC.
• Strong command of JavaScript ES6.
• Know how to build (fairly) complex layouts without using any CSS frameworks.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills using data structures.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Bias for action shipping quality code quickly.

• S/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Proven working experience in software development
• Working experience in iOS development
• Have published one or more iOS apps in the app store
• A deep familiarity with Objective-C and Cocoa Touch
• Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics and Core Text
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle

Job Profile: Software Development Engineer IV - iOS - StoreFront team

Location: Bangalore | Karnataka

ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE:

Swiggy's StoreFront Engineering team helps customers enjoy personalized discovery and purchase experience across multiple product lines (Stores, Food, Genie and Instamart). The team is enabling this by developing thoughtfully crafted applications, smart cataloging, relevance-based search & intent-driven merchandising, checkout management solutions, and payment systems.

We are looking for engineers who have hands-on experience in building highly reliable distributed systems and have deep expertise in database design & performance tuning. Knowledge of Machine Learning and other Predictive Modeling techniques will be added strength. Few interesting problems we are solving include:

1. Client-facing Applications

2. Smart Catalog & Category Intelligence

3. Personalized Search & Merchandising experience

4. Payments

5. Pricing

6. Order Management System

At Swiggy, SDE IV(s) play an integral role in owning end-to-end Design/Architecture of complex systems. They co-own the technology vision of the respective team and significantly contribute to the overall success of the team. They partner with the product/business teams to understand the product features and specifications, translate them into high level and low-level design thereby facilitating the team in design and development of mission critical applications.

What qualities are we looking for?

• Hands on experience in mobile application development for at least
• Hands on working experience in Swift
• Experience in multithreaded programming and memory optimization
• Ability to learn and grow in a fast paced setup
• Working knowledge of iOS Architectural Components and Design Patterns
• Very good debugging skills
• Good knowledge in implementing Pixel Perfect designs
• Good in Data Structures and Algorithm

What will you get to do here?

• Coming up with best practices to help the team achieve their technical tasks and continually thrive in improving the technology of the product/team
• Driving the adoption of best practices & regular Participation in code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions
• Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you can create
• Implementation of long term technology vision for your team
• Responsible for complete architecture of your product
• Creating architectures & designs for new solutions around existing/new areas
• Decide technology & tool choices for your team & be responsible for them

• Designing and building mobile applications for Apple’s iOS platform.
• Collaborating with the design team to define app features.
• Ensuring quality and performance of the application to specifications.
• Identifying potential problems and resolving application bottlenecks.
• Fixing application bugs before the final release.
• Publishing application on App Store.
• Maintaining the code and atomization of the application.
• Designing and implementing application updates.

• Candidate Must be well versed with latest SDK versions, XCode, Objective C, Swift, UIKit, Cocoa etc.
• Expertise in integrating web services (XML/ JSon etc.) with iPhone applications.
• An experience in using Maps API, GPS services for iPhone/ iOS apps is required.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Working knowledge of the general mobile orientation, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics and Core Text, Core Location.
• To take care of build and release process (Adhoc releases, Final release).
• Should have worked on cocoa touch, story board, core data, auto layout.
• Hands-on experience in Cloud APIs, push notifications, social media integration, and integration of analytics is an added advantage.
• Must have good analytical, debugging, App publishing and problem solving skills.
• Self-starter having the ability to independently acquire the knowledge required in succeeding his job.