iOS developer

About the Role

We are looking to hire a talented iOS developer to design, build, and maintain the next generation of iOS applications. Your primary focus will be developing high-end iOS applications for the latest Apple mobile devices. Your duties may include collaborating with the product team and Tech team for new application features, identifying and fixing application bottlenecks, maintaining the core code, and updating applications published on the App Store.

To ensure success as an iOS developer, you should have a strong working knowledge of iOS Frameworks, be proficient in Swift, and be able to work as part of a team. Ultimately, an outstanding iOS developer should be able to create functional, attractive applications that perfectly meet the needs of the user.

Job Responsibilities

• Proficient in Swift, and Objective-C
• Design and implement new features, improvements, ensuring high performance, responsiveness, and a seamless user experience
• Providing implementation detail of feature and documentation
• Experience with iOS frameworks such as UIKit, SwiftUI
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and networking libraries
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Identifying potential problems and resolving application bottlenecks.
• Maintain and enhance the existing codebase while adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Developing and implementing architecture to support user interface concepts.
• familiarity with App Approval and Submission procedure
• Knowledge of Push notifications 
• Implement secure coding practices to ensure data protection and user privacy

Experience & Skills Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in iOS development.
• Proficient in Objective-C, SwiftUI, and Cocoa Touch.
• Extensive experience with iOS Frameworks such as Core Data and Core Animation.
• Knowledge of iOS back-end services.
• Knowledge of Apple’s design principles and application interface guidelines.
• Proficient in code versioning tools including Mercurial, Git, and SVN.
• Knowledge of C-based libraries.
• Familiarity with push notifications, APIs, and cloud messaging.
• Experience with continuous integration.

• Excellent working knowledge of OOPs, SOLID principles and different design patterns.
• Solid hands on experience and deep understanding of different architectures.
• Solid working knowledge of Objective C and Swift, iOS application development and iOS fundamentals.
• Proficient with general swift language features, collections, protocol oriented programming, etc.
• Hands on experience of implementing architecture patterns and designing/implementing unit test cases using XCTest & other third party libraries.
• Solid working experience of debugging, profiling tools, developer portal and App Store release process.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

About Plum

We are making health insurance - simple, accessible and affordable. Hundreds of businesses of all sizes from startups to large corporates trust Plum for their employee's health protection.

Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift. Healthcare cost is seeing an inflation that is three times the general inflation. Treatments of diseases including Covid-19 can wipe out entire household savings. The majority of Indians won't be able to afford health insurance on their own. As many as 600mn Indians would depend on employer-sponsored insurance.

Enter Plum. Plum is re-imagining the health insurance stack and accelerating the penetration of health insurance in India to 100%. Plum has forged new underwriting and fraud detection algorithms to enable companies as small as 2 to benefit from group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees hassle-free claims experience through an integrated digital process.

Plum is backed by leading global investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Tanglin Ventures and Incubate Fund (read more https://www.plumhq.com/blog/plum-series-a-funding">here)

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable Java code. 
• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality components and modular code, ensuring the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Strong advocate of Google’s iOS design principles and interface guidelines
• Strong sense of ownership and integrity demonstrated through clear communication and collaboration.
• Having experience with building and maintaining an open source project or design library is a plus. 

• 3 + years of experience of iOS SDK, Swift and how to deal with different screen sizes. 
• Experience with local databases, offline storage, threading, and performance tuningFamiliarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as camera, gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Knowledge of the open-source iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasksAbility to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

• 4+ years of mobile software development (iOS & Android).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep understanding and proficiency in building mobile apps from scratch using at least one mobile language (Swift, Java, Objective-C, etc.). Experience with multiple platforms is preferred.
• Desire and ability to expand expertise into additional mobile languages.
• Expertise in designing testable software and building large scale, complex applications.
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about writing clean, well organized, and production-ready code.
• A portfolio of Apps or SDKs already built and in the App Store and Google Play.
• Desire to build a larger in-house team and manage a group of developers over time.
• Some management experience preferred.