Senior iOS Engineer

Our client with 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors is seeking a Senior iOS Engineer. This is a high impact role where you will drive related technical & product strategy, operations, architecture, and execution for one of the largest sites in the world.

The Role:

• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
• Work with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Set and define standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help coach and mentor engineers on the team to further their professional development.
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Requirements:

• At least 3+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing iOS mobile native applications at scale, using Swift.
• Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver projects on schedule.
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
• Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications:

• In-depth knowledge of AVFoundation for video and audio playback, asset management, streaming, editing, and exporting capabilities.
• Strong understanding of Core Media for timing and synchronization and Core Video for buffer handling, essential for custom playback and real-time video manipulation.
• Familiarity with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, MP4, and other streaming protocols, as well as working knowledge of streaming frameworks and CDN integration for optimized video delivery.
• Knowledge of video encoding standards (H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9, AV1) and understanding codec-specific trade-offs in quality and performance.
• Familiarity with VideoToolbox for hardware-accelerated video encoding and decoding, optimizing for real-time playback and streaming performance.
• Familiarity with reactive frameworks (RxSwift, Combine)
• Experienced with SQL and BigQuery