iOS Developer - Sporty Group

Position Overview

Sporty Group is seeking an experienced iOS Developer to join their team. This is an opportunity to be on the ground floor of the greenfield development of one of Africa's most popular iOS apps, expanding into new global territories. As a key member of the engineering team, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain high-quality, consumer-facing iOS applications.

Company Information

Sporty Group is a leading consumer internet and technology business with a robust sports media, gaming, social, and fintech platform. Serving millions of daily active users globally, we operate with technology and operations hubs in over 10 countries across 3 continents. Our success is driven by attracting and retaining intelligent, energetic individuals who are passionate about our products and users. We foster a dynamic and flexible work environment that empowers employees to create value and rewards them generously. With a team of over 300 high achievers, we are committed to innovation, creativity, and hard work to serve our users.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Backend Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on iOS.
• Build end-to-end features of the app, including networking, persistence, business logic, and UI.
• Prepare and maintain documentation, including architectural diagrams and navigation maps.
• Analyze and recommend solutions to existing and potential system issues.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to project vision, standards, and architecture patterns.
• Mentor less experienced team members.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience developing consumer-facing iOS applications using SwiftUI.
• Experience developing, delivering, and supporting native iOS applications by integrating REST APIs, push notifications, and multithreaded experiences.
• Solid foundation in software engineering fundamentals, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, and iOS design patterns.
• Deep understanding of multi-threading, memory management, networking, caching, performance optimization, localization, and security for mobile applications.
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to craft simplified solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills.
• Must be based in Latin America.
• Previous experience working with a remote, distributed team is beneficial.

Bonus Requirements

• Experience with mobile video playback and streaming technologies.
• Experience with reactive programming (e.g., RxSwift, Combine).
• Experience with AVFoundation, CoreData, WKWebView.
• Experience with TCP/IP sockets.

Technical Stack

• Languages: SwiftUI
• Architecture: MVC, MVVM
• Layout: Programmatic UI, Xib
• Testing: XCTest
• Dependency Management: Swift Package Manager
• CI/CD: Fastlane, Github Action, Jenkins

Benefits

• Quarterly bonuses
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10 am - 3 pm local timezone)
• Top-of-the-line equipment
• Referral bonuses
• 28 days paid annual leave
• Annual company retreat
• Opportunity to work with highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organization.
• Payment via DEEL (world-class online wallet system).
• Impactful roles within small, dynamic teams.
• Stability and security from a globally established and successful business.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform.