IoS Developer - Swift

Sporty's sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa's list of top websites for the countries they operate in


Sporty launched its first iOS app to its millions of users at the end of January 2021. As an iOS developer in our team, you’ll be on the ground floor for the greenfield development of one of Africa’s most popular iOS apps expanding into our latest global territories.


Our Stack




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



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, such as networking, persistence, business logic and UI
 
Prepare and maintain documents that include architectural diagrams and navigation maps in your area of expertise
 
Analyse and prepare recommendations to address existing and potential issues in systems and procedures across the organisation, as well as design and recommend new solutions
 
Participate in code reviews with team members to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate
 
Mentor less experienced team members



Requirements




 
2+ years of professional experience developing consumer-facing iOS applications using Swift
 
Experience developing, delivering, and supporting native iOS applications by integrating REST APIs, push notifications and multithreaded experiences
 
Solid foundation around software engineering fundamentals, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, and iOS design patterns
 
Deep understanding of multi-threading, memory management, networking, caching, performance optimisation, localisation, and security for mobile applications
 
A creative approach to problem solving and crafting simplified solutions
 
Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
 
Previous history of working with a remote, distributed team would be 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 socket





Benefits


Quarterly and flash bonuses
Flexible working hours
Top-of-the-line equipment
Education allowance
Referral bonuses
28 days paid annual leave
Annual company retreat - we all went to Dubai in 2022 and are planning 2 more retreats for 2023!
Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
Payment via DEEL, a world class online wallet system 
We score 100% on The Joel Test
Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members