Software Engineer, iOS
NewsBreak, United States
Job Description
Location: Mountain View, CA or Bellevue, WA
About NewsBreak
News Break defines a new way for users to engage with local news and community. We connect and empower local users, local content contributors, and local businesses at scale, with the goal of helping people everywhere live safer, more vibrant, more truly connected lives. By forging close partnerships with thousands of local publishers and businesses around the country, NewsBreak is helping a new generation of readers find and engage with vital, locally published content and information.
Since our founding in 2015, we have grown by leaps and bounds to become the nation's leading local news app! We’re the #1 app in the category on both iOS and Android.
We're a Series-C unicorn startup, headquartered at Mountain View, California. For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about
About the Role
We are looking for a Software Engineer, iOS responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and tablet computers. Your primary focus will be development of iOS applications and their integration with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.
Responsibilities
- Design and build applications for the iOS platform
- Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
- Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
- Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
- Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in computer science or a related field
- Proficient with Objective-C or Swift, and Cocoa Touch
- Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
- Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
- Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
- Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
- Knack for benchmarking and optimization
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools
- Familiarity with continuous integration
- Bonus Technical Skills
- Fastlane
- Buck / Bazel
- IGListKit
- Firebase
- RxSwift
- Realm
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
- Robust 401(K) plan with company matching
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- FSA and commuter benefits programs
- Team activity budget
Come join us in continuing to make NewsBreak a great place to work!