Senior iOS Engineer

Who We are?

In a world where political polarization and media distrust are at an all-time high, Ground News offers people a better way to stay informed and open-minded. Our mobile app, web app, and browser extension are home to a community of mindful newsreaders who use our news comparison platform to easily see every side of a story and engage with news beyond their filter bubble.

Unlike most news companies, our audience and our values do not align with any specific political ideology. Unlike most tech platforms, we don’t use manipulative algorithms to keep users on our platform to sell more ads. We are supported by our readers who pay for a subscription to build a more nuanced understanding of the news, the world, and themselves.

• #1 on Product Hunt (Oct 19, '20), #2 (Nov 17, '21), #2 (Mar 26, '21)

• Techstars portfolio company

• Winner of Digital News Innovation Challenge by Facebook

• Winner of Mobile Apps Showdown at CES

• Featured at Mobile World Congress

• Featured on New York Times, Financial Times, Newsmax, Forbes and more

• Our site has even been retweeted by the POTUS

The Opportunity: Senior iOS Engineer  (Remote - Canada)

Ground News is looking for a Senior iOS Engineer who will play a hands-on role in driving our mission to build an outstanding technology company. You will be working as part of a cross-functional team, driving our core features from start to finish. This role essentially owns the iOS product. You will get full visibility and say on design and UX, and also exposure to the downstream analytics and investor feedback. It's a broader role than a typical iOS developer at a startup.

What you’ll Do:

• Design, write, maintain, and debug software for large and sophisticated mobile applications

• Crafting experiments to build a better understanding how users interact with our apps

• Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end to end functionality

• Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop

• Uphold standards for quality by performing code reviews, fixing bugs, crafting tests, and profiling code

• Monitor app stability and address crashes

• Become proficient with our Swift code base
  

What you’ll Have:

• 5+ years of experience in building lightweight, fast-loading and high performing apps as an iOS engineer.

• In-depth understanding of Swift and crafting UI

• Experience with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.

• Experience creating native apps for iPhone and iPad screen sizes, Mac App, Safari Extension

• Worked on a successful Consumer app

• MapKit, Rich push notifications, Auto-layout

• View animations/transitions, App extensions - today widget, share extension, intents, notifications

• Siri shortcuts, Firebase

• StoreKit, IAP

Why work at Ground?

Co-founded by a former NASA engineer and Bain consultant, a position with Ground News provides an unparalleled learning experience both personally and professionally. At Ground, we prioritize growth: both for our business and team members. You’ll have the freedom to work remotely and play a key role in the development of Ground News products. 

This is an opportunity to work with a growing and mighty team that is fighting every day to build a world where cooperative, civil debate is the norm, media is accountable, and critical thought is the baseline of our information consumption. Ground is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, but this role is remote.

Ground news takes pride in being a harassment- and discrimination-free space for everyone, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, nationality, neurotype, personal appearance, political affiliation, professional background, race, religion, or sexual identity or orientation. Our culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives. We are committed to building and fostering an inclusive, accessible environment for everyone. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs, please contact talent@ground.news, and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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