Lead iOS Engineer

pager is an internet discovery platform powered by smart, interactive screenshots. Our first product is a visual link in bio that helps creators curate, save, and share content collections more easily.

At pager, you’ll lead the development of our iOS application, alongside a team of highly experienced individuals who work together to solve problems. As an early hire you’ll have incredible impact in the company culture, product, and execution.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of beautiful, usable and functionally rich iOS apps
• Guide architectural decisions, technical designs, and improve overall mobile infrastructure.
• Analyze requirements and estimate efforts timeline, dependencies and risks
• Investigate technical feasibility and suggest implementation options
• Provide technical and personal leadership to a distributed iOS development project team
• Ensure a high quality user experience in the Pager iOS app
• Write clean code and contribute/integrate open-source projects and frameworks
• Diving deep into the code to fix bugs and improve stability and maintainability
• Collaborating with designers and product owners to determine the most efficient way to implement new features
• Hands-on iOS app development, including feature development & problem solving
• Integrate mobile software with embedded device software on connected hardware modules, and with cloud software
• Participate in all aspects of product design and development
• Mentor others

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in the software development industry
• 5+ years of proven experience shipping high-quality iOS applications
• Strong technical skills in iOS development with Swift and Objective-C
• Deep understanding of CoreML, and machine learning kits and frameworks in iOS
• Deep understanding of persistence and Core Data
• Deep understanding of MVVM, strong understanding of other modern design patterns
• Passion for building pixel perfect and buttery smooth UI/UX across screen sizes and device types.
• Good understanding of iOS related programming patterns and OS facilities
• Have your own app development portfolio that demonstrates real-life experience with mainstream mobile apps used by a broad consumer install base
• Strong understanding of OOP concepts, design patterns, algorithms and data structures
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Bachelor’s degree in Software/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or comparable relevant experience

Who You Are

• You understand and have demonstrated best practices in front-end UI / UX implementation
• You have an understanding of app optimization including performance optimization
• You have hands-on experience with test-driven development and continuous integration
• You have experience with test automation
• You have experience with RESTful web services
• You are comfortable in the highly dynamic pre-product market fit environment

Bonus:

• You have start up experience
• You are passionate about computer vision and image analysis

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Top-tier health and dental insurance
• Unlimited PTO in addition to observing US national holidays
• Our beautiful office in Dumbo, Brooklyn