Sporty Group iOS Engineer

Who are we?

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

Interview Process

• HackerRank Test
• Remote Video Screening with our Talent Acquisition Team + Live ID Check
• Remote 90 Minute Video Interview with 3x Team Members (30 Minutes Each)
• Pre Offer Call with Talent Acquisition Team
• ID check via Zinc
• 24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process
  
  

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