iOS Principal Engineer

Join us as an iOS Principal Engineer

• We’re looking for a product-aware, senior iOS engineer with a passion for great UI and UX as well as an understanding of the need for tested and resilient code
• You’ll be working on a private banking app that allows our clients to effectively manage their banking needs and your work will shape the way that they interact with their finances
• Collaborating across various disciplines, you’ll test theories that will ultimately make a significant difference to our customers
• Our app is written in Swift, utilising the MVVM architecture and as we gradually migrate to SwiftUI for all new journeys and features, you’ll help us utilise industry standard tools and technologies

What you'll do

As an iOS Principal Engineer, you’ll be leading the iOS development team, managing technical resources within and across the function. As such, you’ll be making sure that suitable technologies and systems are employed to ensure that the solutions developed are efficient and flexible enough to deliver the required functionality.

You’ll be able to coach others and lead by example, ensuring that your team works in the most efficient and collaborative way. and You’ll also be comfortable liaising with other discipline leads and stakeholders to help them understand the possibilities for any requirement.

You’ll also be responsible for:

• Influencing our approach to mobile development and delivery, ensuring that we utilise the most suitable architectures while effectively interfacing with other connected banking services and APIs
• Following and promoting Agile processes while working in, and with, squads of iOS engineers, Android engineers, back-end engineers, product owners, business analysts, solution architects, and quality assurance engineers
• Developing relationships with key stakeholders and management to support the understanding of businesses requirements and helping to define how they can be met
• Writing efficient code and unit tests using the latest tools and techniques
• Attending weekly meetings to discuss tools, techniques, and problems, and working together to improve our processes and codebase

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll need experience as a senior iOS developer and you’ll understand, and be able to implement, computer science principles and best-practices. Along with strong leadership skills and experience operating in a matrix managed environment, you’ll have the ability to work with ambiguity and identify and define the exact solution when needed.

You’ll have worked on at least one app on the App Store and you’ll understand how apps are built and distributed via AppStore Connect. Ideally, you’ll have specifically worked on a banking app before, and understand how to implement best-practices in security to keep customer data safe.

You’ll also demonstrate:

• Significant experience working on iOS apps
• Up-to-date knowledge of Swift and SwiftUI with the drive to stay abreast of the latest features
• A thorough understanding of CI/CD, ideally using GitLab, and an understanding of how to build and maintain pipelines
• A product mindset and the desire to produce positive customer outcomes
• A passion for delivering high-quality user experiences that offer intuitive journeys to achieve user goals
• The confidence to discuss and promote your thoughts and ideas to people at all levels  
• Understanding and experience of working in a Scrum team utilising Agile best practices