The Athletic Verified

Senior Software Engineer, Mobile iOS (UK)

Full time Onsite Senior London Engineering Product
Senior iOS engineer at The Athletic (UK) owning key features and architecture of their native iOS app. Focus on code quality, performance, and polished UX. No salary info provided.

About the Role

About Us

Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 450+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.

About the Role

Our ideal candidate will own key aspects of our native iOS application and contribute to our core features and architecture. We’re looking for an experienced engineer who can build beautiful, polished user experiences and architect elegant, maintainable code. We prioritize code quality and performance above all else. Successful candidates keep up-to-date with best practices and have a familiarity with the latest frameworks from Apple. 

You can check out our current iOS app here:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-athletic-sports-news/id1135216317

Required Skills

Mobile Development Problem Solving

Nice to Have

Strategic Thinking