The Lead iOS Engineer will build innovative iOS applications, implement best practices, optimize performance, and foster team collaboration in developing a portfolio intelligence platform.
We're looking for a passionate and experienced Lead iOS Engineer who values clean code, sound design, and collaboration. We're building a next-gen ultra-fast, secure portfolio intelligence platform that blends speed, delight, and reliability, and now, we're ready to bring that experience to iOS. This is a unique opportunity to build the first version of the iOS application from the ground up for Arcana.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with our product, design, and engineering teams to build new and innovative application experiences for the iOS platform.
- Implement custom native user interfaces using the latest iOS programming techniques.
- Build reusable iOS software components for interfacing with our back-end platforms.
- Analyze and optimize UI and infrastructure application code for quality, efficiency, and performance.
- Analyze, debug, and optimize application code and infrastructure for performance, efficiency, and quality.
- Advocate for and implement iOS development best practices, raising engineering quality across teams.
- Continuously invest in client infrastructure to improve development velocity, app reliability, and end-user experience.
- Drive the evaluation and adoption of modern mobile frameworks and technologies.
- Foster a collaborative, growth-oriented team culture with a focus on technical excellence and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience; a Master's or PhD is a plus.
- At least 5 years of professional software development experience, focused on iOS development using Objective-C, Swift, and the iOS SDK.
- Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining complex, scalable, and testable codebases, with a strong understanding of API design and unit testing strategies.
- Solid grasp of multithreading, concurrency, and memory management in mobile environments.
- Hands-on experience with feature flagging systems, experimentation systems, and large-scale mobile application architecture.
- Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms, with a technical leadership role guiding project teams and setting architectural direction.
- Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional and matrixed environments, collaborating effectively across product, design, and engineering teams.
- Exposure to or experience with other mobile platforms is a plus (e. g., Android).
Must-Have Skill:
- Proficiency in Swift (and Objective-C).
- Strong Understanding of iOS SDK and Frameworks.
- Experience with Xcode and Interface Builder.
- App Architecture Patterns like MVVM, MVC, or Clean Architecture for scalable and maintainable code.
- RESTful APIs and Networking.
- Unit Testing and Test Automation.
- App Store Deployment and Release Cycle.
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