Ios Software Engineer Jobs

PressReader is a rapidly growing technology company that partners with the world’s leading publishers to deliver content to millions of users in over 160 countries. Our progressive approach to digital distribution has allowed publishers such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, The Globe and Mail, and Vogue to find new audiences through business partnerships, including airlines, hotels, cruise ships, libraries, and thousands of other companies worldwide.
Our technology also powers Branded Editions (BE) - a white-label solution that enables publishers to deliver their digital content in interactive ways. BE allows them to build a customizable platform that supports a wide range of revenue opportunities.
We have a full-time opportunity for an iOS Software Engineer to join our R&D team.
As part of the R&D team, you will work on an award-winning digital platform, and work across various stages of the software development cycle in a wide range of development projects. You will help shape the culture and success of our R&D department.
In This Role, You Will

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Design and build core logic and UI elements for PressReader app
• Evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency of R&D department

You Are a Great Fit If You Have

• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Apple’s Development certificate and provisioning profile management
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• ITunes Connect and Test Flight App Management and Submission
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
• 3-5 years of real iOS apps in App Store

Here Are Our Specific Technical Requirements

• Complex Xcode solutions and projects including use of static libraries and loadable modules, advanced project properties and localizable resources, use of bundles
• App management
• Advanced UI technics: Auto Layout, Size classes, customizing look and feel of standard UI elements like navigation and status bar, toolbar buttons
• Basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript
• Development management process
• Networking components: NSURLSession and AFNetworking, JSON an XML serialisation
• Coding
• Agile development process
• Difference between iOS 8 vs iOS 9 vs iOS 10 SDKs
• Objective-C with and without ARC, Swift
• IOS UI dev components: Navigation, Alert and Popups, Table, Collection and Stack Views, Split views
• Git and Git Flow
• ITunes Connect and Test Flight App Management and Submission
• Apple’s Development certificate and provisioning profile management

Bonus Points If You

• Have a strong interest in the technology sector
• Have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

This role is a full-time position based in our Richmond, BC office. Working from home is available during the Covid pandemic.
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
PressReader offers a compensation package which includes extended health care, dental, vision and accidental death insurance paid by the company; paid vacation, sick and bereavement days; reimbursements for professional training and membership in professional associations; subsidized fitness membership and more, along with a chance to be working with amazing people.
If this sounds like you, please submit your resume, and a cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this role at https://apply.workable.com/pressreader/j/1390E98A7E/
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate. We can’t wait to meet you!