IOS Engineer, Cape Town

Role Overview:

The client is looking for a result-driven and analytical software engineer to work on our native iOS mobile application. S/he will use his or her understanding of programming tools and languages to analyze current codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a fantastic experience for users.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Design and build applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Requirements:

• Although they offer flexible working conditions you would need to be based in Cape Town or be prepared to relocate

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of industry experience
• Bachelors or higher in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

Experience:

• are proficient with Swift and Cocoa Touch
• have experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.
• have experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• have familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
• have knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards
• have an understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines
• have experience with performance and memory tuning with tools such as Instruments, Shark, etc
• have familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• have a knack for benchmarking and optimization
• are proficient understanding of code versioning tools
• are familiar with continuous integration

Benefits:

They are an African-born digital bank. They aim to bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa access great financial products and services. They are challenging traditional banking and have ambitions to become the go-to bank for ‘every African on the planet'.

They have successfully raised funding to fuel their product growth and geographical expansion.

Their goal is to build a team of smart and kind individuals who work together to solve interesting and challenging problems, shaping the future of banking for all Africans.

The Cape Town team shares offices in Claremont to enable connection and collaboration, but they currently follow a remote-first work policy and offer flexible working hours

They look forward to offering great perks and benefits, to create a rewarding environment that supports work-life balance.