Lead iOS Engineer

NPR Audience Technology is committed to delivering high quality listening, reading and viewing experiences across all platforms. As a lead mobile engineer, you will work on high-performing Scrum teams and lead the iOS feature development in a collaborative environment. You will be involved in all aspects of the SDLC for existing and new NPR iOS apps, from planning to development to release and maintenance.

This is a union represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with  DMU. 

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Each day you will work with a cross-functional team of brilliant professionals combining business, design/user experience and engineering expertise, working relentlessly to push the boundaries of what’s possible and paving the road for the future of news and entertainment media. The team has iOS, Android, and backend API service developers, designers, product managers, and content editorial representatives.

Our team has a passion for Agile development and continuous improvement. We are diverse, lifelong learners and read omnivorously, regularly listen to Tiny Desk Concerts, tell coding jokes, have off-site happy hours (or perhaps only virtual for now), and optionally present at conferences. Plus we have great work-life balance - seriously.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead new product features, working closely with designers, product managers, our Editorial team and other stakeholders. 
• Document system architecture, processes, and other business requirements.
• Creates and grasps simple and complex technical designs that are right for the problem.
• Break down statements of work into achievable goals and tickets for a given sprint.
• Effective communicator, able to articulate robust solution designs, as well as technology constraints, to audiences internal and external to the department.
• Maintain the existing codebase, optimizing performance, adding unit tests, refactoring existing code as needed using a test-driven development mindset. 
• Contribute to all aspects of our SDLC, from planning to development to code reviews to release and maintenance.
• Mentor & coach junior developers on best practices and frameworks.
• Lead initiatives for system and/or process improvements. Evaluates and recommends new technology solutions.
• Other duties as assigned

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience leading complex iOS feature development through deployment to production
• Experience documenting complex architecture and system designs

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience leading a development team in an Agile environment
• Experience with media playback
• Experience working with CICD tools (Fastlane, CircleCI)
• Experience with rapid prototyping
• Experience managing, updating, and replacing legacy code 
• A passion for NPR’s content and/or familiarity with our digital products
• Creativity, initiative, thirst for innovation & learning
• Acute attention to detail
• Ability to analyze needs from both internal and external stakeholders & offer technical solutions based on those needs.
• Vigor for crafting well-tested, well-documented & elegantly structured code
• Thrives in a collaborative / cooperative environment.
• Empathy for users and passion for crafting great user experiences
• Good oral and written communication skills

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

Bachelor Degree in related field or 7+ years of relevant experience

WORK LOCATION

• Remote Permitted: This is a remote permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, DC office but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that NPR approves.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Expertise in Swift, UIKit, AVFoundation & Objective-C
  • Pluses:
    • SwiftUI
    • Expertise with ‘async/await’
    • Reactive frameworks such as Combine & RxSwift
• Expertise in object-oriented & protocol-oriented programming skills
• Expertise in understanding of design patterns & software architecture (specifically concepts such as “clean” architecture & dependency injection, MVVM)
• Unit Testing frameworks (preferably XCTest)
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• Experience working with Git (bonus if you can use it via the command line.)
• Experience managing external dependencies (CocoaPods/Swift Package Manager.)
• Experience with Instruments & device performance optimization.

BONUS SKILLS

• Programming experience with Android, Chromecast, or Alexa

JOB TYPE

• This is a full time, exempt position.

COMPENSATION

Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $133,000 - 155,000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.

Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees. 

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