iOS Engineer

Role Description

This role involves focusing on our Joist Payments product, which is an end-to-end vertical software platform for small & medium-sized trades contractors.

• Contribute to solutions from inception to deployment, supporting rapid iteration and innovation.
• Innovate and Develop: Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable iOS code for our iOS mobile app.
• Collaborate: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers and designers, to define, design, and ship new features.
• Enhance User Experience: Ensure app performance, visual polish, and smooth interaction to provide a best-in-class user experience.
• Mentor and Lead: Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and help foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Drive Technical Excellence: Identify bottlenecks and bugs, devise solutions to address and mitigate these issues, and help maintain code quality and organization.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of professional experience building iOS applications in Swift.
• Solid foundation in modern iOS development practices and tools.
• Experience with SwiftUI is preferred, but UIKit is also welcome where appropriate.
• Proficiency with common iOS architectural patterns, such as MVVM or similar.
• Experience using dependency injection.
• Familiarity with reactive programming frameworks like RxSwift, Combine, or async/await.
• Strong grasp of Apple’s core frameworks, including Foundation (e.g., URLSession, Codable).
• Experience building robust networking and data-handling layers.
• Commitment to code quality, including experience with unit testing and test frameworks (e.g., XCTest).
• Familiarity with tools like SwiftLint, pre-commit hooks, and dependency management using CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager (SPM).
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to communicate technical concepts clearly with team members across product and design functions.
• Experience debugging and resolving production issues in live environments using tools like Xcode Instruments, crash and log analytics, and other performance profiling methods.

Requirements

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions and Fastlane, or equivalent tools.
• Exposure to app performance profiling tools (e.g., Instruments) is a plus.
• Experience with different types of testing beyond unit tests (UI testing, integration testing, etc.).

Benefits

• Flexibility to work where/how you want within your country of employment – in-office, remote, or hybrid.
• Robust wellness benefits, including an annual wellness stipend.
• Flexible and generous (FTO) time-off.
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with 4% company match.