The Athletic
The Athletic
The Athletic is a subscription-based sports media company founded in 2016, producing detailed reporting, live updates, and expert analysis across football, tennis, Formula 1, golf, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and college sports. Its editorial team covers major leagues, tournaments, events, and players through in-depth journalism for sports audiences.

Senior iOS Engineer at The Athletic (Remote, United States)

Lead native iOS development for The Athletic’s sports news app, shaping core features and scalable architecture. Use Swift to deliver polished, high-performance experiences in collaboration with Product and Design.

Description

  • Own important areas of The Athletic’s native iOS application
  • Help shape core features and application architecture
  • Create polished, high-quality user experiences
  • Design maintainable and elegant code solutions
  • Stay current with iOS best practices and emerging Apple technologies
  • Partner with Product and Design to deliver attractive, performant, well-engineered interfaces
  • Build for performance, growth, scalability, maintainability, and code quality
  • Develop unit and functional tests
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues reported by users
  • Collaborate with Product and Design on product concepts and enhancements
  • Refactor existing code to improve the engineering experience
  • Contribute within a cross-functional team and recommend process improvements

Requirements

  • At least four years of professional native iOS development experience using Swift
  • Strong consumer-product and design judgment, with an interest in contributing to product decisions
  • GraphQL, SwiftUI, or Combine experience is preferred
  • Experience at an early-stage startup addressing growth and scaling challenges is preferred
  • Interest in sports and media is welcome but not required

Benefits

  • U.S. roles may include variable compensation, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock, depending on the position
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Company-matched 401(k) plan
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid parental leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional development programs

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