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About Us Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs. About the Role Our ideal candidate will own key aspects of our native iOS application and contribute to our core features and architecture. We’re looking for an experienced engineer who can build beautiful, polished user experiences and architect elegant, maintainable code. We prioritize fast iteration without compromising quality. Successful candidates keep up-to-date with best practices and have a familiarity with bleeding-edge features from Apple. You can check out our current iOS app here: apps.apple.com This role is remote for candidates currently located in the United States or Canada. Responsibilities Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered Architect and build the app to optimize for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams Refactor existing code where needed in order to improve quality of life for the other engineers Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on process and making your own suggestions for improvements Requirements 4+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required The annual base salary range for this role is $145,000.00 - $160,000.00 USD. The total compensation offered for this position may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, and location. It may also include non-cash rewards and benefits. The base salary range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs. For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process. We are excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process. If you are a candidate for a technical role, we will let you know what specific tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment. The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Click here to review our Applica nt Privacy Notice , which describes how and when The Athletic Media Company collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of job applicants and prospective employees. Beware of fraudulent job recruiting schemes! Our recruiters use careers@theathletic.com exclusively, and our team members will use an email address with @ theathletic.com domain. We do not conduct interviews via text or instant message and we do not ask candidates to download software, to purchase equipment through us, or to provide sensitive personally identifiable information, such as bank accounts or social security numbers. If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be a member of the recruiting/HR team at The Athletic but operating from a different email address about a job offer, please report it as potential job fraud to the law enforcement and to people@theathletic.com .

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You can check out our current iOS app here:
Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered
Architect and build the app to optimize for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality
Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams
Refactor existing code where needed in order to improve quality of life for the other engineers
Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on process and making your own suggestions for improvements
4+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift
Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions
Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required
For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
Click here to review our Applica nt Privacy Notice , which describes how and when The Athletic Media Company collects, uses, and shares certain personal information of job applicants and prospective employees.

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Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine
Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges

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