IOS Developer (Objective-C, Swift, REST, JSON) | Onsite

Job Title

Imagine working in an environment where you can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Client Global Tech.

We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists, and service professionals within Client, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates.

Client’s Values

Service to the customer

Respect for the individual

Strive for excellence

Act with integrity

On the Membership Experience Engineering team at Client, we provide technology to power shopping journeys that help hundreds of millions of customers live better – be it busy families getting groceries easily, new parents welcoming a new baby, organizing a new home or anyone planning a fun party.

We strive to create the best shopping experience anywhere anytime, meeting customers’ evolving needs and expectations.

Client + is pioneering the way people experience online and in-store shopping.

We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to help us design and improve customer membership experience and build scalable platforms on mobile devices. We are just getting started on membership experience and this is a very critical role to shape the face of Client +.

What You'll Do:

Troubleshoot business and production issues for mobile devices by reviewing and analyzing information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, possible root cause, etc.); then engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of found issues.

Upon issue resolution, perform a root cause analysis across multiple mobile devices to prevent future occurrence.

Develop innovative mobile technology solutions and strategies to support business objectives by collaborating with cross-functional business partners

Developing assessments of key opportunities

Benchmarking and analyzing industry best practices

Forecasting for future technologies

Driving high-priority initiatives

Identifying and implementing solutions

Communicating with and influencing decision-makers and executives within the organization

Influencing the industry to adopt sustainable solutions and defining software development guidelines, standards, and processes.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine project requirements

Translating requirements into mobile solutions for iOS operating system

Gathering requested information (for example, design documents, product requirements, wire frames)

Writing and developing code (for example, Objective-C/Swift) that can be applied to multiple types of mobile devices

Developing user interface solutions

Conducting testing to ensure solution is functional

Communicating project status and roadblocks to team members and stakeholders

Determining solutions to issues

Enhancing design to prevent reoccurrence of defects across multiple devices

Ensuring on-time delivery and collaborating with project managers to provide guidance on project implementation plan.

Remove barriers and obstacles that impact performance

Providing resources

Identifying performance standards

Measuring progress and adjusting performance

Developing contingency plans and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.

Promote and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application

Ensuring compliance with them and utilizing and supporting the Open-Door Policy.

Ensure business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives

Consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders

Soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and costeffectiveness and participating in and supporting community outreach events.

Requirements

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

5+ years of professional experience in various elements of full stack software development – native mobile, web front end, back end, and hands-on coding experience in the past

Experience with a consumer facing app and ecommerce or retail shopping

Hands-on experience building scalable backend systems and platforms

Designing and developing advanced applications for the iOS platform

Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

Experience with bug fixing and improving application performance

Work with outside data sources and APIs

Experience with the agile methodology Scrum

Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Proven software development experience and iOS skills development

Experience translating wireframes into pixel-perfect views

Knowledgeable about animation and screen transitions

Have published at least one original iOS app

Experience with iOS SDK, Services, and various methods of background processing

Experience working with remote data via REST, JSON, Google Cloud Messaging, and the protocol

Experience with Google Play APIs: Maps, Location, and Cloud Messaging

Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

Experience with analysis of memory issues using Xcode Memory Graph

Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle and writing readable, maintainable, performant object-oriented code

Experience working with Swift, Combine, MVVM, View Models, Reactive Programming, and other architectures

Experience working with an orchestration Layer and GraphQL

Experience operating in an Agile environment and using tracking tools like Jira

Soft Skills

Being a team player, critical thinker, and exhibiting problem-solving skills

Having optimal time-management skills and interpersonal and communication skills

Eagerness to help shape the direction of iOS development at Client

Dedication to continue to learn, grow, and help Client tackle brand new challenges

Collaborating with UI and UX Designers, as well as Software Testers, to ensure that each app is presentable and in perfect working order.