Principal iOS Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled Principal iOS Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and development of scalable mobile applications used by millions of customers. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience building high-performance iOS applications in product-based environments and possess strong expertise in VIPER and MVVM architecture patterns.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of large-scale iOS applications.
• Drive engineering excellence, code quality, performance optimisation, and application scalability.
• Define and implement mobile architecture using VIPER and MVVM design patterns.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Backend, and QA teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Mentor senior engineers and establish engineering best practices.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
• Build reusable components and frameworks to accelerate development.
• Ensure application security, reliability, maintainability, and performance.
• Evaluate and implement modern mobile technologies and development methodologies.

Requirements:

• 11-14 years of overall software development experience with a strong focus on iOS development.
• Expert-level proficiency in Swift and iOS SDK.
• Strong hands-on experience with VIPER and MVVM architecture patterns.
• Deep understanding of UIKit, SwiftUI, Auto Layout, and modern iOS frameworks.
• Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, and mobile networking.
• Strong knowledge of multithreading, memory management, concurrency, and performance optimisation.
• Experience with Dependency Injection, Modular Architecture, and Design Patterns.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Strong understanding of App Store deployment and release management processes.

Product Engineering Experience:

• Must have worked with B2C, D2C, or Consumer Internet Product Companies.
• Experience building applications serving large user bases with high traffic volumes.
• Strong focus on customer experience, performance, and product scalability.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience with SwiftUI adoption in enterprise-scale applications.
• Exposure to Mobile Analytics, A/B Testing, Feature Flags, and Experimentation Platforms.
• Experience integrating AI-powered features, recommendation engines, or personalisation solutions is a plus.
• Prior experience leading teams and driving mobile engineering strategy.

Good to Have:

• Strong Product Engineering Mindset.
• Architecture & Design Leadership.
• Expert in VIPER & MVVM.
• Consumer-Facing Mobile Product Experience.
• Hands-on Coding Leadership.
• Excellent Stakeholder Management & Mentoring Skills.