Join Sporty Group as an iOS Engineer
We consistently top the charts as one of if not the most used Sports Betting website in the countries we operate in. With millions of weekly active users, we strive to be the best in the industry for our users.
Sporty launched its first iOS app to its millions of users at the end of January 2021. As an iOS developer in our team, you’ll be on the ground floor for the greenfield development of one of Africa’s most popular iOS apps expanding into our latest global territories.
Our Stack
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Languages: Swift
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Architecture: MVC, MVVM
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Layout: Programmatic UI, Xib
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Testing: XCTest
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Dependency management: Swift Package Manager
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CI/CD: Fastlane, Github Action, Jenkins
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers and Backend Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on iOS
- Build end-to-end features of the app, such as networking, persistence, business logic and UI
- Prepare and maintain documents that include architectural diagrams and navigation maps in your area of expertise
- Analyse and prepare recommendations to address existing and potential issues in systems and procedures across the organisation, as well as design and recommend new solutions
- Participate in code reviews with team members to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate
- Mentor less experienced team members
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional experience developing consumer-facing iOS applications using Swift
- Experience developing, delivering, and supporting native iOS applications by integrating REST APIs, push notifications and multithreaded experience
- Solid foundation around software engineering fundamentals, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, and iOS design patterns
- Deep understanding of multi-threading, memory management, networking, caching, performance optimisation, localisation, and security for mobile applications
- A creative approach to problem solving and crafting simplified solutions
- Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
- Previous history of working with a remote, distributed team would be beneficial
Bonus Requirements
- Experience with mobile video playback and streaming technologies
- Experience with reactive programming, e.g. RxSwift, Combine
- Experience with AVFoundation, CoreData, WKWebView
- Experience with TCP / IP socket
Benefits
- Quarterly and flash bonuses
- Flexible working hours
- Top-of-the-line equipment
- Referral bonuses
- 28 days paid annual leave
- Annual company retreat
- Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
- Payment via DEEL, a world class online wallet system
Our Mission
Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone.
Interview Process
- Online HackerRank Test (Max time of 90 Minutes)
- Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
- Remote video interview with 3 x Team Members (45 mins each)
- Feedback call on successful interview