Senior iOS Software Engineer – Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality production iOS applications utilizing Swift, SwiftUI, and contemporary Apple frameworks.

• Act as a senior technical contributor on mobile initiatives, providing guidance on implementation strategies, architecture, code quality, and engineering best practices.

• Collaborate with engineers, designers, project managers, QA engineers, and clients to convert requirements into effective technical solutions.

• Contribute to Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose as project needs arise.

• Work across both iOS and Android codebases by implementing features, addressing defects, reviewing code, troubleshooting issues, and supporting release processes.

• Establish a consistent architecture, functionality, and user experiences between iOS and Android platforms.

• Research and assess frameworks, libraries, platform capabilities, and relevant technologies.

• Engage in discovery, technical planning, estimation, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.

• Produce detailed estimates of effort for tasks and contribute to technical planning and project forecasting.

• Monitor project budgets and timelines, remaining accountable for assigned deliverables.

• Participate in peer code reviews and offer constructive feedback.

• Share technical expertise to resolve complex challenges.

• Enhance engineering processes, development practices, application architecture, and team productivity.

• Ensure projects adhere to Mindgrub engineering standards and development protocols.

• Communicate with clients regarding technical requirements, project updates, technical decisions, and issue resolution.

• Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, collaborative work, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing.

• Participate in the interviewing and evaluation of engineering candidates.

• Maintain up-to-date expertise in the evolving landscape of iOS and Android technologies and practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must possess authorization to work in the United States.

• Remote position; hours from 9:00am to 5:00pm EST; anticipated 40 hours per week.

• Contract from October 2026 through September 2027 with a possibility of extension.

• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in iOS development, with considerable recent experience in building and maintaining production applications using Swift.

• Recent hands-on experience in developing native applications for both iOS and Android platforms.

• Strong, current proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI, including the development of production user interfaces with SwiftUI and integration with UIKit where applicable.

• In-depth knowledge of the current iOS SDK, Xcode, application lifecycle, concurrency, networking, data persistence, debugging, performance optimization, automated testing, dependency management, and Apple code signing and distribution.

• Hands-on professional experience in Android development using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

• Familiarity with Android Studio, Jetpack libraries, Compose-based UI development, application architecture, coroutines, Gradle, networking, persistence, testing, and application publishing.

• Ability to independently navigate, comprehend, debug, and contribute significant production code to both modern iOS and Android codebases.

• Understanding of declarative UI development, including state management, navigation, application architecture, lifecycle, and platform-specific UI conventions.

• Experience in designing or contributing to maintainable mobile application architectures.

• Knowledge of iOS and Android application architecture, lifecycle, platform capabilities, accessibility, performance characteristics, and release processes.

• Experience in consuming RESTful APIs and integrating mobile applications with backend services and third-party SDKs.

• Familiarity with Git-based development workflows, continuous integration, automated testing, and mobile application release procedures.

• Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities across mobile applications, APIs, and third-party integrations.

• Excellent communication skills with engineers, project teams, clients, and other stakeholders.

• Capability to work independently within multidisciplinary project teams.

• Ability to attend meetings either digitally or in person as necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential for contract extension.

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Anticipated 40 hours per week.

• An inclusive and respectful work environment.