The NBC News Group Digital team is seeking an experienced tvOS/iOS Developer on the Apps Platform & Video team who will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of NBC News Group's lagship tvOS and iOS applications.

Our team offers a unique opportunity to work alongside collaborative professionals who are building applications used by millions of users daily. Members of this team work with their peers on the Core Apps team to build and maintain OTT apps across tvOS, Roku and other connected TV platforms. They also work on improving developer efficiency and feature velocity by reviewing and updating our tools and documentation, workflows and build processes along with

building scalable, reliable app architectures.

Responsibilities

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

● Design, develop and test tvOS and iOS applications

● Collaborate with backend services teams to design and integrate APIs

● Promote best practices in UX/UI appropriate to the platform (Ex: HIG for iOS)

● Follow best engineering practices by ensuring unit-test coverage and working with QA on test automations

● Partner with fellow engineers to innovate, develop and scale our app architecture

● Lead engineering initiatives that improve developer experience and feature velocity

Qualifications/Requirements

● Minimum 5+ years of professional software development experience

● Minimum 5 years of experience building applications on Apple platforms

● Proficiency in Swift language and SwiftUI

● Prior recent (< 3 years) tvOS experience at a media company

● Prior experience with in-app purchasing and implementing subscription workflows

● Thorough knowledge of the iOS platform and deep familiarity with Xcode

● Comfortable working with Bitrise, Git, and Jira

● Comfortable working with build tools such as CocoaPods or Swift Package Manager

● Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming

● Solid background writing unit tests

● Solid understanding of the VIPER and MVVM design patterns

● Excellent technical written and spoken communication skills

Nice to have

● Experience working with video-on-demand and/or linear video playback

● Experience using GraphQL

● Published 1 or more applications available on Apple App Stor

This is a remote position.