LatAM iOS Engineer

Sporty Group
Partnered with some of the World’s greatest Champions including Real Madrid FC, Michael Essien and Eder Militao, we’re on the lookout for some Champions of our own to be a part of the ‘Top Ranked Fastest Growing and Most Successful Online Gaming Brand in the World’. Home to SportyBet, SportyTV, Sporty.com, Football.com and the newly launched SportyFM, we continue to lead with innovation and exclusive sports content.
Sporty is expanding and we’re building the world’s go to platform for everyday entertainment.
About the role
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
Languages: SwiftUIArchitecture: MVC, MVVMLayout: Programmatic UI, XibTesting: XCTestDependency management: Swift Package ManagerCI/CD: Fastlane, Github Action, Jenkins

What you’ll be doing

• 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

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years of professional experience developing consumer-facing iOS applications using SwiftUI
• Experience developing, delivering, and supporting native iOS applications by integrating REST APIs, push notifications and multithreaded experiences
• 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 optimization, localization, 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
• Must be based in LatinAmerica

Even better if you have

• 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

What’s In It For You
📍 Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability💰 A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter🌴 28 days paid annual leave⏰ Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this📝 Referral bonuses & flash bonuses💻 Top of the line equipment🌍 Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Interview Process
Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team Offline Take home assignment Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)
Personalised Support
We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. If you need any adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know.
Your Move
If you’re excited about this role, even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. We understand candidates may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet all requirements, however your unique perspective is what helps us innovate and grow together.
If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.