Job Title: Senior iOS Developer

Location: Calgary, AB (Hybrid)

Employment Contract opportunity

About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.

Job Description:

Description

We are seeking a Senior iOS Developer who is passionate about great software and motivated to make a huge impact with our mobile development on one of the flagship trading platforms. We are excited about candidates who are creative, innovative and enjoy working through problems which ultimately results in solid software designs that are tailored completely for our users. To be a successful member of this team you must prioritize quality and be driven by self-motivation to succeed.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the mobile application strategy
• Design and implement features for a suite of Mobile Applications
• Learn and apply new technologies, best design practices and usability patterns
• Contribute to end-to-end system architecture, working with back-end engineers
• Collaborate with product managers and other technical teams to create optimized and delightful user experiences.
• Maintain source code quality, provide code review feedback, and help create team coding principles.
• Mentor, train, and provide guidance to other team members and lead by example.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• 7 years of software development experience with Apple platforms
• Expert knowledge of Swift
• Broad experience with the iOS SDK, particularly UI Kit, Swift UI, and Foundation
• Solid experience with asynchronous programming using structured concurrency and GCD
• Understanding of reactive paradigms, experience using Combine and/or RxSwift is a plus
• Solid understanding of the MVVM architectural pattern
• Experience with consuming and designing RESTful API type web services. Experience with real time streaming frameworks like Socket.io, Ably, or Light Streamer is a huge plus.
• Strong knowledge of iOS UI design principles, patterns, and best practices. iPadOS is a plus. The ability to cleanly integrate with both in one codebase is ideal.
• Strong fundamentals with XCTest, and hopefully you've heard of Swift Test. You don't aim for 100% coverage but instead focus on what really matters.
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills, including use of Instruments for identifying issues as they arise, and utilizing performance testing to ensure they don't happen in the first place.

Warm Regards,