Software Engineer, iOS

【Mission】

SmartNews is a technology company driven by our mission of delivering the world's quality information to those who need it. Our leading mobile news app has tens of millions of monthly active users in Japan and the US. Our goal is to grow SmartNews into a top global product, delivering quality information that supports millions of people worldwide.

To achieve this goal, we are looking for mobile developers who can continue developing state-of-the-art iOS mobile applications that are smart, engaging, and user-friendly to our users while contributing to our aggressive business growth.

【Culture】

Our engineers come from a variety of backgrounds from large, well-established companies to small ventures. We believe that employees with diverse sets of skills working together make for strong, cohesive teams.

Visit our People page to see interviews of our engineering leaders!

https://careers.smartnews.com/people/

【iOS Engineer Responsibilities】

• Lead the design, execution, and performance optimization of an iOS application used by tens of millions of users

• Closely collaborate with global cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, data scientists, backend engineers, etc.) to build new mobile product features

• Optimize mobile platform with the latest iOS and Swift technology to improve user experience and mobile engineering productivity

• Analyze and optimize UI and backend application code for efficiency and performance

• Rapid prototype development to visualize impactful product for the user and the business

• Proactive, innovative, creative technical problem solving with a focus on metrics

-Technology we use-

• Coding: Swift, Objective-C

• Libraries: Firebase, GRMustache, KeychainAccess, Lottie, SwiftFormat, SwiftGen, SwiftLint, Nimble, Quick

• Tools: GitHub, Slack, CirecleCI

• Issue Management: JIRA

• Document Management: Notion

-Teams-

Ads Mobile

Contribute to business growth by developing advertisement features for the Japanese and the US market with reliable and efficient code.

Community

Support the development of features for US edition consumers, building many prototypes that will help give the users an engaging and a new experience while using SmartNews app.

News Mobile

Deliver great and relevant news to our users. Working on the content delivery and content ranking in the news feed which is the core of SmartNews mission.

Requirements

【Qualifications】

• 3-5+ years of experience with iOS application development

• Experience with coding in both Swift and Objective-C

• Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design, and unit testing techniques

• Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management

• Business level communication in English

【Preferred Qualifications】

• Experience developing iOS applications from start to finish

• Experience with other programming languages

• Experience with mobile CI/CD, ideally on a customized cloud setup

• Experience with iOS performance tools

• Experience with applying unified architectures in a large-scale mobile project

• Familiar with design patterns and architecture design (e.g UML)

• Experience working with cross functional teams

Benefits

Perks and Benefits at the SmartNews Tokyo Office

• Support program for employees’ self-development and well-being

• Healthy lunches are prepared on-site daily in our SmartKitchen, located in our West Office building. You can even see the cooks at work!

• Need a pick-me-up? Stop by ChikyuCoffee, our in-house coffee shop located in both the East and West Office buildings, and get a cup of gourmet coffee, espresso-based beverage, or other seasonal drink!

• SmartNews provides all healthcare and social insurance benefits required by Japanese labor law

Visa Sponsorship and Relocation Support

SmartNews can sponsor visas for candidates who meet eligibility requirements.

To support a smooth transition for candidates who are moving to Japan from overseas, SmartNews partners with a travel service provider.