What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal iOS Engineer position at SmartBear?
At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000 organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.
Senior iOS Engineer
Bugsnag
- You'll work in a team of open-source engineers, maintaining and improving our Apple-based error monitoring SDKs on GitHub
- You’ll be writing code that runs when the app is crashing around it!
- We’ll also give you experience in a growing number of cross-platform frameworks such as React Native, Flutter, Unity and Unreal Engine.
About the product:
Bugsnag is the trusted software stability "command center" for over 5,000 engineering teams worldwide, including Airbnb, Slack, Pinterest, Docker, EA and Microsoft. We process over 1 billion crash reports daily from 85,000 applications, and empower our customers to make data-driven decisions on when to focus on building new features, or when to fix bugs.
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About the role:
As a Senior iOS Engineer in the Bugsnag SDK team at SmartBear, you'll work in a team of open-source engineers, maintaining and improving the libraries that go into millions of Apple devices worldwide to capture the crucial diagnostics that our customers rely on when things go wrong. We’re looking for an engineer who would enjoy deep-diving into the mechanics of exception- and signal handling on Apple; and relish the challenge of developing code that runs in the milliseconds before an app dies.
You will:
- Lead the development of our open-source Cocoa library (including iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS) and associated tools on GitHub.
- Work on Apple-based platforms through cross-platform frameworks such as React Native, Unity, Unreal Engine and Flutter.
- Design and build new product features and investigate new framework and platform integrations.
- Improve the product by tracking down and fixing issues faced by our customers.
- Work alongside, and review contributions from, other open source engineers in on our web server and native mobile/desktop libraries.
We are looking for someone who has:
- A strong background in software development (minimum 5 years) and Apple platforms (minimum 3 years) in Objective-C and Swift.
- Confident in low-level C or C development.
- A solid understanding of the interaction between a running app and the OS and device it is running on.
- Familiarity with a range of package managers and build tooling used in the Apple ecosystem.
- A systematic approach to problem solving and an eagerness to learn new skills and embrace new technologies.
- Enthusiastic team participation with strong interpersonal and formal communication skills.
You may also have:
- Experience of Android, React Native or JavaScript development.
- Experience of other cross-platform frameworks (e.g. Unity, Unreal Engine or Flutter).
- Experience with error and performance monitoring libraries.
- History of open source contributions or SDK/API maintenance.
Why you should join the SmartBear crew:
- You can grow your career at every level.
- We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.
- We love celebrating our SmartBears – we even give our crew a day off with lunch on use for their birthdays.
- We are guided by a People and Culture organization – an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically
- We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.
Did you know:
- Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.
- SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.
- SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville (MA, USA) with offices across the world including Galway (Ireland), Bath (UK), Wroclaw (Poland) and Bangalore (India).
- We’ve won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work.
SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status.
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