Senior Ios Engineer

Duolingo Duolingo · Consumer · New York, NY +1 · Engineering

Senior iOS Engineer role at Duolingo focused on improving core app performance and user experience in the iOS application. Responsibilities include developing, releasing, and maintaining native iOS applications, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating on software projects. Requires strong Swift and iOS development skills, with exceptional candidates having experience with API design, multithreaded programming, and performance optimization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
  2. Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift
  3. Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers across the company

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • Programming experience in Swift

Nice to have

  • Strong proficiency in Swift, with proven ability to build and maintain production-level applications
  • Strong technical knowledge of iOS mobile application development for iPhone/iPad using Swift with Cocoa Touch and related frameworks
  • Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
  • Experience with multithreaded programming
  • Experience writing unit tests and testable code
  • Knowledge of iOS SDK performance tools and optimization techniques