Who you are

• 5+ years building production iOS apps with Swift, including meaningful ownership of shipped features
• Strong proficiency with Swift UI, with experience building complex UI
• Solid grasp of Swift concurrency (async/await, structured concurrency, cancellation, thread-safety)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with a unidirectional architecture such as The Composable Architecture (TCA) or similar patterns
• Strong functional programming fundamentals
• Previous UI Kit and Objective-C experience, although our app is fully written in Swift/Swift UI
• Experience with modularization (Swift Package Manager) and CI improvements

What the job involves

• As an iOS Developer II, you will be a critical contributor to the entire Kobo app. You will take ownership over key features and deliver them from inception to completion. We pride ourselves in a collaborative environment, and you will have input over future product direction and features
• You will be joining the iOS team within the Global Apps group. We have recently re-written our iOS app in pure Swift/Swift UI. While most of the code inside the app is new native Swift code, the app incorporates some legacy React Native components (such as the reading experience)
• There is an existing React Native team to maintain these components, with integration and support provided by the iOS team as needed
• Contribute new features to the Kobo App
• Fix issues and maintain the quality of the codebase
• Take complete ownership of features and tasks
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Backend, and QA to clarify requirements, break down work, and ship iteratively

Benefits

• "Work from anywhere" policy
• Flexible hours
• Internet/phone/commuting allowance
• Daily meal allowance when in the office
• $500 CAD flexible spending account
• Parental leave top-up
• Unlimited sick and mental health days
• 4-day summer holiday weekends
• RRSP matching, bonus and stock options
• Free Kobo eReader
• Free weekly book of your choice
• Volunteer time off