iOS Engineer (f/m/d)

About Gorillas

Description

Hey there! We are Gorillas & we are influencing the way people live their lives. Groceries being delivered to your door in 10 minutes is a concept that up until recently was unimaginable. We’re redefining an industry that has never experienced the rapid changes that we’re creating. You can now be a part of generating this change.

At Gorillas, we will enable customers all over Europe to experience a radically different way of grocery shopping. As a member of the product team you will become part of a multinational and diverse organisation, in which values are defined and a positive as well as inclusive culture is cultivated. We run a highly complex technological operation across clients, platforms and countries. You will be among the first ones to join and therefore be able to shape both technology as well as our culture. You will be able to thrive in a work environment focused on personal growth as well as team development and experience a hyper-growth startup environment.

The dynamic product department is the brain of Gorillas. A neat network of cross-functional teammates responsible for product management, design, user experience, analytics and cutting-edge engineering. They run a highly complex technological operation across clients, platforms and countries. Together they build the product and experience that is the core of Gorillas.

Why Gorillas?

As a part of the fastest growing startup in Europe, you can benefit from a steep learning curve from day one with a high career growth trajectory. We love seeing our crew blossom & growing with us! With a transparent company culture & stunning team spirit, Gorillas ensures a dynamic & international environment welcome to anyone! Plus, our flexible working arrangements support people at different stages in their lives. We celebrate diversity & are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you want to build something you are proud of & you believe in the vision, we want you in the Gorillas fam!

About This Position

We are looking for iOS developers to help us build our next generation of iOS applications, both customer facing as well as internal. Your main responsibilities will be the development and maintenance of iOS applications and their integration with our backend services. In the process, you will be working with multiple teams of different disciplines, therefore experience in working in dynamic teams, as well as collaborative problem solving and creating quality user experiences is essential.

Your responsibilities

• Help build and scale Gorilla’s iOS apps by defining architecture and shipping delightful user experiences
• Ensure quality through close collaboration with your team on code reviews, unit tests and instrumentation tests
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers and Designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our products
• Work closely with Backend Engineers and Data Scientists to build features and ship experiments
• Identify areas of improvement and advocate for best practices across your team
• Contribute to the culture of ownership that reinforces the core values of Gorilla
  

• An advanced understanding of Swift. Objective-C experience is not required but is a plus
• An advanced understanding of UIKit and a desire to create fluid and seamless user experiences
• Experience with interacting with REST APIs (GraphQL not required but is a plus)
• An understanding of Apple's design principles and human interface guidelines
• The ability to create and work in different types of architectures without religiously sticking to one
• The ability to make informed decisions on when to bring in a 3rd party dependency and when to build in-house
• Familiarity with CI and related CI platforms / tools
• Experience with Git
• Good communication and problem-solving skills
• Open source projects and a portfolio of past work are not required but is a plus