Mobile (iOS) Software Developer
Mobile Software Developer
Position is remote, to be based in Austin, Texas.
Travel to headquarters (Houston) once a month and meet once a week (Austin) with iOS team member.
FlightAware is looking for a mobile software developer to join our mobile team developing our iOS flight tracking app. This app serve almost 2 million users a month, and gain 5,000 new users each day. The app is backed by the most comprehensive flight-tracking data and intelligence in the industry—we process over 40 million incoming messages per hour from over 45 individual data feeds (over 150 gigabytes a day and growing) to provide the world's best, most complete, and most accurate real-time flight-tracking service.
Technically, this person is comfortable maintaining and evolving our mobile software applications for iOS. This person needs to have a strong background and demonstrable track record in software development on mobile platforms. You have written and submitted multiple mobile applications that run on iPhone and iPad platforms and they have been popular. You might even have a GitHub account with personal software you’ve written that solves a problem you had.
This person is naturally curious, exploring new technologies in order to stay current, but balances the use of new and old to ensure that execution is priority. Professionally, this person is driven to execute, deliver, and complete projects independently, seeking advice and direction from team members when needed, and plowing ahead to completion when the path forward is clear.
Qualifications
- 2+ years professional experience with development and maintenance of iOS applications
- Deep knowledge of Swift and Xcode
- Solid understanding of memory management with and without ARC
- Experience communicating with web services
- Experience with Git, including branching and merging strategies
- Experience with scripting languages, SQL, visual design skills a plus.
Compensation/Benefits
Salary varies based on experience and background.
Eligibility for performance-based bonuses
Matching 401(k)
Company-paid employee medical, dental and basic life/AD&D insurance
FlightAware is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Must have current work authorization for any employer in the US and not require sponsorship now or in the future.
Our open positions are closed to agency/third-party submissions.