Senior Software Engineer - iOS Mobile Developer

Who You are:

You are a passionate, solutions-oriented, SDLC-driven Senior Software Engineer with a focus on Apple iOS Mobile Application Development, who has significant professional experience in tech in an agile setup and is up for a challenge. You come with strong technical skills and experience in different technologies and programming languages for native mobile application development with Swift and Objective-C. You also come with a solid knowledge of Mobile CI/CD and Mobile Release Lifecycle. You love building secure and quality software and you are more than comfortable managing the project and your time using Jira and Confluence. This role requires a strong understanding of iOS development principles and a passion for creating high-quality, user-friendly apps.

You are inquisitive, you love learning, you know how to get to the right answers even if you do not know them to start with. You listen carefully and voice your challenges and progress to your leaders. You have the knack for innovation; you are driven by the desire to help our customers/partners succeed. You also embody the other human values that we care about most (accountability, belonging, bias for action) and you know that people matter most.

Basic Qualifications:

You have a minimum of 4+ years of experience with building native mobile applications using Swift and Objective-C. You are proficient with Xcode IDE and Interface Builder for application development, debugging and optimization. You have a solid understanding of iOS frameworks such as UIKit, Core Data, Core Animation, etc. You can design and implement UI components using Interface Builder and AutoLayout for responsive and user-friendly layouts. You have an excellent understanding of UI/UX design principles and Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. You have experience with RESTful APIs and are familiar with cryptographic principles and code obfuscation. You can optimize applications for performance, speed and scalability. You have strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing iOS application/code. You have experience with Apple’s App Store submission and deployment process. You have experience with testing and quality assurance practices such as creating unit tests, integration tests, UI tests, and automation tests. You have experience with leveraging code and vulnerability scanning tools to refine code. You have experience with build and integration tools and version control systems. You have previously utilized Agile/Scrum methodologies.

It is preferred that the candidate has a Bachelor’s or Associates’ degree indicative of a 4 year College in Computer Science or equivalent subject or expertise.

What to expect as a “Senior Software Engineer” in WatchGuard:

The Senior Software Engineer role in WatchGuard engineering team is perfectly suited for strong technical folks who are creative, motivated, curious, and good listeners. As you ramp up in your responsibilities you would be critical in helping us achieve the following main objectives:

1. Develop yourself by learning more robust processes using agile methodologies and working with globally distributed teams with asynchronous communication across diverse cultures and time zones. Your team depends upon your input and guidance.
2. Ensure that you understand the vision, are held accountable, meet commitments, consider choices for high-performance and resilient software, and have strong software engineering discipline (test-driven design, unit test code coverage, automation, staying on top of OSS compliance and vulnerabilities, monitoring focused, secure coding practices, etc.).
3. Mentor other engineers and continue to develop command over all aspects of delivering high-quality software (design, documentation, unit tests, code reviews, security, deployment, monitoring, maintenance, etc.) built on top of microservices architecture and a native Mobile Application.
4. Uphold our standards and maturity levels of running world class security services in cloud by designing more secure, reliable, and scalable cloud managed security services (architecture and infrastructure wise) and mobile applications.
5. Maintain an open environment of collaboration, transparency, innovation, and fun for positive teamwork.

A Typical “Day in the Life of a Senior Software Engineer” in WatchGuard:

The Senior Software Engineer is seen at WatchGuard as a motivated, creative, and curious developer with strong engineering discipline who is always willing to learn modern technologies and techniques. The Senior Software Engineer takes ownership of the development process and collaborates with other junior engineers to mentor and guide them. To evolve in your career and execute excellent work, you need to show the following important characteristics on a day-to-day basis:

1. Taking ownership and decisions: You are expected to demonstrate effective technical leadership, take decisions, drive the development activities and the team in the right direction. It is possible that in your role you may be involved with more than one project at the same time, and being the owner means that you must assume responsibility for what you and your teams are doing. You will also be engaging with product management and customer support to understand customer feedback and needs.
2. Guiding execution: The projects you are working on are complex and sometimes multi-faceted. They will require strong technical skills but also soft skills. You should be able to influence and drive the team and your work to deliver excellence in a predictable time.
3. Showing initiative and commitment: You are now part of an experienced and strong group of engineers, but there is still a lot to learn and while you are learning it is important that you do not wait for anything to get your hands, you need to have initiative to pursue the activities and commitment in finishing them before the next challenge.
4. Applying analytical and logical mind: You will write solutions to solve real problems for our customers. So, you need to understand our customers and what is important for them. You should not just follow instructions, you must comprehend what you are doing, ask questions, bring suggestions, and find the best solution to deliver what is required.
5. Demonstrating curiosity and genuine interest in learning: You will be in contact with more senior engineers and architects as well as working in a complex environment and product. So, you will have the opportunity to gain experience all the time and it is imperative that you have an interest in evolving with the daily experience and becoming a stronger engineer tomorrow.
6. Maintaining teamwork and collaboration: You will be collaborating with a team to deliver something important to our customers and build a safer world. So, you are not alone, and it is important for you to think collectively, helping others around you and demonstrating gratitude to your colleagues for helping you. For that you must have strong empathy and be able to communicate clearly and efficiently.