Mid/Senior iOS Engineer

About Nortal: 
We’re Nortal. We think big and create cutting-edge digital solutions with a global reach. And with 25 years of experience, 2,700+ professional experts, and half a billion people worldwide impacted by our work, we believe we’ve got the numbers to back up that statement.   

Our global teams have played a significant role in many Fortune 500 companies’ projects and systems and have been the driving force of digital transformation for governments, healthcare institutions, and leading enterprises worldwide. We combine best-in-class strategic consulting with software engineering, data, and design practices to bring our visions to life. 

The client you’ll work with:  

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Their news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Their national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and they have market-leading local stations across Ireland. News UK’s world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities they serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

The role:

You will join the team of The Sun of our client, News UK, as a Mid/Senior iOS Engineer.

The team:

The Sun is one of the UK’s strongest brands and, like all media organisations, is having to adapt rapidly to overcome the uncertainties of a fast-moving digital world. The website of The Sun is more than a newspaper. It is an instigator, an entertainer, a cultural reference point, a finger on the pulse, a daily relationship.

As an iOS Engineer you will work alongside our other engineers, product owners and stakeholders to ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. You’ll be a key component of a cross-functional team delivering quality software. You’ll interact with product owners and stakeholders, contribute to the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is best in class and fit for purpose. You’ll report to a Principal Engineer and will help him deliver on the technical strategy and tactical implementation. You will also be:

• Following best practices to ensure good code quality is maintained
• Supporting existing, and developing new, features to support business needs across all Sun 
• Helping to define requirements and create tickets
• Assisting with the release process to deploy new features/fixes to production
• Leveraging AI to boost productivity

• Native iOS application development with both modern and legacy systems
• Solid commercial iOS development using Swift
• Strong experience with SwiftUI for modern UI development
• Experience with RxSwift for reactive programming and asynchronous operations
• Experience maintaining and refactoring legacy UIKit-based systems
• Understanding of both modern architecture patterns (MVVM, MVI) and legacy patterns (MVP)
• Firm grasp of object-oriented software development and tiered design
• An ability to deliver solutions with iOS UI/UX principles in mind
• TDD using testing frameworks such as Jest or Webdriver and Appium
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices
• Experience with mobile development issues related to performance optimisation, caching, security and native components / SDKs
• Familiarity with AI tooling options and exploring their capabilities
• Experience with NodeJS and AWS cloud platform is beneficial

Why work with us:

• Great work-life balance
• Competitive remuneration package
• Exceptional social package & special discounts
• Supplemental health & dental care
• Team bonding events
• Excellent office location & facilities
• Relaxing & gaming areas
• Free bike parking & showers

How to apply:

If you recognize yourself in this role, please send your CV in English.

Our team would be excited to get in touch if your skillset and experience match the profile we look for. Of course, all applications will be treated as strictly confidential.