iOS Lead - Chennai

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Lead and oversee day-to-day iOS development activities, providing technical guidance and mentorship to developers while ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain robust iOS applications using Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, and related Apple frameworks.
• Own the technical architecture and roadmap for iOS applications, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, performant, and aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, Architects, Backend Engineers, QA teams, and other stakeholders to define and deliver mobile solutions.
• Analyze business, product, and system requirements, translating them into effective technical designs and implementation strategies.
• Drive application design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Lead the development and maintenance of reusable frameworks, UI components, libraries, and shared modules that improve development efficiency and consistency.
• Evaluate and ensure compatibility across Apple devices, iOS versions, APIs, and third-party integrations.
• Establish and enhance CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, deployment processes, and App Store release management practices.
• Monitor application health, performance, crash analytics, and production stability, driving continuous improvements and proactive issue resolution.
• Manage sprint planning, technical estimations, backlog refinement, and delivery commitments within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Support and maintain existing applications while leading the development of new features, enhancements, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and production incidents.
• Conduct root cause analysis for critical issues and implement long-term corrective and preventive measures.
• Provide regular project updates, technical recommendations, and risk assessments to leadership and stakeholders.
• Drive adoption of mobile engineering standards, development frameworks, governance processes, and industry best practices.
• Mentor, coach, and support team members through technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and career development initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks, recommending innovations that improve product quality, team productivity, and engineering excellence.
• Contribute to strategic technology decisions and help shape the organization's mobile engineering vision and roadmap.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of software development experience with at least 5+ years focused on iOS application development.
• Strong expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, and Apple mobile application architecture patterns (MVC, MVVM, Clean Architecture, etc.).
• Experience leading development teams and delivering enterprise-scale iOS applications.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, networking, multithreading, memory management, and mobile security practices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, automated testing frameworks, App Store deployment, and release management.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as Jira.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of cross-platform technologies and modern mobile development trends.
• Experience in mentoring distributed or offshore development teams.
• Exposure to mobile analytics, observability, and performance monitoring tools.