SmartNews is a global leader in redefining information and news discovery, committed to providing users with accurate, timely information and supporting quality journalism. We combine the power of our unique machine-learning technology with the expertise of our first-rate editorial team to bring news that matters to millions of users from our over 3,000 global publishing partners. Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore.
The Team
The Mobile Foundation Team is all about providing the best Developer Experience to Mobile Engineers, ensuring a swift and reliable feature delivery. We strive to achieve good engineering practices, rock-solid architectures, and exceptional tooling, frameworks, and kits. But that's not all we've got a thing for performance metrics too. Think app size, start time, crashes, scrolling, rendering all those metrics that define a top-notch user experience.
In this role, you'll collaborate closely with your fellow engineers, creating an environment where your inquisitive and proactive approach shines. Your ideas are not only welcomed, but valued and encouraged. This is your space to own and drive your concepts forward.
Join us and be the driving force behind elevating our mobile engineering experience and ensuring our products soar to new heights of excellence.
What you'll do
- Lead the design, execution, and performance optimization of an iOS application used by tens of millions of users
- Closely collaborate with global cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, data scientists, backend engineers, etc.) to build new mobile product features
- Optimize mobile platform with the latest iOS and Swift technology to improve user experience and mobile engineering productivity
- Analyze and optimize UI and backend application code for efficiency and performance
- Rapid prototype development to visualize impactful product for the user and the business
- Proactive, innovative, creative technical problem solving with a focus on metrics
- Be able to participate in an on-call rotation to provide technical support outside of regular business hours
Requirements
Main requirements
- At least 5 years of experience with iOS application development
- Experience with coding in both Swift and Objective-C
- Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design, and unit testing techniques
- Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management
- Experience with mobile CI/CD, ideally on a customized cloud setup
- Experience working with cross functional teams
- Good communication and proactivity
- Good ownership and leadership skills
- Business level communication in English
Nice to have experience/skills
- Experience developing iOS applications from start to finish
- Experience with other programming languages
- Experience with iOS performance tools
- Experience with applying unified architectures in a large-scale mobile project
- Familiar with design patterns and architecture design (e.g UML)
Benefits
Benefits available at the SmartNews Tokyo Office
- Lunch and snacks prepared daily in our on-site kitchen facility
- In-office coffee stand offering single-origin coffees, espresso-based beverages, teas, and other seasonal drinks
- SmartSelect, our support program for employee self-development, well-being, and productivity
- All healthcare and social insurance required by the Japanese labor law
Visa Sponsorship and Relocation Support
- Work visa sponsorship is available for candidates who meet eligibility requirements
- To support a smooth transition for candidates who are moving to Japan from overseas, SmartNews partners with a travel service provider