Senior iOS Engineer
We are growing the digital technology team to power the future of digital news and promote quality journalism. We’re looking for a smart and talented iOS software engineer who wants to contribute to the future of journalism and fit into our culture of collaboration and innovation.
As a Senior iOS Engineer you will help enhance troncX’s iOS mobile applications for properties like the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other publications.
tronc, Inc. is a media company rooted in award-winning journalism. Headquartered in Chicago, tronc operates newsrooms in nine markets with titles including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, Newport News, Virginia’s Daily Press, Allentown, Pennsylvania's The Morning Call, Hartford Courant, and The San Diego Union-Tribune. Our legacy of brands has earned a combined 94 Pulitzer Prizes and is committed to informing, inspiring and engaging local communities.
Our brands create and distribute content across our media portfolio, offering integrated marketing, media, and business services to consumers and advertisers, including digital solutions and advertising opportunities.Responsibilities:
- Works as part of a team to communicate, plan, design, develop, document, and implement high quality software solutions within the required timeframes using an Agile Software Development Methodology.
- Works on the most complex components of core systems with little or no guidance
- Consistently delivers excellent work results
- Mentors less-experienced team members
- Assist key stakeholders (i.e. software engineers, application support, operations, vendors) in troubleshooting issues as they arise
- Participate in department and interdepartmental projects as assigned
- Performs other duties as assigned by management
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Must have Minimum of 6-8+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, and procedures, with an emphasis on Agile methodologies (XP or Scrum).
- A deep familiarity with Swift, Objective-C, Cocoa Touch, and UIKit
- Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics, and Core Text.
- Prior Experience with multiple mobile (and tablet) apps on Apple App Store.
- Experience developing Android applications is a plus.
- Experience with XML, JSON, REST based web services.
- Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communications skills.
- Requires a customer service orientation and competence in response to vendors and staff during system development, implementation, and problem resolution.
- Ability to solve critical issues & work well under pressure
- Must be available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week on an emergency basis for troubleshooting.
- Must be able to participate in occasional travel to other Tribune business units, vendors, or client sites.