Who are we?
For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.
What will you do? What are we looking for?
About the Role:
As an iOS Mobile App Performance Tuning Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our iOS applications deliver exceptional performance and responsiveness. You will be responsible for identifying performance bottlenecks, analyzing application behavior, and implementing solutions to optimize memory usage, CPU consumption, network requests, and overall app efficiency. You will work closely with developers, designers, and product managers to deliver high-quality, performant applications that delight our users.
Responsibilities:
- Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks in our iOS applications.
- Profile and analyze application performance using tools like Instruments, Xcode profiler, and other relevant tools.
- Develop and implement strategies for optimizing memory management, including identifying and fixing memory leaks and optimizing data structures.
- Optimize network requests to minimize latency and improve data transfer efficiency.
- Analyze and improve CPU usage, reducing power consumption and improving battery life.
- Optimize rendering performance to ensure smooth animations and transitions.
- Collaborate with developers to implement performance best practices during the development lifecycle.
- Conduct code reviews with a focus on performance optimization.
- Develop and maintain automated performance testing frameworks.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS performance optimization techniques and tools.
- Document performance analysis findings and recommendations.
- Work closely with the QA team to ensure performance metrics are met.
- Contribute to the overall mobile architecture and development process.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven experience in iOS mobile app development and performance tuning.
- Strong understanding of iOS architecture, frameworks, and APIs.
- Experience with performance profiling tools like Instruments, Xcode profiler, and other relevant tools.
- Deep understanding of memory management, garbage collection, and memory leak detection in iOS.
- Experience optimizing network requests, including working with different network protocols and data formats.
- Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency in iOS.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with automated performance testing frameworks.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Understanding of mobile app security best practices.
- Experience with other mobile platforms (e.g., Android).
- Contributions to open-source projects related to iOS development.
- Experience with large-scale mobile applications.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 46,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 161,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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