iOS Developer - Chennai

Photon is seeking a skilled iOS Developer to join our team in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This role involves performing and implementing day-to-day development activities that influence mid-level components and processes within the mobile engineering function. You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining robust iOS applications using Swift and related frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain iOS application features within an agile development environment, strictly adhering to best practices for code quality, performance, and security.
• Contribute to the evolution of iOS solutions, ensuring they meet product requirements for functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, and usability, while aligning with overall program goals and delivery timelines.
• Analyze and review product and system requirements, leveraging documentation to understand new or enhanced iOS application functionality.
• Participate actively in the design, architecture, and build phases of iOS applications, collaborating closely with architects, backend engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality mobile solutions.
• Assist in evaluating the compatibility of iOS applications across various Apple devices, iOS versions, APIs, and third-party frameworks.
• Contribute to improving CI/CD pipelines for iOS builds, testing, deployment, and App Store releases, including monitoring pre-release, upgrade, and production versions of the applications.
• Develop and maintain reusable UI components, application modules, and mobile frameworks consistent with Apple Human Interface Guidelines.
• Manage and update sprint tasks, user stories, and defect tracking within agile tools such as Jira or similar platforms.
• Maintain and support existing iOS applications while actively developing new features, enhancements, prototypes, and internal tools.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve application defects, performance issues, and functional roadblocks with minimal supervision.
• Analyze root causes of issues and prepare clear technical documentation and communication to facilitate efficient problem resolution and long-term fixes.
• Gather required technical information and provide regular updates to appropriate stakeholders, including team members and managers.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with product management, QA, UX/UI design, backend teams, and external partners to accomplish assigned development activities.
• Provide recommendations on iOS application architecture, development environments, tools, frameworks, and process improvements to enhance productivity and quality.
• Potentially contribute to developing and implementing mobile-related protocols, standards, and best practices across the iOS development ecosystem.

Qualifications:

This role is ideal for an experienced iOS Developer looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic mobile engineering function in Chennai.