Lead development of the iOS app at Complex, focusing on performance, scalability, and integration with backend services. Collaborate on feature development and improve user experience.
Company And Culture
Complex is the definitive platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge content, commerce and live experiences with unparalleled scale. Through innovative content, Complex tells stories of music, streetwear and style, sports, art and beyond. Its content engages in a dynamic conversation with the audience, reflecting and shaping the zeitgeist of convergence culture. A powerful media juggernaut paired with a curated marketplace, Complex is redefining the way fans interact with their favorite brands and artists and reshaping the future of digital culture and commerce.
Why Were Hiring
We're looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer to help us elevate Complex’s mobile-first strategy. You’ll lead ongoing native app development for iOS, focusing on performance, scalability, and a seamless experience that connects content and commerce. This is a 3 month contract, remote position that will work eastern standard hours.
What You'll Do
- Lead feature development in our iOS app, written in Swift, supporting commerce and editorial use cases
- Architect reusable components and patterns that scale across modules and teams
- Collaborate with backend and API engineers to integrate new services into the app
- Proactively improve app performance, startup time, and overall user experience
- Implement analytics, A/B testing, and experimentation frameworks to iterate on features
- Review pull requests, help refine technical specs, and mentor junior mobile engineers
- Triage and resolve bugs, crashes, and performance regressions using real-time observability tools
- Stay current with iOS trends, Apple updates, and evolving platform best practices
Who You Are
- 5+ years of professional experience building iOS applications
- Extensive experience with UIKit, Swift, and iOS SDKs
- Experience integrating with backend APIs and third-party services
- Strong understanding of mobile app architecture and Apple HIG
- Familiarity with app performance tooling and mobile observability
- Must work EST hours
- Preferred:
- Experience with eCommerce or content delivery apps
- Background in integrating native apps with headless CMS or Shopify
- Familiarity with CI/CD for mobile development
- Experience leading or mentoring other mobile engineers
What we Offer
- Best in class health, dental, and vision insurance
- Healthcare FSA
- Dependent Care FSA
- Commuter Benefits FSA
- Short-term/long-term disability and life insurance
- Paid Parental leave
- 401k with 4% match
- Pet Insurance
- Legal and Identity Theft Plans
- Vacation time and sick days
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
Complex participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship.
Top Skills
A/B Testing
Backend Apis
Ci/Cd
Ios Sdks
Mobile Observability
Swift
Third-Party Services
Uikit
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