Senior iOS Engineer — Global Event App Lead

How did Web Summit become, in the words of Forbes, “the best tech conference on the planet”? Meaningful connections. Our tech events are unmissable because we make it easier for the right people to meet and connect. Everyone at Web Summit works towards this goal.

We’re always looking to build on the impact we have already made at Web Summit. In the coming years we’ll take Web Summit to new markets, promoting global connectivity, highlighting important issues and connecting global leaders – all while making a positive impact on the environment and communities we encounter.

To build a better company, we have to better ourselves. We do that by finding the most ambitious people to work with us.

About the team:

We are looking for an experienced Senior iOS Developer to join our distributed Native team and be responsible for the design, development and production of our native app, used by 100,000 attendees across our three global events. At Web Summit we believe that the power of data and engineering can be applied to every facet of our events to make the attendee experience excellent, so whatever projects you work on you’ll work closely with our UX engineers, data scientists, event engineers and web developers across all our conferences:
Web Summit in Lisbon, Vancouver, Rio, and Doha.

What you’ll achieve at Web Summit:

You’ll architect and design one of our most important conference tools, used by 100,000 attendees.

You’ll create a polished UI and fantastic user experience for all attendees.

You’ll craft an integrated web, mobile and real-world experience.

You’ll be responsible for coordinating with a team of engineers to build out this app.

You’ll work with cross-functional teams, including Data Science, to maximise user and attendee experiences.

You’ll attend our conferences, constantly evaluating where the app can be improved and developed.

Who you are:

You are driven by technology trends with a passion for application design and development.

You have commercial experience of the entire SDLC.

You are continually looking for ways to improve your applications and introduce new technologies, keeping up to date with mobile innovation.

You enjoy working as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with varied and rapidly changing goals.

Skills and abilities

we’re looking for:

Expert on Swift , Swift

UI and UIKit, ensuring efficient, user-friendly, and visually sophisticated solutions.

Strong command of concurrency, RESTful APIs, and architectural patterns like MVVM.

Experience with Xcode, version control (Git), and CI/CD pipelines.

Solid grasp of UI/UX principles and Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.

Strong knowledge on unit and ui testing

Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership abilities.

Swift Data, Core Data and Github actions experience would be a big plus

Benefits and perks:

• Hybrid-working model open to all employees.
• Subsidised healthcare, dental, employee assistance programme (EAP) and more.
• Pension contribution up to 6%(Irish based only)
• A dedicated in-house L&D department, with access to workshops, online learning and resources to help you excel in your career development.
• Company laptop, generous annual leave and flexible working arrangements.
• Our very own Tramway Team, which drives community and morale-boosting events for employees to participate in.
• Annual company get-togethers, charity days, and monthly wellbeing talks.
• Wellness subsidy issued to all employees of €1000 per year

At Web Summit, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We want talent from all walks of life to help us on our journey to digitise the conference sector. Hiring decisions are made purely on experience, skills and the needs of the business.

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