iOS Developer

Overview

Desh Keyboard is India's most loved keyboard app with over a 150 million downloads (and 40 million weekly active users).

Manglish Keyboard, our Malayalam version is used by 50% of Malayalam speakers. We’re a small, focused team of ~30 people, based in Kochi, Kerala.

About this role

Join a small elite team shipping high-quality features in an app used by millions of users daily. As an iOS Engineer, you’ll work on Desh Keyboard’s iOS version – including the main app, keyboard extension, and related widgets/experiences – and own features end-to-end from idea to release. You’ll work closely with our founders and engineers, with lots of autonomy and responsibility.

Salary range

Depending on your expertise, we’ll consider you for:

• Intermediate: ₹12L – ₹16L CTC
• Senior: ₹18L – ₹24L CTC

Note that this is an in-office position at Kochi, Kerala.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building and shipping native iOS apps
• Excellent programming skills in Swift & Objective-C
• Experience with iOS app extensions (especially custom keyboards) and/or widgets is a big plus
• Comfortable working with UIKit (and/or SwiftUI), networking, local storage, and app architecture patterns
• Passion for writing clean, maintainable code with high attention to detail
• Ability to break down complex problems into simple, shippable pieces
• This is a full-time, on-site role at our office in Kochi, Kerala, India

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience building and maintaining iOS applications professionally or as an indie developer
• Any experience working on keyboard apps, extensions, or input/typing experiences is a strong bonus

Once you submit your application, one of our engineers will review it along with any projects and public code repositories you share. You can expect to hear from us within 10 working days.

If selected, we’ll schedule a call with one of our engineers to go deeper into your experience, portfolio, and how you think about building great products.

Questions?

If you have any questions, feel free to connect and reach out to us through Desh Keyboard's LinkedIn page, or reach out to one of our founders.