Software Engineer - iOS

Full-time

Company Description

Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo is a technology company focused on empowering Indian travelers to plan, book and manage their trips across rail, air, buses and hotels. ixigo assists travelers in making smarter travel decisions by leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science-led innovations on ixigos OTA platforms, including websites and mobile applications.

ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus became a part of ixigo in 2021. ixigo is headquartered in Gurugram with offices in Bangalore (ConfirmTkt) and Hyderabad (AbhiBus). The ixigo, ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus apps allow travellers to book train tickets, flight tickets, bus tickets, hotels, cabs and provide travel utility tools and services developed using in-house proprietary algorithms and crowd-sourced information. In 2022, as per data.ai, ixigo was featured in the Top 10 most downloaded travel apps worldwide.

Our iOS team is always keen to stay ahead of the curve by always adopting the latest tech in the valley. We were first to market with adopting iPhone X layout, implementing ARKit in 2017, and Siri Shortcuts in 2018. We have been featured across app store over a dozen times in the past 2 years in Today, Apps, and Travel section. At ixigo, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. So, if you love everything about Apple and our beloved Swift, we would love you to join our iOS arsenal to build the best travel apps in the world and get our hands on whatever comes up in the next WWDC and iOS.

Roles & Responsibilities

• As a Software Engineer - iOS, You will be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development. You will be working closely with Tech, Design, and Quality team to build and launch the product.
• Developing, releasing, and maintaining native iOS Applications
• Lead and oversee mobile application development efforts
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
• Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and realize products
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Optimizing performance for the apps and keep up to date on the latest industry trends in mobile technologies
  
  

Qualifications

• Candidates with 1 - 4 years of experience
• Good understanding of Swift and SwiftUI
• Up to date experience with UIKit, CoreLocation, CoreData, CocoaPods and other iOS frameworks
• Experience writing multi-threaded, Task, await, asynchronous code, SOLID, Unit Testing, App monitoring e.g. App launch, Crashlytics
• Experience in Firebase and Clevertap is bonus to have
• A track record in leading projects, mentoring peers and collaborating with technical and business partners
• Good understanding of fundamental Computer Science concepts
• Ability to work under pressure and manage difficult situations in a fast-paced work environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all levels of engineers
• Loves fast-paced environment and learning new technologies.
• Deeply concerned about excellence and perfection in products and services
• Experience with Test Driven Development is a plus