Senior iOS Engineer The Athletic
Subscription-based sports content publisher for die-hard fans.
Permanent
Fully-remote
145K to 160K $ a year
> 3 years
Skills we're looking for
Visual design
Creative thinking
GraphQL
SwiftUi
iOS
You'll be part of
United States of America
890 employees
Software
Media
Our take
The Athletic provides authentic, in-depth coverage written by journalists who know the teams they write about inside out. Its model bucks the trend of traditional sports journalism outfits by asking for a subscription rather than relying on ad-revenue. Despite initial doubts that users would be willing to pay for sports journalistic content, The Athletic has found significant success and was acquired by the New York Times in 2022. Despite it operating at a loss directly after the takeover, it was clear that the New York Times perceived this as a long-term investment. In 2025, it was reported that The Athletic was now profitable, which aligns well with its parent's prediction of profitability within 4 years. This has been aided by accelerated customer growth alongside the rising trend of subscription-based sports news.
You'll be working on
- Our ideal candidate will own key aspects of our native iOS application and contribute to our core features and architecture
- We’re looking for an experienced engineer who can build beautiful, polished user experiences and architect elegant, maintainable code
- We prioritize fast iteration without compromising quality
- Successful candidates keep up-to-date with best practices and have a familiarity with bleeding-edge features from Apple
- Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered
- Architect and build the app to optimize for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
- Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality
- Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
- Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams
- Refactor existing code where needed in order to improve quality of life for the other engineers
- Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on process and making your own suggestions for improvements
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401 (k)
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Free Subscription
- Competitive Health Care
- HSA & FSA
- Commuter Benefits
We're looking for
- 4+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift
- Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine
- Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges
- Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions
- Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required