Job Description: iOS Engineer

Summary

We are passionate about building compelling user experiences for our iOS apps that bring delight and joy to millions of users around Japan. Our app is rated 4.6 stars out of 5.0 in the App Store.

We are seeking individuals who are enthusiastic about native iOS development and enjoy bringing new engaging experiences to our iOS applications. We build our apps fully in Swift and stay up to date with the latest versions. People who excel on our team are self-motivated team workers that are product- and detail-oriented.

If you love building incredible mobile experiences that touch a huge number of users, we want to talk!

Responsibilities

As an iOS developer, you will:

• Build applications for the iPhone and iPad platforms.
• Collaborate inside and across teams to define, design, and ship our products.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the iOS applications.
• Improve and maintain our automated unit, snapshot, and UI tests.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing iOS apps.
• 3+ years of team working experience.
• Proficiency in Swift.
• Good understanding of UIKit.
• Good understanding of code versioning tools such as git.
• Experience with performance and memory tuning using tools such as Xcode Instruments.
• Proficiency in Japanese or English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with application architectures like MVVM and MVC.
• Familiarity with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs for connecting to back-end services.
• Familiarity with unit and/or UI testing using XCtest.
• Experience using one or more frameworks like AVFoundation, StoreKit, CloudKit, Combine, SwiftUI, FireBase Cloud Messaging, etc.
• Understanding of concurrency and asynchronous API design using DispatchQueues, OperationQueues, or Swift’s Structured Concurrency.
• Good understanding of object-oriented and protocol-oriented programming.
• Understanding of operating system concepts such as threading, cross-process communication, etc.

Bonus Qualifications

• Interest or proficiency in UX design.
• Interest or proficiency in UI design.
• Understanding of Apple’s API Design Guideline and Human Interface Guideline.
• Experience with shell scripting, python, or ruby.
• Experience with mobile databases such as Realm or CoreData.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and other foundational network protocols.
• Basic understanding of popular media formats and video streaming-related technologies such as HLS, DASH, MP4, and DRM.
• Experience with EPUB or other electronic book-related technologies.

Employment Type

• Full-time Employee

Salary

• Annual Income: ¥6,000,000 - ¥12,000,000
  (Includes fixed overtime pay for 45 hours)

Location

• Tokyo, Japan

Working Style

• Hybrid model with a focus on remote work.
  • 80% of departments primarily remote, with on-site presence as needed.
  • Some departments may require office attendance.
• Online interviews preferred.

Working Hours

• Flextime system.
• Standard working hours: 8 hours.
• Core time: None.
• Flexible time: 5:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
• Average overtime: 12 hours 28 minutes per month.

Holidays / Leave

• Complete two-day weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
• Holidays, paid leave, summer and year-end holidays, condolence leave.

Benefits

• Social insurance complete
• Defined contribution pension
• Full transportation expenses (up to ¥40,000)
• Relocation support (up to ¥300,000 for long-distance hires)
• High-spec PC with dual monitors
• Full reimbursement for work-related gadgets (keyboard, foot pedals, etc.)
• Full reimbursement for necessary software
• Full reimbursement for external training and seminars
• Full reimbursement for technical book purchases
• Development smartphones available
• No formal dress code required

Notes

• Adoption of new graduates is not taking place except for engineering positions.
• All employment conditions may vary.