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iOS Engineer (Remote)

The Athletic • Sports Media • Digital Media • Swift • 30 days ago

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Salary

≈ $57k – $163k per year (Estimated)

Location

Remote (United States, Canada)

Seniority

Junior · 2+ years exp

Employment

Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026.

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The Athletic

The Athletic is a subscription-based sports news website that provides in-depth coverage of major professional sports leagues, including the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and more. The company's goal is to provide fans with a more comprehensive and engaging sports experience than traditional media outlets. The Athletic was founded in 2016 and has quickly become one of the most popular sports news websites in the world.

theathletic.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Digital Media • Sports Media • Est. 2016

Tech stack of The Athletic

Backed by Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Comcast Ventures

About the Role

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.

You can check out our current iOS app here:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-athletic-sports-news/id1135216317

This role is remote for candidates currently located in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

2+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift
Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions
Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine
Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges
Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required

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