Senior Software Engineer (iOS)

Who We Are

Welcome to WillowTree, a TELUS Digital Company— where innovation drives impact at a global scale. As an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications providers, we design and deliver transformative customer experiences through cutting-edge technology, agile thinking, and a people-first culture.

With a global team across North America, South America, Central America, Europe, and APAC, we offer end-to-end expertise across eight core service areas: Digital Product Consulting, Digital Marketing Services, Data & AI, Strategy Consulting, Business Operations Modernization, Enterprise Applications, Cloud Engineering, and QA & Test Engineering.

From mobile apps and websites to voice UI, chatbots, AI, customer service, and in-store solutions, TELUS Digital enables seamless, trusted, and digitally powered experiences that meet customers wherever they are — all backed by the secure infrastructure and scale of our multi-billion-dollar parent company.

Location and Flexibility 

Our Senior Software Engineer (iOS) role will be an integral part of our leadership at WillowTree. To help retain our deep culture of collaboration both among ourselves and our clients, this role will maintain an in-office presence in a hybrid model (Work From Near).  

Learn more about Work From Near.

The Opportunity 

WillowTree is hiring for empathetic, curious developers to join our growing team. We work in a dynamic and fulfilling atmosphere, helping our clients’ ideas come to life by building robust mobile and web applications. Our iOS technologies vary by project, so we value flexibility and willingness to learn. Our goal is to build amazing solutions for our clients, and our Mobile experience is a crucial part of how we deliver on that promise.

We understand our responsibility to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive place within the tech industry, while pushing to make our industry more representative. Because of this responsibility, we need candidates who value diversity and inclusion through their work, team collaboration, or mentorship. So in your cover letter, we encourage you to reflect on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities 

• Confidently deliver high-quality software by applying critical thinking to products, requirements, and processes
• Work closely with clients to influence technical product decisions and business goals
• You’ll stay up to date with the landscape of software engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks
• Have professional programming experience— we’re thinking at least 5 years
• Understanding of various software architectures and can adapt/compose solutions to unique problems with sustainable and reusable solutions
• Help mentor and coach a project team towards shared goals and outcomes
• Navigate difficult conversations by providing constructive feedback to teams and clients
• You’ll identify obstacles to ensure quality, improve our user experience and how we build software
• Self-aware of limitations, yet curious to learn new solutions while being receptive to constructive feedback from teammates
• You’ll guide your team to understand and work through changing priorities by bringing positive energy 
• Communicate and simplify complex problems in order to foster understanding across multidisciplinary teams 
• Apply your knowledge and findings at an organizational scale

Qualifications 

• Are driven by curiosity and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
• Are motivated by solving problems and finding creative solutions
• Believe in autonomy and taking initiative
• Have professional programming experience— we’re thinking at least 5 years
• Have built and shipped code that is durable, secure, scalable, always up and running
• Have a strong understanding of data modeling with Swift (protocols, enums, structs, classes)
• You have familiarity with CI/CD (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, Fastlane) and experience setting up deployment pipelines
• Frequently use the XCTest framework to test your code
• Can architect robust networking and data modeling layers
• Have owned the delivery of major features and components
• Closely follow Swift coding conventions and iOS design patterns
• Proactively identify risks and approach them with a solution-oriented mindset
• Are comfortable using IDE’s, version control and/or command line tools
• Are able to provide recommendations on what are the best ways to solve a problem for a particular platform
• Consider 'big picture' perspectives and can successfully balance business goals and technical constraints
• Enjoy mentoring other developers

Bonus Points 

• Experience with the code signing and distribution process
• You have used Apple services like iCloud, universal linking, push notifications and/or Keychain
• You've developed for multiple Apple platforms (watchOS, tvOS, CarPlay)
• An appreciation for inclusive and accessible UI implementations
• Experience using SwiftUI / Combine
• You've worked with emerging technologies like Machine Learning, Voice and/or AR/VR
• You have code samples or a GitHub account to share and while you’re there, check us out!

Why WillowTree?

We offer a place to be yourself.

Our differences, both visible and invisible, benefit our teams, our communities, and the products we craft. That’s why WillowTree strives to build a team with diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. You’ll work hard here; however, we’ll balance that with a culture that supports your growth and cares about your well-being. We’re committed to creating an environment of inclusion — a place where every Tree can thrive.

We want you to reach your fullest potential and part of your professional development at WillowTree will include dedicated time to innovate on passion projects and an annual stipend to fund your professional pursuits.

WillowTree celebrates our differences and provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Diverse teams build better products. We acknowledge that the tech industry especially lacks opportunity for those who are of non-traditional backgrounds and in underrepresented groups. In order to create the best products for everyone, we know that it’s important for our team to reflect the diversity of our users, and we are committed to being the change we want to see. 

What We'll Offer

In addition to a great culture and interesting work with opportunities for growth and development, this position is eligible for the following benefits: 

• Healthcare benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental (Including an option for 100% coverage of individual employee medical premiums)
• Life & Disability Insurance
• 401K matching
• Flexible paid time off & paid company holidays
• Parental Leave
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• And more!

*Individual compensation is based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons determined during the interview process. Role ranges are periodically reviewed and updated based on market changes, internal needs, and industry trends.  To drive ongoing pay equity for team members, WillowTree conducts regular compensation audits.