Senior Software Engineer (iOS/React Native)

A bit about us

WeatherBug, a division of GroundTruth, empowers people to plan their day thanks to hyperlocal weather forecasts. With 10+ million monthly users, our app and website are favorites on the App Store and Google Play Store. We use a vast network of weather observations and innovative technology to give you real-time forecasts, alerts, and insights. Our team is passionate about enhancing user experiences and always looks for new ways to use weather data to make a difference. Join us at WeatherBug and help people stay informed and prepared for whatever the weather brings. Let's make it happen together!

Learn more: www.weatherbug.com 

At GroundTruth, we believe that innovative technology starts with the best talent and we have been ranked one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 & 2023). Learn more about the perks of joining our team here.

Role: Senior Software Engineer (iOS/React Native)

Location: Gurugram OR Remote, India

**This role requires Core Work Hours from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am IST (will change as per daylight saving in US). The remaining hours are completed at individual discretion.**

Role Characteristics:

Recognized subject matter expert who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with in-depth understanding of the professional field with limited oversight from managers. Independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; requires deep job knowledge of areas typically obtained through higher education combined with experience. Manages large projects or processes and problems faced are difficult and often complex; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions. May manage programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources; functions with a high degree of autonomy. Influences others regarding policies, practices and procedures.

You will:

• Design, architect and create the documentation for the entire system down to the details to meet team needs.
• Code entire software solutions to solve current problems, identify and fix issues within their areas of expertise.
• Participate as a CodeOwner within their expertise and stakeholder throughout in code-reviews.
• Automate unit, integration, and end to end testing solutions and incorporate with the testing team flow. 
• Be able to run you code in pre-production and ensure quality.
• Help maintain debugging tools for team.
• Work with vendors to ensure 3rd party SDKs are working properly.
• Perform and monitor mobile releases for Android or iOS
• Teardown and destroy old solutions, products, and resources when no longer needed.
• Provide operational support of your deployed code and all code within your domain of expertise.
• Determine issues within the entire team and prevent problems from occurring
• Coordinate across all business teams to identify, resolve, mitigate and prevent technical issues, risks, and provide solutions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

You have:

• 4 year degree in Computer Science or related field OR 9+ years of experience in Software Development
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering
• 5+ years of experience using iOS application programming tools (Objective-C/Swift, XCode, Interface Builder, Cocoapods, SPM, CoreData, Networking)
• 3+ years of experience on an Agile team
• 3+ years of experience using React Native(Function Components, Hooks, Redux, Java Script/TypeScript)
• Knowledge of object-oriented design principles, patterns, best practices, performance optimizations, and memory management.
• Ability to communicate across all teams within the organization to provide solutions
• Ability to take a given problem and execute a solution.
• The ability to troubleshoot high complexity issues.

Would be great if you have:

• Experience in ingesting and exposing large datasets in weather industry
• Experience in advertising industry
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Artifactory
• Experience with AWS Products, specifically S3, EC2, CloudFormation, IAM, Lambda

What we offer:

At Weatherbug, we want our employees to be comfortable with their benefits so they can focus on doing the work they love.

• Parental leave- Maternity and Paternity
• Flexible Time Offs (Earned Leaves, Sick Leaves, Birthday leave, Bereavement leave & Company Holidays).
• In Office Daily Catered Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Beverages
• Health cover for any hospitalization. Covers both nuclear family and parents
• Covid home quarantine cover
• Tele-med for free doctor consultation, discounts on health checkups and medicines
• Wellness/Gym Reimbursement
• Pet Expense Reimbursement
• Childcare Expenses and reimbursements
• Employee assistance program
• Employee referral program
• Education reimbursement program
• Skill development program
• Cell phone reimbursement (Mobile Subsidy program)
• Internet reimbursement
• Birthday treat reimbursement
• Employee Provident Fund Scheme offering different tax saving options such as VPF and employee and employer contribution up to 12% Basic
• Creche reimbursement
• Co-working space reimbursement
• NPS employer match
• Meal card for tax benefit
• Special benefits on salary account
• New joiner relocation

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, inclusion and equity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.