You are only a few clicks away from helping millions of buyers and sellers make ‘Good Finds Happen’ on one of the UK’s most loved marketplaces - with over 14 million visitors every month! That’s right, we’re proud to be Gumtree.

A career at Gumtree is joining a mission to make buying and selling safer, simpler and more enjoyable. We’re powered by over 100 ambitious individuals, each bringing our strengths to create the marketplace you know and love today. With newfound independence after being sold in 2021, we’re paving our own path and finding new ways to make Gumtree a great place to work - keep scrolling to find out more!

This is a Fully Remote (UK) position

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

What we are looking for:

We are embarking on a significant business transformation project and require an experienced iOS Engineer to join our team and drive the modernisation of our app platforms. As a hands-on senior engineer, you will be involved in everything from writing code to developing our native strategies.

You would be part of a multi-functional engineering organizational team, with UX, Backend, Web, and App Engineers, focusing on extending, solving challenges, and improving our high-traffic app, while mentoring engineers around you, assisting in pull request reviews, hiring, maintaining, and advocating strong development standards.

What you will be doing…

• Highly experienced in developing, building, testing and releasing apps for iOS in an automated continuous delivery pipeline
• Highly experienced in delivering quality, testable code that is clear, concise, well-documented and adheres to commercial standards 
• Experience in Swift, SwiftUI 
• Experienced with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications with backend services 
• Experienced with clean architecture patterns and design patterns like MVVM 
• Experience with version control (Trunk/Git Flow based development) 
• Familiarity with application profiling (Instruments) 
• Familiarity with XCTest, XCUITest, Snapshot testing, performance testing 
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (voiceover, dynamic types etc) 
• Familiarity with design systems (figma) 
• Comfortable developing without the need for frameworks or libraries 
• Familiarity with component-based (SPM) development 
• Up To date with latest apple technologies and standards

What you will need to bring…

• Excellent communication skills, both technical and non-technical 
• Hands on, willing to roll up your sleeves and help the team succeed 
• Self-motivated, always seeking to continuously improve
• Comfortable providing and receiving constructive feedbacks, particularly while participating in code reviews
• Familiar working in Agile teams and delivering software using Agile methodologies 
• Ability to technically direct a team and develop strategies for the future 
• Work with senior stakeholders 
• Having a product mindset (strong customer focus) Additional Interests 
• Experience with one or more cross-platform technologies (e.g. Kotlin multiplatform)
• Experience with BFF microservice pattern is desirable 
• Experience with Firebase and Google Cloud Platform

Our Values:

We are grounded in our four values, ideated and designed by our very own colleagues:

• We’re Customer Powered - we deliver what’s right, not what’s easy.
• We Innovate With Purpose - embracing new ideas with energy and with the future of our people and the environment in mind.
• We’re Real People - we build trust through listening.
• We Deliver With Impact - we’re proud to make a difference for people at key moments in their lives.

What We Offer:

Financial reward 💷

• Competitive Pay
• Pension Scheme (up to 9% Employer Contribution)
• Employee recognition scheme with great financial prizes ££

Work-life balance 🏖️

• 25 days holiday per year growing with length of service
• Hybrid and UK Remote working depending on role
• Generous Family Friendly Leave
• Free counseling and support (for when you might need it)

Health & Insurance 🏩

• Private Healthcare Insurance
• Private Dental insurance cover & Cashback.
• Online private GP service.
• Generous sick pay support
• Life assurance policy (x4 Life Assurance)

Other 🔍

• Social & Inclusion Calendar - packed with events.
• Free food and beverages in our office locations

Diversity & Inclusion at Gumtree

Here at Gumtree, we are on a mission to create a culture where all our teams are inspired to share their passion, talents, and ideas with equal opportunities for growth and career development throughout our brands.

We know that a diverse and inclusive team drives creativity and strengthens our brands. That’s why we’re committed to discovering new talent and employing people who reflect the nature of the society around us so that when you join Motors you can be you!