Here at the Guardian, we believe the open exchange of information, ideas and opinions has the power to change the world for the better. Our independent journalism holds power to account across the globe and brings information that's suppressed into the public domain.

We are now looking for an iOS Developer to join our growing team.

We create our award-winning iOS app ‘The Guardian - Live’ in Swift and Objective-C. We're focused on providing a fast and stable experience to our users, and our App Store rating of 4.8 stars is testament to that. We have an active community of beta testers, which allows us to iterate rapidly (we release new App Store builds every two weeks).

About The Role

• You'll be building and testing major new features, as well as improving and maintaining existing functionality.
• Our current codebase is a mix of Objective-C and Swift, so you'll be working with both languages, although we write all new features in Swift.
• You won't be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative, whether pair programming with other developers (either iOS or other platforms) or working closely with designers, editorial and commercial colleagues.

About You

• You are a creative, passionate, and intelligent person who loves technology.
• You have personal or commercial experience building and deploying native iOS applications written in either Objective-C or Swift (only knowing one is fine, you can pick up the other once you join!)
• You care about code style and quality.

You can see the full job description here

What we offer

• Flexible working (see below for details)
• Generous pension scheme; if you contribute 5% then the Guardian will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age)
• Mental and Physical Health insurance and dental scheme
• 26 days annual leave and the option to purchase an extra 5 days
• Up to 18 weeks of parental leave at full pay
• Multi-faith prayer room
• Cycle to work scheme and subsidised gym membership
• Paid volunteering days
• Annual season ticket loan

More about flexible working

We encourage flexible working to better balance the needs of the company and employees as their circumstances change over time, and in order to attract and retain a diverse team. No two situations are identical, so please discuss with us at or before the offer stage. In order to help applicants, here are some broad guidelines of the level of flexibility we are able to give for remote working.

If you are full time and wish to work at home, expect to be required to work in the office while you get up to speed, and then at least 60% time in the office after that in order to maintain a relationship with the wider team. In the long term it may be possible to go as low as 1 day a week.

We strive for transparency in remuneration. The salary for new developers at the Guardian is £49.6k.

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds, different lived experiences and different perspectives. A diverse team means we can better reflect and engage our global audience.

We believe in hiring the best people from the widest pool, and also in including them, fostering a culture where people’s voices can be heard and our employees look forward to coming to work.

Application instructions:

To apply for this position you must already have the right to work in the UK.

Please upload your CV and cover letter as one document. You should also highlight the extent to which your skills/experience meets the requirements of the role and your motivation behind applying.

Our interview process involves two stages: A face to face interview followed by a pairing test. 

Find out more about our hiring process here.

We value and respect all differences in all people (seen and unseen) at the Guardian. We aspire to inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. The Guardian actively encourages applications from BAME candidates.

At the Guardian, many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.