Senior iOS Engineer

About Us:

Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms.

In a world where political polarization and media distrust are at an all-time high, Ground News offers people a better way to stay informed and see every side of the story. Our mobile app, web app, and browser extension are home to a community of mindful readers who use our news comparison platform to engage with news beyond their filter bubble.

Unlike most news companies, our values do not align with any specific political ideology. Unlike most tech platforms, we don’t rely on algorithms to keep users on our platform to sell more ads. We are supported by our readers who pay for a subscription to build a more nuanced understanding of the news, the world, and themselves.

The Opportunity: Senior iOS Engineer

As a Senior iOS Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how millions of readers discover, navigate, and compare the news. Reporting to the Head of Mobile, you will work closely with the engineering team to design, build, and optimize features that empower our users to see every side of the story.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll bring fresh ideas to a fast-growing consumer app, balancing technical excellence with a deep care for user experience. From performance optimization to building new discovery features, your work will directly impact how people engage with the world’s news.

You will be working as part of a cross-functional team, driving our core features from start to finish. You will get full visibility on design and UX, and also exposure to the downstream analytics and user's feedback.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, write, debug, and maintain high-quality features for the Ground News iOS app.

• Play a critical role in feature delivery as a core member of a dedicated engineering team.

• Partner with design, product, and backend teams to deliver seamless end-to-end functionality.

• Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop.

• Craft and analyze experiments to deepen our understanding of how users engage with the iOS app.

• Champion high code quality through testing, code reviews, performance profiling, and bug fixes.

• Own the components and features you build, monitoring app stability and responding to crashes with urgency.

What You’ll Bring:

• 7+ years of experience in building user-centric, high performing iOS apps.

• Deep expertise in Swift/Swift UI.

• Experience integrating RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to backend services.

• Solid knowledge of mobile systems design and architecture patterns (e.g. MVC), with the ability to make and communicate sound architectural decisions at scale.

• Experience building natively for iPhone; familiarity with other iOS formats (iPad, widgets, etc.) is a plus.

• A track record of shipping and scaling a successful consumer app.

• Experience planning and executing rollouts to large user bases, including monitoring stability and mitigating risk.

• Experience facilitating experiments on mobile apps.

• Experience with Rich push notifications, Auto-layout.

• Hands-on experience with app extensions, StoreKit, and in-app purchases.

Why Work at Ground?

Co-founded by a former NASA engineer and Bain consultant, a position with Ground News provides an unparalleled learning experience both personally and professionally. At Ground, we prioritize growth: both for our business and team members. You’ll have the freedom to work remotely and play a key role in the development of Ground News products.

This is an opportunity to work with a growing and mighty team that is fighting every day to build a world where cooperative, civil debate is the norm, media is accountable, and critical thought is the baseline of our information consumption. Ground is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, but this role is remote.

Our culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs, please contact [email protected], and a member of our team will be happy to help.

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this role is $142,000 - $159,000 - $185,000 (min–mid–max). Your final offer will take into account various factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, and internal parity.

What you’ll enjoy at Ground News:

🌍 Remote-first environment: Work from anywhere in Canada, on your own time zone plus enjoy in-person meetups and team gatherings.

🩺 Health & Wellness that matter: Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage for you and your family.

📈 Keep growing: Access to professional development opportunities to keep expanding your skills and career.

🚀 Mission-driven team: Join a group of smart, dedicated people who are building meaningful products with real-world impact.