Complex NTWRK

Senior Software Engineer - iOS (Contract)

Reposted 3 Hours Ago

Hiring Remotely in USA

Remote

Senior level

AdTech • Digital Media

The Role

Lead development of the iOS app at Complex, focusing on performance, scalability, and integration with backend services. Collaborate on feature development and improve user experience.

Summary Generated by Built In

Company And Culture

Complex is the definitive platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge content, commerce and live experiences with unparalleled scale. Through innovative content, Complex tells stories of music, streetwear and style, sports, art and beyond. Its content engages in a dynamic conversation with the audience, reflecting and shaping the zeitgeist of convergence culture. A powerful media juggernaut paired with a curated marketplace, Complex is redefining the way fans interact with their favorite brands and artists and reshaping the future of digital culture and commerce.

Why Were Hiring

We're looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer to help us elevate Complex’s mobile-first strategy. You’ll lead ongoing native app development for iOS, focusing on performance, scalability, and a seamless experience that connects content and commerce. This is a 3 month contract, remote position that will work eastern standard hours.

What You'll Do

Lead feature development in our iOS app, written in Swift, supporting commerce and editorial use cases
Architect reusable components and patterns that scale across modules and teams
Collaborate with backend and API engineers to integrate new services into the app
Proactively improve app performance, startup time, and overall user experience
Implement analytics, A/B testing, and experimentation frameworks to iterate on features
Review pull requests, help refine technical specs, and mentor junior mobile engineers
Triage and resolve bugs, crashes, and performance regressions using real-time observability tools
Stay current with iOS trends, Apple updates, and evolving platform best practices

Who You Are

5+ years of professional experience building iOS applications
Extensive experience with UIKit, Swift, and iOS SDKs
Experience integrating with backend APIs and third-party services
Strong understanding of mobile app architecture and Apple HIG
Familiarity with app performance tooling and mobile observability
Must work EST hours
Preferred:
Experience with eCommerce or content delivery apps
Background in integrating native apps with headless CMS or Shopify
Familiarity with CI/CD for mobile development
Experience leading or mentoring other mobile engineers

What we Offer

Best in class health, dental, and vision insurance
Healthcare FSA
Dependent Care FSA
Commuter Benefits FSA
Short-term/long-term disability and life insurance
Paid Parental leave
401k with 4% match
Pet Insurance
Legal and Identity Theft Plans
Vacation time and sick days

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.

Complex participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship.

Top Skills

A/B Testing

Backend Apis

Ci/Cd

Ios Sdks

Mobile Observability

Swift

Third-Party Services

Uikit

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The Company

Los Angeles, CA

596 Employees

Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Complex NTWRK champions the people, brands and new trends you need to know now, will obsess over next, and we build consumer universes around them. We're what a modern entertainment company looks like and what others have followed since 2002. From pop culture and style (Complex), music discovery (Pigeons and Planes), sneaker news (Sole Collector) to our festival of cultural convergence (ComplexCon) — if you want to be part of what's next and build valuable relationships with the audiences who live in it, join us at Complex NTWRK.

Complex NTWRK creates and distributes original programming with premium distributors including Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, Snap, Fuse, Pluto TV, Roku and more. Our content spans across music to movies, sports to video games, sneakers, fashion to food and more. In 2016, Complex launched its flagship event ComplexCon in Long Beach, California, to bring the "Internet to life."