Job details

Job details

iOS Technical Lead | ABC Listen

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Work type: Ongoing Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: IT/Technology

About the ABC

The ABC is the nation's most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations, culture, and stories. With over 4,000 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 50 locations around Australia and overseas, we are proud to create, curate and deliver high-quality content that informs, educates and entertains Australian communities.

About the Role

Lead a technical native mobile team that are responsible for software engineering functions including solution design, development, and support a suite of products and services within Digital Product, that align with ABC strategy and objectives. Primarily overseeing iOS technical roadmap, however overseeing mobile development and its ecosystem; pertaining to a specific product space.

Key Accountabilities

  • Provide superior technical development skills within ABC Digital Network’s Technology team, to lead the development of various mobile applications and components in an efficient manner across devices.
  • Lead and manage a technical team in the analysis, design and development of complex, re-usable components and functionality for a broad range of uses across various ABC digital properties.
  • Take accountability for the technical success of the platforms and product by overseeing development quality & performance, observability, documentation, processes, systems that may influence the current and future success of the platforms.
  • Deliver high quality product development within agreed time and budget constraints.
  • Maintain a high level of awareness of best practice in the industry for mobile development & technologies impacting the mobile ecosystem; particularly in areas such as design patterns, user interface building, architecture, observability and performance.
  • Improve the quality of output by contributing to the development of best practices and development standards.

About You

  • Superior development skills, with demonstrated experience developing complex, secure and high-performance iOS applications.
  • Strong, demonstrated knowledge and experience in assessing, selecting and using modern frameworks and build tools, implementing automated testing and continuous integration and delivery workflows.
  • Advanced experience in developing and operating through continuous integration and delivery operations and infrastructure and system that support it.
  • Qualifications in a computing related field or significant industry experience in mobile application development is essential.
  • Experience with multiple mobile development platforms and technologies influencing mobile environments is an advantage.
  • Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong ability to foster an open and creative approach to development that shares ideas, skills and knowledge both within and across teams.
  • Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership within a development team and representing that team in discussions with other areas of the business.
  • Excellent skills in planning and prioritising projects and tasks; delivering with a high attention to detail while working under pressure to tight deadlines.
  • Key technologies you will be using: Swift, SwiftUI, MVVM, Combine, iOS, tvOS, Carplay
  • Technologies you may be familiar with: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Gradle, Arrow, JUnit, DDD

Whats In It For You?

Come and join the vibrant Digital Product department in the ABC. Our mission is to enable ABCs digital future, where ABC transitions from a traditional broadcaster to Australias most trusted and valued digital media organisation. Through harnessing our talents in digital, collaborating with our partners and delivering beyond expectations, we ensure the ABC not just remains relevant but thrives.

As a group of product and platform teams, we develop and maintain the ABC's audience facing digital products across mobile, connected TV, desktop, and smart speakers. Whether it is staying informed of the latest breaking news, bringing some great TV on iview, streaming the Hottest 100 on the triple j app and website, or entertaining the kids with our ABC Kids app - the ABC's Digital Product offerings are some of Australia's most loved and most used platforms.

Your work will be appreciated by millions of audiences across Australia. We are an open and cohesive team where your voice will not get lost. You can get a sneak peek into our product engineering world through our blog: https://www.abc.net.au/digital-product

We are committed to career development and invest in our people to grow and become leaders in their fields. Everyone in the Digital Product department has a designated budget for training and development. We believe in flexible approaches to working and building self-organising and collaborative teams that offer friendly and supportive environments in which all team members can strive and grow.

For further information on this position please contact Jamie Nedved, Digital Talent Acquisition Lead via email nedved.jamie@abc.net.au  

 We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.

In line with our focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce

For more information on inclusive employee networks within the ABC please refer to Life Page on ABC LinkedIn. 

For more information on working at the ABC visit abc.net.au/careers

 


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