Senior Software Development Engineer iOS

Why does your role matter? 🎖️

Imagine building an app that feels buttery smooth, never lags, loads instantly, and feels so intuitive that users forget they're even using an app. Now imagine you're the architect behind that experience. As Sr. SDE – iOS, you're not just writing code — you're setting the mobile foundation for a next-gen real-money gaming platform with global ambitions.

This role is about owning performance, scale, and experience, and rewriting the rules of what mobile gaming apps can do. You’ll define how millions of users across India and the globe engage with the Hike Gaming Nation

Wanna Hike? / Introduction 📖

At Hike, we’re building the Hike Gaming Nation 🎮📲💰

We're taking gaming, one of the fastest-growing segments of the entertainment industry, and converting it into a brand-new source of economic opportunity. We're building a new kind of game economy where players can play, earn & grow.

Hike Code 📝 (Our Core Cultural Values)

The Hike Code is our value system. It’s how we think, operate and evaluate performance. We have 9 core values:

• Top Talent in Every Role → A quest for greatness with shared values 🧠
• Owner not a Renter → Proactive & radically responsible. Everyone is an owner 🤝
• Pro-Sports Team → Strength-based, results-driven with a team-first mindset ⚽
• Customer Obsession → We exist to delight our customers 😃
• Think Deeply & Exercise Good Judgement → Simplify with clarity and data 📊
• Build & Make Magic → Courage to explore the unknown 🙀
• Be Insatiably Curious & Keep Improving → Learn fast, grow faster 🔍
• Move Fast & Be Dynamic → Ruthless prioritization and high speed ⚡
• Dream Big, Be Bold & Think Long Term → Climb big mountains 🚀

Here are the skills & experience we are looking for.. ⚙️

• 3+ years of iOS development experience with strong expertise in Swift.
• Deep understanding of iOS internals – UI layout and rendering, multi-threading, memory management, and performance tuning.
• Experience shipping and scaling complex apps (preferably high DAU/MAU consumer products)
• Ability to write clean, modular, testable code and navigate large codebases
• Comfortable having system-level design discussions involving caching, offline support, concurrency, and scalable UI frameworks.
• Worked closely with cross-functional teams – design, product, backend, QA – in high-paced, high-growth environments.
• Bonus: Exposure to gaming, fintech, or real-time systems
• Bonus: Experience using AI tools or contributing to open-source projects

How you’ll make the magic happen.. 🔨✨

• Build features that are snappy, reliable, and scalable
• Write performant UI and scalable backend interfaces using Swift, modern iOS frameworks, and Apple best practices
• Own features end-to-end — from design to testing to monitoring in production
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on goals, scope, and timelines
• Optimize app load time, memory usage, and battery performance
• Instrument and monitor crash analytics and performance metrics
• Contribute to improving CI/CD pipelines, test coverage, and release quality
• Participate in code reviews, RFC discussions, and internal tech forums
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate code quality and standards
• Share learnings, contribute to the team's knowledge base, and level up the team
• Stay curious — explore emerging Apple frameworks and AI integrations to level up productivity
  

💰 Benefits → At Hike, we offer competitive compensation, exciting global exposure, and a chance to be part of something truly transformative. Learn more at work.hike.in.