Senior iOS Developer-Assistant Vice President Job at Citi (Chennai)

Job Description

The Digital S/W Engineer Sr Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits’ Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.

Job Responsibility

Accountable for executing and driving mid-size feature application design and development efforts to completion, serving as a development lead on medium-scale projects and supporting the execution of larger efforts
Proficient at operating with considerable autonomy and discretion as you will significantly influence the way an application is designed and developed by providing subject specific expertise and an advanced level of understanding of application programming principles
Sought after due to ability to analyze and troubleshoot coding, application performance and design challenges
Capable of research in root cause of development and performance concerns as well as the resolution of defects
Have a deep understanding of the technical requirements for the solutions being built
Understand engineering needs including those required to build, maintain, and operate the system through all phases of its life
Proficient in information modeling, data structures and algorithms
Understand maintenance characteristics, runtime properties and dependencies that exist in support of your system’s software. These dependencies will include but not limited to: hardware, platform, operating system, performance and load requirements, as well as contingencies with upstream and downstream systems
Demonstrate an advanced understanding of supported main system flows and possess a comprehensive understanding of how the system and others (i.e. architecture or infrastructure) collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives. Using this expertise, assist with the development of standards for coding, testing, debugging and implementation. This will ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
Participate in design discussions as a Development Lead and as such will play the part of a key decision maker in driving design decisions. This is evidenced by your knowledge of the application code details and your experience with the technology and teams engaged
Work with limited guidance, seeking guidance only as needed as the development and delivery strategy is defined
the design is not
Exhibit the ability to turn complex application design into a well written application
Partner with industry vendors that provide technology or user experience design components that support our Digital architecture and work with vendors on our implementation plans and roadmaps identifying partnership opportunities to increase our development velocity and our learnings
Participates in the full development life cycle, identify dependencies between agile and waterfall delivery, working within broadly defined parameters, including test plan execution and software quality needs
Directly impact the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services. This will require persuading and influencing others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills
Communicate progress, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, identify, assess, track and mitigate issues/risks at multiple levels
Recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialog to resolve them
Work across teams to optimize processes
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives
Continuously assess development processes, test plans, and operations
Work with teams to improve concurrent project delivery
Streamline and / or eliminate excess process in any area of architecture, build, delivery, production operations environment, or business area where the same efforts (or issues) are repeated year-over-year
Share knowledge with the team in various forums (brown bags, engineering forums etc.) and demonstrate a higher level of knowledge through industry certifications
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

Requirements

7+ years of professional experience in native iOS mobile application development
5+ years of hands-on experience with Swift (strong preference for Swift-first development
Objective-C familiarity a plus)
5+ years of experience building and shipping enterprise-grade native iOS applications at scale
Deep understanding of the iOS SDK, platform lifecycle, and Apple ecosystem (UIKit, SwiftUI, Foundation, etc.)
Strong understanding of iOS internals — memory management (ARC), run loops, and app lifecycle at a low level
Experience with networking layers, URLSession, and custom network stack implementations
Proficiency with data persistence strategies (Core Data, SQLite, Realm, UserDefaults, Keychain)
Solid understanding of security best practices at the OS level (certificate pinning, secure enclave, data encryption)
Familiarity with performance profiling and optimization using Instruments (memory leaks, CPU usage, rendering bottlenecks)
Solid hands-on experience with multi-threading and concurrency — GCD, serial/concurrent queues, dispatch groups, barriers, and semaphores
Proficiency with Swift Concurrency (async/await, actors, structured concurrency, Task groups)
Experience with OperationQueue and Operation for dependency-driven, cancellable task management
Ability to identify and resolve concurrency-related issues such as race conditions, deadlocks, and thread explosion
Experience writing thread-safe code using synchronization primitives (locks, mutexes, atomic operations)
Proven experience with core structural/architectural design patterns such as MVC, MVVM, MVVM-C, VIPER, or Clean Architecture
Experience designing and implementing modular, scalable app architectures suitable for large enterprise codebases
Strong understanding of dependency injection, protocol-oriented programming, and SOLID principles in Swift
Demonstrated ability to decompose complex screens into reusable, composable UI components (not just building screens end-to-end)
Experience building and maintaining shared UI component libraries or design systems within an iOS codebase
Proficiency with both UIKit and SwiftUI, including interoperability between the two
Experience with Auto Layout, dynamic type, accessibility (a11y), and adaptive layouts for various device sizes
Experience writing and maintaining XCTest unit and UI test cases
Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD) practices
Experience with mocking, stubbing, and structuring code for testability
Ability to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines
2+ years of experience leveraging AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Xcode AI features) to accelerate development workflows
Demonstrated ability to write effective prompts to generate, refactor, debug, or document Swift/iOS code using AI tools
Ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and performance before integration
Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

Nice to have

Financial services industry experience strongly preferred — familiarity with the regulatory, compliance, and security demands of banking, payments, wealth management mobile applications
Experience building mobile features in regulated environments (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOX, GDPR compliance considerations within mobile apps)
Familiarity with secure data handling patterns common in financial applications (tokenization, biometric authentication, session management)
Experience with Swift Package Manager (SPM) and modularization strategies
Familiarity with REST/GraphQL API integration and contract-driven development
Experience with feature flagging, A/B testing frameworks, and remote configuration
Exposure to cross-functional collaboration with backend, design, and QA teams in an Agile/Scrum environment
Contributions to internal SDKs, frameworks, or platform tooling within an enterprise setting

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