IOS Developer
Are you passionate about your work and want to pursue your dreams?
Join the ZiMAD team, and let’s collaborate to create exceptional games together!
ZiMAD is a US mobile game publisher and developer that has been at the forefront of the gaming industry since 2009. We are a dynamic multinational team, speaking 15 languages and living in 63 cities across 17 countries. With an impressive portfolio of world-class free-to-play projects, including titles like Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, Puzzle Villa, Art of Puzzles, Dominoes, and many others, we constantly push boundaries and believe that games can be more than just entertainment.
We’ve forged partnerships with internationally renowned IPs (like Disney, Nickelodeon, LIFE, Sony Pictures etc.) and strive to develop games that sharpen mental well-being and deliver remarkable user experiences.
We’re looking for an experienced iOS developer to develop and maintain mobile applications for the App Store. The position is fully remote, full-time. Join a dynamic team where you can apply your skills in real projects!
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement new user-facing features and architectural modules for a mature, client-server iOS application.
- Actively refactor and modernize legacy code using AI-powered tools to improve maintainability, performance, and developer velocity.
- Maintain and improve a mixed UIKit/SwiftUI and Objective-C/Swift codebase, ensuring code quality and architectural consistency.
- Optimize UI, animations, and overall application performance.
- Debug complex issues, analyze crash reports, and proactively reduce technical debt.
- Participate in code reviews and all Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of Swift and Objective-C, UIKit and SwiftUI.
- Solid experience with Auto Layout, GCD, Swift Concurrency, and Core Animation.
- Experience working with REST APIs, HTTP, and JSON.
- Experience with Core Data and SDWebImage.
- Good understanding of OOP, design principles, and architectural patterns (MVVM, MVP).
- Strong knowledge of iOS memory management and debugging tools.
- Ability to work with and maintain an existing codebase.
- Experience with Git and CocoaPods.
- Hands-on experience using LLM-based tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) in day-to-day development.
- Understanding of LLM limitations and the ability to structure workflows with them in mind.
- Ability to craft precise and reproducible prompts for repeatable engineering tasks.
- Experience applying GenAI for code refactoring and enhancement, including evaluating its impact on performance, readability, and architecture.
Will be a plus:
- Experience in game development with SpriteKit or other mobile game engines.
- Published applications on the App Store (links in CV are mandatory).
- Using AI for legacy code analysis (e.g., detecting duplication, simplifying logic).
- Applying AI when investigating bugs, logs, and crash reports.
- Using AI to identify performance issues (e.g., memory leaks, retain cycles, threading).
- Basic understanding of approaches such as semantic search or RAG.
- Experience introducing AI practices into team workflows (e.g., prompt templates, guidelines, best practices).
We offer:
- Opportunity to work for ZiMAD, a US company with a diverse portfolio of global free-to-play (F2P) projects with a multi-million monthly user base.
- Involvement in the entire product development cycle.
- Career growth prospects within an international company.
- Remote work opportunities.
- Flexible working schedule.
- Bonuses based on the achievement of KPIs and financial results of projects.
- Paid conferences, training (including language courses), and workshops.
- Opportunity to have sessions with psychologists to improve your mental health and well-being.
- Participation in charity projects.
