Mobile Engineer - iOS (Maternity Leave cover)

Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.

TECHNOLOGY
We're on a mission to build end-to-end products and technology that powers the an incredible e-commerce experience for luxury customers everywhere, understanding the motivations and needs of our customers and partners, to designing and testing hypotheses, to creating industry-leading experiences for luxury customers.

PORTO
Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.

THE ROLE (maternity leave cover | Porto or Lisbon based)
You will contribute to the end-to-end development of iOS applications driving the long-term mobile strategy planned for Farfetch. You'll write top-notch Swift/Objective-C code and resort to battle hardened design patterns. It isn't just about writing iOS apps, you'll also have the chance to work with UI Automation, Snapshot Testing and automated build pipelines while reporting to the Engineering Lead.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Work on feature development and help improve end-to-end product quality
• Contribute for cross team development of common libraries
• Help establish best practices on iOS development and contribute for a learning environment
• Be committed to Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
• Work with other Product Development teams to improve consistency and timing of releases
• Create prototypes of new ideas and explore new technologies on the forefront of mobile technology.

WHO YOU ARE:
• Experienced in iOS development with at least one released app (solo or as a team member)
• Experienced in working with Swift and Objective-C
• Knowledgeable about REST API architecture
• Understanding of client-side and the API backend stack
• Eager to get nerdy about memory management, UI layout/rendering and UI/network performance
• Proficient in English, both written and spoken.

REWARDS & BENEFITS:
• Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
• Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
• Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
• Flexible benefits programme

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT:
• FARFETCH is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We continue to build our consciously inclusive culture as part of our Positively FARFETCH strategy throughout our business, partnerships and communities.

SCAM DISCLAIMER:
• It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activities involving individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent Farfetch in order to attract candidates to a SCAM. Please be aware that Farfetch does not conduct recruitment processes through messaging apps or any unofficial communication channels, other than our official careers website. Additionally, Farfetch will never ask candidates for any form of payment during the recruitment process.