Prague, Czechia, Czech Republic Hybrid Employment

Sky Czech Republic is hiring an iOS Developer

About the Role

Sky is hiring a Principal iOS Developer to play a key role in building systems and shaping the technical direction for our global streaming platform. You will be responsible for architectural decisions, technical strategy, and mentoring engineers to deliver exceptional experiences for millions of users worldwide.

What You'll Do

  • Set and maintain the long-term technical strategy in collaboration with team members and lead critical architectural decisions.
  • Provide technical leadership across entire codebases, acting as a subject matter expert for architecture, scalability, and system reliability.
  • Define strategic technical direction and develop actionable plans to improve KPIs.
  • Shape the engineering culture and establish technical standards that promote consistency, reusability, and high-quality development practices.
  • Make decisions about when to build solutions, buy off-the-shelf, or partner with 3rd parties.
  • Mentor other software engineers on best practices and contribute to their development.
  • Raise the bar for code quality and testing to ensure the best possible journeys for business and customers.
  • Lead platform-level and strategic technical innovation efforts, evaluating and integrating emerging technologies.

What We're Looking For

  • Experience and strong ability in Swift.
  • Ability to make good technical decisions and to convince others of their merits.
  • Demonstrable track record in the design and delivery of leading-edge strategic business solutions from concept through implementation.
  • High understanding of application design and architecture.
  • Balance the ability to get the job done while maintaining a high-quality bar.
  • An enthusiasm and aptitude for learning new skills and practices, keeping up with the latest developments.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, working with business and technical stakeholders.
  • Creative thinking, analytical skills, with attention to detail.
  • Operation excellence and support are part of the development teams’ responsibility.
  • Fluent in English.

Technical Stack

  • Swift

Team & Environment

Part of a global engineering effort with teams in Prague, Lisbon, London, and New York.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Performance Bonuses: Earn an annual bonus based on your performance.
  • Hybrid Work: Enjoy a mix of office and home working.
  • Work-Life Balance: Flexible working hours.
  • 25 days of holidays.
  • 5 days of on-demand leave (sick days).
  • 2 days of paid community volunteering leave.
  • 1 day of paid leave for moving house.
  • Wellbeing Allowance: 18,000 CZK per year to invest in your personal wellbeing.
  • Fitness Perks: Fully covered Multisport card or a 950 CZK monthly contribution to a Benefit Card.
  • Meal Allowance: 225 CZK per day.
  • Premium Life Insurance.
  • Free tickets to Universal Theme Parks.

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role based in Prague, Czech Republic.

We care about our people just as much as we care about the stability of our platform.

Required Skills
SwiftiOSApplication DesignApplication ArchitectureTechnical Decision MakingSolution DesignSolution Delivery
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Sky Czech Republic

Sky builds the global streaming platform that powers major services like Peacock in the U.S., Showmax in Africa, and Sky Showtime in the Czech Republic, serving millions of users worldwide.

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Job Details
Department Software Development
Category mobile
Posted 14 days ago