Lead iOS Engineer
As a Lead iOS Engineer, the successful candidate will take the helm in building the iOS build and delivery infrastructure that every DraftKings engineer relies on. The role involves defining the technical vision, guiding development with precision, and fostering growth across the team through mentorship and collaboration.
Working alongside designers, product managers, and backend engineers, the Lead iOS Engineer will bring intuitive, high-performance iOS applications to life. This position is responsible for pushing the platform forward, ensuring it remains reliable, scalable, and ahead of the curve in a fast-moving industry.
- Lead the design and delivery of scalable iOS build and release tooling, including Azure DevOps pipelines, build caching, release automation, shared scripts, reusable tasks, variable groups, and consistent build-system configurations across teams.
- Advance CI/CD performance and efficiency by evaluating emerging tooling, reducing build times, eliminating unused capacity, and tracking impact with measurable metrics.
- Set and uphold coding standards, architecture patterns, and best practices across the iOS engineering team.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, DevOps and backend engineers and tech leads to align technical solutions and tooling direction with business goals and the broader mobile platform strategy.
- Mentor and coach iOS engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and technical excellence.
- Monitor and optimise app performance, stability, and release processes to ensure smooth, reliable deployments.
- Stay current with iOS platform updates, tools, and emerging trends, introducing innovative solutions that keep apps ahead of the curve.
- Partner with leadership to shape product roadmaps and contribute to the long-term mobile strategy.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any relevant combination of education, experience and training (required)
- At least 4 years of experience building and shipping iOS applications (required)
- At least 2 years in a leadership or mentorship role (required)
- Expert-level proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI (required)
- Deep knowledge of iOS architecture patterns such as MVVM and VIPER (required)
- Proven ability to design scalable, modular codebases and lead large feature development from concept to release (required)
- Strong background in API integration, data persistence, state management, and performance tuning (required)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and efficient release processes (required)
- Hands-on exposure to Xcode build settings, Swift Package Manager, toolchain management, and Azure DevOps pipeline design (nice-to-have)
- Exceptional collaboration skills, with a track record of influencing technical direction across teams (required)
- A strategic, user-focused mindset, balancing technical innovation with delivering impactful product experiences (required)
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans
- Wellbeing program including free therapy sessions, employee assistance programmes, the Calm App, and virtual yoga classes
- 14 weeks of 100% paid parental leave and workplace lactation support
- Family planning support including adoption, surrogacy, and fertility treatments
- 25 vacation days per year
- 200 BGN food vouchers per month
- 50% coverage of monthly MultiSport card
- Financial planning programmes through Origin Financial
- Commuter benefits
DraftKings Inc. is a leading American digital sports entertainment and gaming company, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2012, it started in daily fantasy sports and has grown into one of the largest US online sportsbook and iGaming operators. The company offers mobile sports betting, online casino and daily fantasy contests across regulated North American markets. DraftKings is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange and employs several thousand people.