iOS Engineer - Freelancer (m/f/d)

Let’s build a healthier future, together! By combining our unique strengths, we are redefining healthcare through sustainable action and innovation. For a behind-the-scenes look, check out this video to see how we at Roche are making personalized health care a reality. 

The mySugr GmbH was acquired by Roche in 2017 and our Vienna office is one of Roche's global sites. You will be located here, in the heart of Vienna, no matter if you work on a mySugr®, Accu-Chek®, navify® or any other Roche product or solution. You can read more about the history of mySugr & Roche here.

Here's what we're looking for:

Position available remotely within EU

We’re looking for a Freelance Senior Software Engineer (iOS) who will have a significant impact on the software development process, moving your entire team forward. Your main contribution is writing code while acting as a role model for the entire development team. You demonstrate your experience in architectural and technical decision making, ensuring high quality co-review of code. You contribute technical knowledge as a foundation for strategic product decisions, identifying and driving improvements of the product development process and its infrastructure. You act as an internal technical consultant for pre-sales, sales, and marketing activities, including hiring decisions.

 Your upcoming mission:

• Join us in leading innovation on the iOS platform

• Support our ambitions and push even further in the mobile sector to develop at scale and guide the development of our entire efforts on the iOS platform.

• Work autonomously in an interdisciplinary team, collaborating with designers, QA, and product owners

• Bring a fresh perspective and creative approach to the development of our iOS products

Essential skills for this mission:

• You have at least 5+ years of experience building native apps

• You have a desire to craft beautiful, usable interfaces across all different devices running iOS

• You are empathetic towards the  user experience and thoughtful about what we can do to make it better

• You have excellent communication skills and are good at giving and receiving feedback

• You have experience working iteratively and maintaining live products

• You have experience mentoring other engineers in Swift and Objective-C

• You work with an eye toward accessibility, performance and systemic solutions

• You have a proven track record of building reliable, performant, scalable and yet understandable solutions

• You write tests to ensure delivery of high-quality software

• Excellent written and verbal English  communication skills

Bonus skills:

• You have knowledge of the diabetes industry or other comparable health industries

• You have experience working in an energetic startup environment

• You have a background in Computer Science

• You are familiar with ReSwift, Functional Reactive Programming or App Extensions

What to expect:

• Ambitious and passionate people building meaningful products for a global audience

• An innovative agile working environment allowing for collaboration with really smart people and knowledge sharing in cross-functional teams 

Who we are and what we care about?

We are committed to providing a healthy, equal and inclusive working environment for our employees to bring true relief to the patient! We care about family friendly career paths, sustainability, a healthy lifestyle and the flexibility of a modern workplace. We maintain a culture of learning and sharing, as well as open and candid feedback. At every level, there are many opportunities to develop and grow - both professionally and personally. 

As a healthcare pioneer committed to transforming the lives of billions of people around the globe, we push boundaries to redefine what is possible. We know that early, accurate diagnosis is essential to maintain health, prevent disease and help advance new, targeted treatments and potential cures for the world’s most serious health problems. We have a passion for innovation and a profound commitment to make a lasting impact on society by continuing to improve the standard of care for humankind. Our culture inspires us to create healthcare that is sustainable, efficient and financially viable. Healthcare that is built on people’s needs, strong data and clinical insights. Healthcare that saves lives.

Interested? Great. We’d like to hear from you! Just click that “Apply Now” button and send us your CV in English …. and anything else that you think might impress us.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.