We consistently top the charts as one of if not the most used Sports Betting website in the countries we operate in.
With millions of weekly active users, we strive to be the best in industry for our users.
Sporty launched its first iOS app to its millions of users at the end of January 2021. As an iOS developer in our team, you’ll be on the ground floor for the greenfield development of one of Africa’s most popular iOS apps expanding into our latest global territories.
Our Stack
Languages: Swift
Architecture: MVC, MVVM
Layout: Programmatic UI, Xib
Testing: XCTest
Dependency management: Swift Package Manager
CI/CD: Fastlane, Github Action, Jenkins
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers and Backend Engineers to design and deliver high-quality products on iOS
Build end-to-end features of the app, such as networking, persistence, business logic and UI
Prepare and maintain documents that include architectural diagrams and navigation maps in your area of expertise
Analyse and prepare recommendations to address existing and potential issues in systems and procedures across the organisation, as well as design and recommend new solutions
Participate in code reviews with team members to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate
Mentor less experienced team members
Requirements
2+ years of professional experience developing consumer-facing iOS applications using Swift
Experience developing, delivering, and supporting native iOS applications by integrating REST APIs, push notifications and multithreaded experience
Solid foundation around software engineering fundamentals, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, and iOS design patterns
Deep understanding of multi-threading, memory management, networking, caching, performance optimisation, localisation, and security for mobile applications
A creative approach to problem solving and crafting simplified solutions
Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
Previous history of working with a remote, distributed team would be beneficial
Bonus Requirements
Experience with mobile video playback and streaming technologies
Experience with reactive programming, e.g. RxSwift, Combine
Experience with AVFoundation, CoreData, WKWebView
Experience with TCP / IP socket
Benefits
Quarterly bonuses
We have core hours of 10am-3pm in a local timezone, but flexible hours outside of this
Top-of-the-line equipment
Referral bonuses
28 days paid annual leave
Annual company retreat
Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation
Payment via DEEL, a world class online wallet system
Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful
Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members
Our Mission
Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone
Our Operating Principles
1. Create Value for Users
2. Act in the Long-Term Interests of Sporty
3. Focus on Product Improvements & Innovation
4. Be Responsible
5. Preserve Integrity & Honesty
6. Respect Confidentiality & Privacy
7. Ensure Stability, Security & Scalability
8. Work Hard with Passion & Pride
Interview Process
Online HackerRank Test (Max time of 90 Minutes)
Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
Remote video interview with 3 x Team Members (45 mins each, not separate days)
24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process
Post Interview Process
Feedback call on successful interview
Offer released followed by contract
ID Check Via Zinc & 2 references from previous employers
Working at Sporty
The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they're in your way.
Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results.
As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we don’t have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to.
We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a tech company to the core and take excellent care of our Team Members.
Top Skills
What We Do
Sporty Group is a consumer internet and technology business with an unrivalled sports media, gaming, social and fintech platform which serves millions of daily active users across the globe via technology and operations hubs across more than 10 countries and 3 continents.
The recipe for our success is to discover intelligent and energetic people, who are passionate about our products and serving our users, and attract and retain them with a dynamic and flexible work life which empowers them to create value and rewards them generously based upon their contribution.
We’re fortunate enough to have already built a capable and proven team of 500+ high achievers from a diverse set of backgrounds with a common thirst for excellence and we are constantly looking for more talented individuals to power our growth and serve our users further via their grit and innovation.
