iOS Mobile Application Developer

The FIFA Transfer Matching System GmbH (FIFA TMS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) and is located in Zürich, Switzerland. On behalf of FIFA, FIFA TMS has developed and implemented a web-based application to improve the transparency and coordination of international football player transfers across the world.

Based on the success of its existing platform, FIFA TMS is now developing the “Global Player Exchange” platform which will be delivered on both web-client as well as native mobile platforms. FIFA TMS’ Application Management team, responsible for developing and maintaining the system, is now looking to recruit a bright, energetic and dynamic iOS mobile application developer to join the Zürich-based team as soon as possible and on a full-time basis to expand in order to tackle this new exciting challenge.

Key responsibilities

The new team member will report to the Head of Application Management and will join a team of application developers, UX/UI designers and quality assurance staff. Working according to agile principles, the iOS mobile application developer will have the following responsibilities:

• Interpreting business requirements and translating them into working software according to an agreed “definition of done”
• Developing code alone or with other team members (i.e. pair-programming)
• Ensuring code quality by respecting coding standards and taking a positive and proactive approach to refactoring and to removal of technical debt
• Writing of unit tests, integration test and automated user interface tests
• Walking QA staff and product owners through new features and fixing identified bugs following alpha and user acceptance testing
• Documenting key aspects of the system
• Supporting platforms in production including bug fixing and trouble-shooting
• Estimating new business requirement (e.g. using the “planning poker” methodology)
• Working closely with and learning from external application developers

Experience and skills

The successful candidate will hold a university degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and will possess well-rounded technical skills based on 2-4 years of iOS mobile application development.  He or she should be able to demonstrate a capability to develop mobile applications.  Working in a small, agile team, the candidate should also possess an inquisitive mind as well as a willingness to learn new technologies, frameworks and methodologies.

Specific experience and skills are:

• Native application development using the iOS SDK
• Language: Objective-C
• Tools: GIT
• Methodologies: Scrum/Agile, UX/UI, Design patterns, Clean code

Optional skills of benefit

• Swift
• JavaScript
• Web Development
• Ionic

FIFA TMS is a small, dynamic, international and highly entrepreneurial environment.  This unique opportunity requires a very bright individual who is keen to take up a new challenge where they will be exposed to ground breaking work in an exciting and fast paced environment.

Does this appeal to you? If you think that you qualify for this position, then we look forward to receiving your application. Please send your CV and motivation letter in English, as well as any other document of interest.