Senior iOS Engineer, The Athletic

$145-160k

Salary in USD and may vary in further locations

GraphQL

iOS

Swift

SwiftUI

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

Subscription-based sports content publisher

Be an early applicant

Subscription-based sports content publisher

501-1000 employees

B2CPublishingContentSports

Be an early applicant

$145-160k

Salary in USD and may vary in further locations

GraphQL

iOS

Swift

SwiftUI

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

501-1000 employees

B2CPublishingContentSports

Company mission

To produce smarter coverage for die-hard fans and redefine the way fans get access to sports content by flipping the normal model for sports journalism.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

4+ years experience with native iOS development in Swift
Consumer-facing product and design instincts with a desire to have a voice in product decisions
Preferred experience in GraphQL, SwiftUI, Combine
Preferred experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges
Passion for sports and media is helpful, but not required

What the job involves

Our ideal candidate will own key aspects of our native iOS application and contribute to our core features and architecture
We’re looking for an experienced engineer who can build beautiful, polished user experiences and architect elegant, maintainable code
We prioritize fast iteration without compromising quality
Successful candidates keep up-to-date with best practices and have a familiarity with bleeding-edge features from Apple
Work with Design and Product teams to build UI that is beautiful, performant, and well-engineered
Architect and build the app to optimize for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality
Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams
Refactor existing code where needed in order to improve quality of life for the other engineers
Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on process and making your own suggestions for improvements

Our take

The Athletic provides authentic, in-depth coverage written by journalists who know the teams they write about inside out. Its model bucks the trend of traditional sports journalism outfits by asking for a subscription rather than relying on ad-revenue.

Despite initial doubts that users would be willing to pay for sports journalistic content, The Athletic has found significant success and was acquired by the New York Times in 2022. Despite it operating at a loss directly after the takeover, it was clear that the New York Times perceived this as a long-term investment.

In 2025, it was reported that The Athletic was now profitable, which aligns well with its parent's prediction of profitability within 4 years. This has been aided by accelerated customer growth alongside the rising trend of subscription-based sports news.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

20% female employees

8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Trustpilot (1.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Jan 2020

$50m

SERIES D

May 2019

$21.8m

SERIES C

Total funding: $139.7m

Company benefits

Paid Time Off
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Parental Leave
401 (k)
Short & Long Term Disability
Free Subscription
Competitive Health Care
HSA & FSA
Commuter Benefits

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Adam Hansmann

(President & Co-Founder)

Previously a McKinsey Business Analyst and then Associate at Calera Capital.

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