Senior Software Engineer, The Athletic

Mobile iOS

Salary not provided

GraphQL

iOS

Android

Swift

Git

SwiftUI

Senior and Expert level

London

Remote from UK

Subscription-based sports content publisher

Be an early applicant

Subscription-based sports content publisher

501-1000 employees

B2CPublishingContentSports

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

GraphQL

iOS

Android

Swift

Git

SwiftUI

Senior and Expert level

London

Remote from UK

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

5+ years’ professional experience with native iOS development in Swift
Solid understanding of multi-threaded networking, especially async/await
Practical experience with MVVM pattern
Our app is almost entirely SwiftUI, therefore a high level of comfort with it is required to be successful
Consumer facing product and design instincts with desire to have a voice in product decisions
Knowledge of Git/GitHub and best practices for peer code review
Claude Code and GraphQL experience a plus

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 code quality and performance above all else. Successful candidates keep up-to-date with best practices and have a familiarity with the latest frameworks from Apple
Work alongside other iOS and Android engineers to maintain a high quality platform on which we can build amazing mobile apps that our readers love
Optimize our platform for performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality
Be a steward for platform-specific fidelity and native integrations (e.g. Widgets)
Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality
Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues
Collaborate with Full Stack, Design, Product, and Data teams to engineer complete, end-to-end solutions that prioritize observability and experimentation

Salary benchmarks

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 (3.9)

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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