Candyspace, London

Candyspace are tried and tested digital product experts, creating apps, websites and digital products for ambitious, results-focused organisations investing in growth, including some of the best-known brands in the UK and beyond.

 

Working at Candyspace is about building digital products that people love. We all work hard to define the sweetspot between customers' demands and the needs of the businesses who employ us. And by building products that they all love, we love those products too. To do this you will be part of a diverse and inclusive team of like-minded people, ambitious for themselves and passionate about what they do. You will work on exciting and challenging projects.

 

Candyspace is an equal opportunities employer and we strongly encourage people of colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply for roles here. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know and feel free to note which pronouns you use (she/her, he/him, they/them etc).

We’re looking for a versatile, personable iOS developer who already has strong experience of Swift programming, the iOS SDK, and is open to exploring new technologies and techniques as the platform evolves. As an iOS developer at Candyspace you’ll work on one of the UK’s leading video-on-demand apps. A successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a team continuously improving a complex application, however will also be comfortable owning a piece of work and ensuring its successful delivery.

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  • A team player with great communication skills
  • Contributes to the planning, scoping and delivery of app projects
  • Strong understanding of Swift
  • A keen focus on producing clean, well documented and robust code.
  • Strong MVC/Object Oriented programming skills.
  • Experience in developing custom iOS components.
  • Good understanding on how to scale UI across multiple devices using size classes.
  • A good understanding of code versioning using git.
  • Interaction with XML and JSON data served via HTTP APIs
  • Experienced with evaluating and integrating 3rd party libraries as per project requirements.

 

  • Experience with Unit testing and UI testing
  • Objective-C (only for occasional use!)
  • Continuous integration tools such as Travis and Fastlane
  • Scripting experience with Python and Ruby
  • Knowledge of video on demand technologies, streaming technologies and video formats
  • Experience writing multithreaded applications
  • Experience working in large multi-module codebases
  • Understanding of a range of design patterns and approaches, such as MVVM or functional programming styles, and their tradeoffs
  • Experience with code reviews
  • AVFoundation and iOS media playback
  • GraphQL

 

  • Friendly and welcoming team focussed on producing great work
  • Regular learning sessions
  • Culture of continuous improvement
  • Learn from those who are more experienced, and mentor those who are less experienced
  • Work on a large well-known application
  • Take on high-responsibility tasks with support from the team
  • Learn how large applications are developed and released to millions of users.


 

At Candyspace not only do you get the opportunity to work with a great team on exciting and challenging projects, we also help you to develop and grow your knowledge and skills while you work with us, so you can be your very best.

Being part of Candyspace means working with a diverse and inclusive team of like-minded people, ambitious for themselves and passionate about what they do. To top that off, you’ll be working with impressive clients to create and deliver digital products loved by everyone.

It’s more than just work – we like to have lots of fun and create friendships. We look out for one another and offer benefits to support the health, well-being and future of the people that work here. These include:

  • Flexible working arrangements: there’s always a workspace for you in the office, but you’re free to work from home when you want to, unless of course for any reason we or our clients need to see your lovely face in person!

  • Central London office space: we love our new office, with breakout areas, meeting rooms, an on-site gym, bike storage, showers and complimentary drinks & fruit - there’s sometimes cake too!

  • Personal development allowance: take control of your development with your own annual allowance for training and development.

  • Study support: we love watching people learn and grow and invite you to request our support to help you to do this.

  • Permanent health insurance: providing you the security of a level of income in the event you were unable to work for a period of time.

  • Life assurance: we sincerely hope you will never need this benefit that provides for your beneficiaries in the event you pass away while employed by us.

  • Workplace nursery scheme: we know that nursery costs can be high, so we offer a way for you to pay for nursery fees through a salary sacrifice scheme that makes it more affordable to you.

  • Cycle to work scheme: if cycling is your thing and is your preferred mode of transport for your commute, you can take advantage of our cycle to work scheme.

  • Season ticket loan: enabling you to purchase a season ticket via an interest free loan from us.

  • Employee assistance programme: we understand that sometimes talking to someone outside our normal circle of friends and family can be helpful and our EAP allows you to do this confidentiality.

  • Eye testing: we know you spend most of your day in front of a screen, so encourage you to have regular eye tests and make this easy by providing you with an e-voucher that you can exchange for an eye test at your local nominated optician.

  • Volunteering hours: we encourage everyone here to give something back to the community by providing easy access to volunteering opportunities and time off to get stuck in helping out a good cause.

  • Unforgettable socials: an important part of our culture is that we love to have a good time and celebrate our successes.
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