Senior iOS Developer

Embedded in a worldwide network Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America continuously strives to remain at the forefront of successful automotive research and development. MBRDNA is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with key areas of Autonomous Driving, Advanced Interaction Design, Digital User Experience, Machine Learning, Customer Research, and Open Innovation. In Farmington Hills, Michigan, the focus is on Powertrain and eDrive technology as well as in Long Beach, where the teams test durability of the latest driver assistant and telematic systems. The Digital Hub in Seattle focusses on developing a cloud architecture and building out the cloud platform for the next generation of connected car services. The Testing and Regulatory Affairs Division in Ann Arbor and the Advanced Vehicle Design in Carlsbad complete the competence center.
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. (MBRDNA) is seeking a Senior iOS Mobile Developer to join the US Experience team. This is a full-time, exempt position with the option to work remotely in states in the continuous US or from one of our MBRDNA office locations in Long Beach, CA, Seattle, WA, Farmington Hills, MI, Ann Arbor, MI or Sunnyvale, CA.
The US Experience team drives to establish Mercedes-Benz as a technology leader in the US luxury segment. Our team develops, tests, and validates US Software applications in order to deliver the best US customer experience possible. We perform product research to influence and drive innovation and improve vehicle features at different touch points throughout the customer journey. We all contribute to a combined One Voice US strategy that drives impactful propositions that create market pull and enhance our customer’s experience.
We are looking for a Senior iOS Mobile Developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and wearables. Your primary focus will be development of mobile application features and their integration with back-end services- (including the interaction with Mercedes Benz vehicles). You will be working alongside other engineers and global development teams working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential. 
Relocation assistance (domestic or international) is not provided for this position.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and build features for the iOS app Mercedes me connect (USA)
• Lead iOS feature implementation architecture/strategy and align them with stakeholders
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Collaborate with a global teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Proactive approach for root cause analysis of issues and their resolution
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs identified by the QA team
• Proactively collaborate with Product and UX Designer to understand acceptance criteria design requirements of new features and stories
• Accurate pointing of stories during SCRUM refinement sessions in order to complete stories in estimated time
• Responsible to maintain code and pull request quality
• Ability to break down pull requests to small junks to ensure smooth code review / merge
• Review and approve pull requests of other developers
• Ensure readiness for publication to Apple & Google stores
• Contributing to team KPI’s and OKR’s by focusing on the defined road map items
• Competitor benchmarking in order to make recommended enhancements
• Mentoring of more junior developers and best practice sharing/documentation
• Peer programming and shadowing sessions to foster continues learning and improvement
• Ability to work in global environment with peers from Germany, India and China
• Utilize diverse opinions and cultural backgrounds to improve our products
• 25% travel may be required for this position

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Computer Engineering consider: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field of study
• At least 5 years of native iOS development experience
• Strong Swift coding skills
• Solid understanding of mobile architectures, such as MVP, MVVM, and VIPER
• Solid understanding of concurrency using async/await, Dispatch, and Combine
• Experience in creating custom, pixel-perfect UIs
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms, such as Jenkins
• Hands-on experience with unit testing
• Hands-on experience with publishing apps to the App Store
• Solid understanding of Apple Developer guidelines
• Quick adaptation to Mercedes internal development model and coding guidelines / stylistics
• Experience in