Senior iOS Developer

The Guardian is one of the worlds biggest liberal news organisations. We are renowned for our groundbreaking independent journalism our award-winning digital products and excellent engineering team. Were looking for aSenior iOS Developer/Engineer to join our Apps team on a 12 month fixed term contract or internal secondment.

Development of digital products is central to the Guardian. You could be building the products that showcase our progressive and independent journalism crafting the tools that journalists use to write their stories developing the services that allow those stories to be distributed across the globe or safeguarding our financial future.

Please visit ourGuardian engineering site which contains information and ablog about working in the Product & Engineering department.

Our award-winning iOS app is primarily built in Swift with a strong focus on delivering a fast stable and seamless user experience reflected in our 4.8-star App Store rating. We also recently launched Feast a brand-new app written entirely from the ground up in SwiftUI.

About the Role

• Youll be building and testing major new features as well as improving and maintaining existing functionality.
• Our programming language of choice is Swift and we now build all new features exclusively using SwiftUI.
• Youll occasionally work with legacy code in UIKit and Objective-C so some familiarity is a bonus.
• You wont be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative whether pair programming with other developers or working closely with designers editorial and commercial colleagues.
• Youll have a voice in all big decisions the team makes.
• As an engineer youll be involved in product decisions as well as technical ones.
• Youll be reviewing the code of other engineers to ensure we maintain our apps high standard.
• Youll strive to be innovative on a daily basis as well as at our regular hack days.

About You

• You have extensive experience building and deploying iOS applications.
• You are an expert in iOS development and you have a strong interest in growing your skills.
• Youre confident coding in Swift and building in SwiftUI
• You have some knowledge of Objective-C and UIKit or are willing to learn
• You can make confident and considered choices regarding what technologies to use and when to use them.
• You drive code quality and best practices.
• You are curious passionate about technology and finding creative solutions to complex problems.
• You may love the news or you may want to reinvent it.

We operate in a hybrid environment. Our Software Engineers/Developers are expected to come into the office at least 1 day per week. If you want to come in more than that thats great too.

We strive for transparency in remuneration. The salary for new Senior Apps Developers at the Guardian is 82000 per year.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve where our people have equal access to career development opportunities their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

How to Apply

To apply please upload your latest CV and a cover letter which outlines why youd love to take on this role and why youre a great match for what were looking for.

We appreciate the time taken to prepare each application we receive. We do not use AI-assisted technology to review applications; every application is reviewed by a member of our recruitment team.

The closing date for applications isMonday 15th December 2025.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Anna Vipers at to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

Benefits in our Product & Engineering team

• 30 days annual leave and the option to purchase an extra 5 days
• Flexible public holidays
• Generous pension scheme; if you contribute 5% then the Guardian will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age)
• Multi-faith prayer room
• Cycle to work scheme and subsidised gym membership
• Paid volunteering days
• 10% time - Dedicated time for personal development separate from time spent contributing to your teams delivery.

Culture and Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and addition we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast lunch and dinner.

Learning and Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.