iOS Technical Architect

Location: Torrance, CA (Onsite). Duration: 6+ months (Contract). Employment type: W-2 only.

About the role

Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, security, scalability, and technical excellence of enterprise iOS applications while mentoring teams and driving engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall iOS application architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Establish coding standards, development guidelines, and best practices.
• Mentor senior developers and engineering teams on scalable iOS solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Design scalable, modular, and maintainable architectures using MVC, MVVM, VIPER, Clean Architecture, or TCA.
• Define reusable frameworks, components, and SDK integration strategies.
• Ensure adherence to SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean code practices.
• Drive application modularization and dependency management initiatives.
• Create architecture documents, diagrams, and technical specifications.
• Expert-level proficiency in Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, and Concurrency (Async/Await).
• Design and implement high-performance mobile applications.
• Lead integration of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, and third-party services.
• Ensure optimal memory management, multithreading, and application performance.
• Implement secure coding practices, encryption, Keychain storage, and SSL Pinning.
• Conduct architecture reviews and code quality assessments.
• Define strategies for unit testing, UI testing, and automation testing.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize app startup time, memory usage, and battery consumption.
• Review crash analytics and implement stability improvements.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.
• Implement secure authentication mechanisms including OAuth, MFA, and Biometrics.
• Ens