Senior iOS Developer

About the role

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) is seeking a Senior iOS Mobile Developer to join our dynamic team. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining iOS features for the Mercedes me connect mobile app, serving North American customers. Your contributions will help enhance the driving experience and integrate the mobile app into the broader digital ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain iOS features for the Mercedes me connect mobile app serving North American customers.
• Lead iOS feature implementation architecture and strategy, aligning technical direction with product, UX, QA, backend, and global stakeholders.
• Create Connected Car experiences that integrate mobile app functionality with Mercedes-Benz vehicles, backend services, and the broader digital ecosystem.
• Apply North American market expertise to identify customer needs, propose product improvements, and support changes within infotainment and connected-car domains.
• Ensure the performance, quality, reliability, security, and responsiveness of the iOS application across supported devices, including mobile phones and wearables.
• Collaborate with global teams to define, design, implement, and ship new features in alignment with business priorities and release timelines.
• Take a proactive approach to root-cause analysis, incident resolution, defect prevention, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks, resolve bugs reported by QA, and improve code quality, maintainability, and test coverage.
• Partner with Product and UX Design to clarify acceptance criteria, technical feasibility, customer experience requirements, and story readiness.
• Participate actively in Scrum refinement and estimation sessions, accurately sizing work and delivering stories within agreed timelines.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, pull request quality, documentation, and adherence to Mercedes-Benz development guidelines.
• Break down pull requests into manageable increments to support efficient review, testing, and merge processes.
• Review and approve pull requests from other developers, providing constructive feedback and promoting engineering best practices.
• Contribute to team KPIs and OKRs by focusing on prioritized roadmap items, delivery commitments, and measurable product outcomes.
• Conduct competitor benchmarking and customer-experience analysis to recommend enhancements for the North American mobile app experience.
• Mentor junior developers through code reviews, pairing, shadowing, technical guidance, and best-practice documentation.
• Foster continuous learning, inclusive collaboration, and process improvement within a diverse engineering team.
• Work effectively in a global environment with peers and partners in Germany, India, China, and other Mercedes-Benz development locations.
• Utilize diverse opinions, cultural perspectives, and cross-functional expertise to improve product quality and customer value.
• Up to 25% travel may be required for this position.

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.
• 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.
• Experience in Agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban.
• Exceptional time management and ownership for assigned tasks and feature developments.