Firstborn is a creative innovation agency located in New York City. We shape modern brands for a connected future. In 1997, we were founded on the belief that smart ideas and beautifully crafted interactive experiences would move our clients’ businesses forward. Today our focus is broader with a cross-disciplinary digital approach to branding, campaign innovation, content and, true to our roots, rich interactive experiences. Firstborn is a part of Dentsu Inc. Linked by Isobar. 2016 & 2017 Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC.

You will join a team working on creating an ecosystem of highly visual iOS mobile and tablet applications for a high-profile consumer electronics client. You will assist in expanding this platform across new products by developing new modules and formats. You’ll work alongside other iOS Developers, UI designers, 3D artists, and video production teams to create a uniquely designed platform that allows users to interact and virtually experience products before they become available.

As an iOS developer, you’ve built multiple applications in Swift, either as a part of a larger team or as an individual lead. You’re up to date with the latest releases of Swift, iOS, and Xcode, and are interested in exploring new features. You’ve developed apps with custom interfaces with UIKit, and you know your way around debugging tools to sort out visual defects, performance issues, and memory leaks. While you may not have experience as a designer, an appreciation and understanding of the craft is expected. And while you may not be a software architect, you should be able to understand how your components fit into the larger architecture and platform. You are able to draw upon your previous experiences to troubleshoot and solve issues as they present themselves.

This individual can work remotely, but ideally would report into the New York office.

Please note that candidates may be asked to complete a take-home coding exercise in order to better demonstrate their capabilities. 

Key Duties

• Write consistent clean and readable code and work independently
• Take ownership of bigger, technically or creatively complex components of a large project from start to finish
• Collaborate with members of the creative team to bring designs to life
• Help mentor interns and onboard new developers

• Several years of experience in a software engineering/development role, with at least 3+ years specifically developing iOS applications.
• Have a solid understanding of core engineering principles and computer science concepts, such as algorithms, data structures, networking, and creating user interfaces
• Experience building mobile applications and familiarity with different architectures/frameworks such as MVC, MVVM, and/or VIPER
• Experience building Universal applications that work across a wide variety of screen sizes and operating systems
• Have build out custom designed user interfaces using code and can translate static design comps into interactive experiences
• Integrated heavy image and/or video assets into a core experience
• Thorough understanding of Git and workflow processes (e.g. GitFlow)
• Thorough testing for performance, memory management, and debugging skills with Xcode tools
• Able to prioritize your own tasks and dependencies
• Ability to communicate well, giving proactive feedback to peers, team, and manager
• Good organizational skills

Preferred skills:

• Computer Science or other STEM degree
• Experience with Objective-C
• Experience building MacOS or tvOS applications
• Experience with web-based technologies, such as React and Node, creating APIs, and database management
• Interest in other mobile platforms, such as Android or Unity
• Previous agency experience

Firstborn fosters a diverse environment that encourages original thinking about our business and empowers us to communicate with a global world of customers. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity of thought as they help us challenge and refine our solutions. Firstborn, as a best-in-class marketing agency, welcomes big ideas, and believes they can come from anywhere.

Perks & Benefits

Firstborn offers a flexible vacation policy, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, generous health, dental and vision insurance options, parental leave, adoption benefits, and more. We recognize high-performers and provide long-term growth opportunities. We hope you'll join us!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

FLSA Status: Exempt