At Big Nerd Ranch, we specialize in developing business-building mobile and web apps for our clients. We then teach students what we’ve learned through our signature immersive bootcamps, and every year we release new books in our best-selling series of Big Nerd Ranch Guides.
How do we do it? It’s all our people — we only hire the best. And then we live our values of being brilliant, kind, and hardworking.
We’re looking for Nerds who are as passionate as we are about writing stylish code on the most exciting platforms. Engineers who want to be amongst the smartest, kindest people they know.
Sound appealing? Learn more about us.
As a Developer, you will
Work on apps written in both Objective-C and Swift
Develop complex macOS applications where versioning, performance, localization and accessibility are required
Develop Applications with a complex release cycle
Be responsible for finding and improving weak points in the development cycle
Code-review your team members
Demonstrate attention to detail and common architectural patterns in your code
Refactoring and improving the performance of applications
Be exposed to Modern Web APIs and Javascript Libraries
Have experience writing Unit and UI tests to accompany Swift code
Write stories (use cases, technical and functional requirements), tests and code
Help guide clients towards effective solutions that balance technical requirements and business needs
Attend development meetings (stand-ups, kick-offs, retrospectives) and design sessions with teams and clients
Inspire fellow nerds, future clients, our students, and the community at large by writing, speaking, contributing to open source software, and demonstrating our collective expertise and experience
As a candidate, you
Know the macOS Core competencies (windowing, code signing, delegation, object archiving, accessibility, the responder chain)
Have excellent written and communication skills
Can effectively work and communicate in a primarily remote environment
Know the intricacies of building, archiving, and releasing an iOS or macOS app
Have experience with git
Know the core aspects of iOS development including architecture, design, configuration, the Xcode environment, Objective-C and Swift
Have a solid knowledge of multithreaded programming and UI concepts (responder chain and accessibility)
Are friendly; strong interpersonal skills are key for success
You might also
Be an advanced git user
Have customized and configured Apple’s WKWebViews
Have worked on iOS/macOS Continuous Integration or in an environment managed by active CI
Be passionate about speaking publicly or blogging regularly
Have experience teaching technical skills
The benefits we offer to full time employees:
Health, dental, vision, life insurance; 401k matching, short and long term disability
Any hardware, software or services you need to do your job are always 100% on us.
A flexible, remote-friendly and learning based environment where creative ideas are explored and the desire to learn new technologies is encouraged and valued.
At the Big Nerd Ranch you’ll be working with the most brilliant, most kind, and hardest working nerds in the solar system. You’ll help companies build and launch useful products, and share what you’ve learned with the world. Are you up to the challenge?
