iOS Engineer

iOS Engineer (Remote)

• No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.
  
  

About The Cornell Lab Of Ornithology

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a globally recognized leader in technology, data management, and large-scale citizen science supporting birds and biodiversity conservation. We curate more than a petabyte of digital assets, one billion bird sightings, and leverage innovative big data analysis tools and machine learning to produce web applications and services to empower a global community of bird and nature enthusiasts, researchers, conservationists, and educators. The Lab is in an incredible growth phase and navigating exciting challenges to scale our data-driven tools and services for conservation communities in all corners of the globe. eBird collaborates with hundreds of regional organizations in more than 80 countries who are using eBird, Merlin Bird ID, Birds of the World, and other resources as a platform to advance their conservation goals.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an iOS Engineer to advance our best-in-class apps, Merlin Bird ID and eBird that connect millions of people to birds worldwide. The iOS Engineer will join a growing engineering team of six to eight application developers to design and develop mobile apps for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO). From early prototypes to production-ready features we are looking for someone who can contribute to this small team of creative engineers with a mission-driven and tech-forward approach. This position is ideal for someone who is eager deliver new features and functionality to a global user-base of birders and outdoor enthusiasts.

The Primary Of Responsibilities Include

• Design and develop applications for the iOS platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Work closely with mobile designers to sync design libraries with code
• Identify and correct bottlenecks, and fix bugs
• Help maintain code and improve code quality and organization
• Stay up to date on latest iOS technologies and trends
• Contribute to the overall success of the mobile team
  
  

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

What We Need

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three (3)+ years of experience of building production mobile applications, including designing, coding, testing, debugging apps native iOS apps in Swift and/or Objective-C and deploying apps to the App Store.
• Experience with RESTful APIs to connect iOS application to back-end services.
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines.
• Experience with code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Project management skills to scope projects and translate requirements into deliverables and timelines for public software releases.
• Strong communication skills to clearly articulate plans, and provide instruction effectively to all levels of management, staff, new partners, funding agencies, project participants, and visitors.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of management and staff internally and externally.
• Strong interpersonal skills to develop trust with collaborators.
• Provide high level of initiative to anticipate needs of the project and fulfill project objectives with very minimal supervision.
• Ability to prioritize activities and exercise sound judgement in discussions with collaborators.
• Experience in and/or demonstrated commitment to supporting diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  
  

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it’s ok if you don’t.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of birds and the birding community.
• Five (5)+ years of experience of building production mobile applications, including designing, coding, testing, debugging apps native iOS apps in Swift and/or Objective-C and deploying apps to the App Store.
• Experience watching birds and working on projects to advance birdwatching and bird conservation.
  
  

Application Information

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• Visa Sponsorship of any kind is not available for this position.
  
  

What We Offer

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is based in Ithaca, New York, however, the successful applicant may perform this role remotely anywhere within the United States. Employees who work remotely may receive multiple W-2 Forms depending on their work location.
• The New York Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting and withholding for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside of New York State.
• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.
• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: https://hr.cornell.edu/benefits-pay.
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: https://hr.cornell.edu/jobs/your-total-rewards.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.
  
  

University Job Title

Software Engineer III

Job Family

Information Technology

Level

F

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Range

$95,071.00 - $110,487.00

Remote Option Availability

Remote

Company

Contract College

Contact Name

Maria Avila

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2025-02-10