Job Description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.


We are now looking for an iOS Developer to join the Guardian's product and engineering team. Our award-winning iOS application is primarily created in Swift and Objective-C. We're focussed on providing a fast and stable experience to our users, and our App Store rating of 4.8 stars is testament to that.


Development of digital products is central to the Guardian. You could be building the products that showcase our progressive and independent journalism, crafting the tools that journalists use to write their stories, developing the services that allow those stories to be distributed across the globe, or safeguarding our financial future.


Please visit our Guardian engineering site which contains information and a blog about working in the Product & Engineering department.

About the Role

You'll be building and testing major new features, as well as improving and maintaining existing functionality. Our programming language of choice is Swift, but with 30% of the codebase in Objective-C, you'll be working with both languages on a regular basis. You won't be coding in isolation - our culture is strongly collaborative, whether pair programming with other developers or working closely with designers, editorial and commercial colleagues. You'll have a voice in all big decisions the team makes. Sometimes deciding what code to write is as hard as writing the code itself. As an engineer you'll be involved in product decisions as well as technical ones. You'll be reviewing the code of other engineers to ensure we maintain our app's high standard. You'll strive to be innovative on a daily basis, as well as at our regular hack days. For example, a recent hack day saw the iOS team develop a new home screen widget using SwiftUI, which has now been shipped to the App Store.

About You

You are a creative problem solver who loves technology. You may love the news or you may want to reinvent it. You take an interest in why we do things, and you're able to focus on delivering value for your team. You are, or aspire to be, an expert in iOS development and you have a strong interest in growing your skills. You can make intelligent choices regarding what technologies to use and when to use them. You have personal or commercial experience building and deploying iOS applications. You care about code style and quality.
We operate in a hybrid environment, our developers/engineers are in the office for 1 day a week and work remotely for 4 days. If you want to come in more than that, that's great too.


We strive for transparency in remuneration. The salary for new Apps Developers at the Guardian is 62,000 per annum.


We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

How to Apply

To apply, please upload your latest CV and a cover letter in one document which outlines why you'd love to take on this role, and why you're a great match for what we're looking for.

We appreciate the time taken to prepare each application we receive. We do not use AI-assisted technology to review applications; every application is reviewed by a member of our recruitment team.


The closing date for applications is

Monday 28th July 2025

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Anna Vipers on anna.vipers@theguardian.com to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

Benefits at the Guardian

You'll have

30 days

of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an

additional 5 days

. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.


You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.


We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.


We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.


Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.


Our product & engineering team also offers 10% time, which means 10% of your working hours are dedicated to personal development, separate from time spent contributing to your team's delivery.



Job Number


789


Location


London, United Kingdom


Business Area


Product & Engineering


Employment Type


Full time