NetForemost, Inc - Full-Stack Engineer (iOS)

Client: NetForemost, Inc

Location: Panama, 8, pa

Contract: Freelance

Job Description

This is a remote position for a hands-on Full Stack Engineer to help improve, stabilize, and modernize an existing iOS application currently in production with over 1 million downloads. The role involves working across native mobile development, backend/API integrations, and engineering process improvements to enhance an already successful live product while bringing stronger structure, reliability, and maintainability to the codebase and development workflow. The product is a native iOS app built primarily in Swift, with various integrations including REST APIs, Socket.IO/live chat, Firebase, Google Sign-In, Facebook Login, in-app purchases, ads, and CocoaPods-based dependency management.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve an existing native iOS app written in Swift.
• Refactor legacy code to improve stability, readability, and long-term maintainability.
• Work across frontend and backend integration points, including APIs, authentication, real-time messaging, payments, and third-party SDKs.
• Troubleshoot and optimize app performance, crashes, and production issues.
• Support modernization of the app architecture, development workflow, and release process.
• Set up and enforce Git-based version control best practices, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and release tagging.
• Help migrate the project into a clean and sustainable Git workflow if parts of the codebase are not yet properly versioned.
• Improve testing discipline, build reliability, and deployment readiness.

Requirements

Required Skills

• Strong experience with Swift and native iOS development.
• Experience working on production apps with API integrations and third-party SDKs.
• Solid backend understanding, especially with REST APIs, authentication flows, web services, and data exchange.
• Experience with real-time systems such as WebSockets or Socket.IO.
• Familiarity with Firebase, mobile analytics, push notifications, and in-app purchases.
• Strong Git experience, including repository setup, branching strategy, merge conflict resolution, pull requests, and release management.
• Ability to work in a legacy codebase and improve it incrementally without breaking production behavior.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with CocoaPods and dependency upgrades.
• Experience modernizing older iOS apps and improving architecture.
• Familiarity with CI/CD for mobile apps.
• Experience with App Store releases and production support.
• Exposure to test automation for iOS apps.

What Success Looks Like

• The app becomes easier to maintain and safer to extend.
• Key flows such as login, chat, payments, and profile/account features become more stable.
• The codebase is organized under proper Git version control with a clear team workflow.
• Releases become more predictable, with better review and change tracking.
• The product continues to scale reliably while supporting a live user base of 1M+ downloads.

Benefits

• 100% Remote Work.
• Flexibility.
• Growth Opportunities.
• Learning Opportunities.
• 10 days Paid time off Incentive.
• Annual Retention Incentive 12%.
• Monthly Productivity and Learning Incentive 7.5%.