iOS Engineer
About the job
- At least 2 years of experience with native iOS development in Swift.
- Consumer-facing product and design instincts, with a desire to contribute to product decisions.
- Work with Design and Product teams to build user interfaces that are beautiful, performant, and well-engineered.
- Architect and build the app to optimize performance, growth, scalability, ease of future development, and code quality.
- Write unit and functional tests to ensure maximum code and app quality.
- Investigate, debug, and fix user-reported production issues.
- Brainstorm new product ideas and improvements alongside the design and product teams.
- Refactor existing code where needed to improve quality of life for other engineers.
- Work within a highly cross-functional team, iterating on process and making suggestions for improvements.
- Experience with GraphQL, SwiftUI, and Combine.
- Experience in an early-stage startup working on growth and scale challenges.
- Passion for sports and media.
About the company
The Athletic provides digital sports journalism with in-depth news, long-form stories, scores, schedules, and podcasts. It delivers premium content through a subscription model, giving paying readers access to articles and exclusive coverage by top writers, with updates on major leagues and international sports. The product works by offering monthly or annual access to a library of premium articles and podcasts through its website and apps; revenue comes primarily from subscribers, supported by partnerships and sponsored content. The Athletic differentiates itself from competitors by prioritizing high-quality, detailed reporting and smart analysis from top writers, rather than relying on cookie-cutter, ad-driven coverage. Its goal is to serve passionate sports fans with comprehensive, insightful journalism and to sustain its journalism by building a loyal subscription-based community.”} verkeerde_seconds_empty_rate: 0} // note: ignore any extraneous fields if present in tool input
Company Size
501-1,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$139.6M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Meredith Kopit Levien said June 22, 2026, The Athletic has many millions of readers.
- The July 23, 2026 Fubo launch creates new sponsorship inventory and distribution.
- ESPN layoffs and Washington Post cuts keep elite sports talent flowing toward The Athletic.
What critics are saying
- AI scraping can strip value from reporting, compressing subscriptions by 2026-2027.
- ESPN’s July 2026 layoffs and acquisitions intensify bidding for elite sports reporters.
- Fubo sponsorship revenue depends on partner traffic; weak CTV usage starves growth.
What makes The Athletic Media Company unique
- The New York Times owns The Athletic, pairing sports scale with newsroom distribution.
- The Athletic’s live blogs and video formats resist AI scraping better than static articles.
- Fubo’s July 23, 2026 CTV hub extends The Athletic into premium living-room video.
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Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k)
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Free Subscription
- Competitive Health Care
- HSA & FSA
- Commuter Benefits