Overview
While you’ll have heard our name, there’s a lot you probably don’t know about NEXT. We create most of our systems ourselves – whether it’s a website, mobile app or an application. We are growing fast and we are looking for a Developer to join our team. Our eCommerce websites and apps have grown steadily over the past 10 years to become one of the largest online retail platforms in the UK. We currently sell to 70 international markets, offering our 6 million active customers a personalised shopping experience and the ability to purchase from a wide range of products using multiple delivery methods and payment types.
Responsibilities
- Work with Architectural Patterns: Use established architectural foundations to build performant and scalable iOS features.
- Design and Implement Features: Build components for our white-label mobile apps that offer rich functionality while ensuring an inclusive and accessible experience for all users.
- Build Adaptive User Interfaces: Develop intuitive Phone and Tablet interfaces using SwiftUI that scale across various screen sizes.
- Collaborate across the Team: Work closely with Product Owners, UX designers and fellow developers to understand requirements and deliver high-quality code.
- Contribute to Technical Excellence: Participate in peer code reviews and contribute to the team’s collective knowledge of the Apple ecosystem.
- Understand the Full Stack: Develop a sound understanding of how our apps interact with backend services, API integrations and deeplinking variations.
- Support Continuous Delivery: Use Azure build pipelines to ensure smooth and reliable deployments.
What you’ll bring
We are looking for skilled individuals with:
- Technical Proficiency: Demonstrable experience in building robust iOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI (familiarity with Swift 6, iOS 18 and above).
- Analytical & Problem Solving Skills: The ability to troubleshoot, optimise application performance and resolve technical issues effectively.
- Automation: Experience implementing Unit Testing and UI Tests using Swift Testing & XCUITest frameworks to ensure application reliability.
- Agile Methodologies: A proven track record in agile development methodologies, including experience with Scrum.
- CI/CD: Experience using continuous integration and delivery tools, such as Azure DevOps.
- RESTful APIs: Hands-on experience with RESTful API integration.
Nice to have
- Experience with complex deeplinking
- Integrating webview accessibility
- Apps handling multiple languages
About Us
You know NEXT, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. We have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online, and it’s now possible to buy online from over 70 countries around the world. We’ve gone global!
About The Team
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change. We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, please contact us by email headoffice_careers@next.co.uk (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.
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