OUNASS iOS Developer Hiring Challenge 2025

Ounass is your one-stop destination for all things luxury, making us The Definitive Home of Luxury. As a homegrown, local e-commerce platform, we cater to Middle Eastern customers across a range of categories including Fashion (Womenswear, Menswear & Kidswear), Beauty, Watches, Home, and Jewelry. 

At Ounass, our culture is what brings us together and drives our success. We strive to be the leading luxury technology platform in the Middle East, ensuring we are the first choice for our customers. Our customer-focused approach places both our clients and employees at the core of our business. We are renowned for our incredibly fast 2-hour delivery services within Dubai and offer a dedicated Personal Shopping service for our VIP clientele. 📦

We are part of the distinguished Al Tayer Group, based in the vibrant, multicultural city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Our growing family includes 400 employees, representing 47 nationalities, with an average employee age of 32 years. Our team is spread across the UAE, Turkey, Ukraine, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka. 🌍

Our diverse, young, and ambitious team is constantly innovating and advancing our brand. 🌟

Our phenomenal technology team includes Full-Stack, Front-End, and Back-End developers, DevOps experts, and Software and Solution Architects. We are building a multi-layered, micro-service-driven digital commerce platform using cutting-edge technologies such as Node.js, Express, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Webpack, Grunt, React.js, and more. 💻

We also host exciting brand pop-ups, working closely with brands and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure their success. Our Ounassers live by our core values: we are owners, we are obsessed with our customers, we think big and make it happen, and we work together. 🤝

In addition, we have a dedicated wellness platform where employees can track their health data, participate in fun challenges, and access one-on-one fitness and mental health sessions.

We organize brand activations, team activities, and recognize our employees for their performance. We also support our employees with tailored improvement plans and have exciting projects to enhance our employees' personal and professional lives. 🎉

Works and projects of the team to work with

• Luxury e-commerce iOS app development
• Custom UI components for a high-end shopping experience
• Performance optimization for smooth animations and fast interactions
• Deep integrations with payment gateways and analytics platforms
• Personalization features to enhance user engagement
• Private sale and exclusive shopping experiences
• Buy Now, Pay Later integration
• Extending the existing app with new features to improve conversion and retention
• Continuous improvements to maintain a premium shopping experience

Team Work

• 2+ years of experience working in Agile remote teams for clients.
• Fosters a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Builds and maintains strong team relationships. Inspires the team with thoughtful guidance.
• Actively contributes in cross-functional teams (designers, PMs, business stakeholders, developers).
• Aligns work with internal teams to meet deadlines and scope.

Functional Responsibilities

• Manages native iOS app development with a focus on timely, high-quality delivery.
• Works closely with product owners and BAs to gather requirements and estimate effort.
• Collaborates with Solution Architects to ensure best practices and code quality.
• Reviews code regularly with a focus on UX, stability, and performance.
• Supports QA processes in coordination with QA teams. Defines and shares iOS development best practices. Evaluates and proposes external libraries and services via POCs.
• Drives feature development and improves overall product quality.
• Contributes to shared libraries across teams.
• Promotes CI/CD principles and practices.
• Coordinates with other teams for consistent and timely releases.
• Writes unit tests and implements complex solutions using modern tech.
• Proactively contributes in Agile sprints and team deliverables.
• Creates prototypes and explores emerging mobile technologies.

Functional Skills

• Strong experience with iOS development tools and frameworks (Swift 5+, UIKit, CoreData, etc.).
• Familiarity with SwiftUI is a plus. Skilled in UI automation tools and shell scripting (OS X, Fastlane).
• Deep understanding of Apple HIG, coding guidelines, and design principles.
• Solid grasp of OOP, design patterns, and software architecture.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Proficient in Git and version control.
• Experience integrating REST/SOAP APIs and understanding full-stack interactions.
• Passionate about clean, testable, and well-structured code.
• Excellent English communication and teamwork skills.

Challenge Format

The competition will be active between 09:00 on Saturday 19 April and 23:59 on Sunday 20 April or between 09:00 on Saturday 26 April and 23:59 on Sunday 27 April.  

Challenge content: 1 algorithm question and 10 multiple choice questions.

*The technical test will be sent to selected applicants on April 19 and April 26.

Requirements

Experience: At least 5 years' experience in a similar role.

Challenge Winners

• As a result of the competition, you can get the chance to join the OUNASS software team! 🧑‍💻👩‍💻
• Even if you do not have the chance to join the OUNASS software team, as Coderspace, we can match your success with your profile and bring you the most suitable job opportunities for you! 🚀

Test Guidances

• This will be a timed challenge.
• Please make sure you are not interrupted during the challenge, as the timer cannot be paused once started.
• Please ensure you have a stable internet connection.
• We recommend you to try the sample test for a couple of minutes, before taking the main test.
• You can take a sample test before attempt to challenge.