Job Description: IOS Developer II
About Hopscotch:
Established in 2012, Hopscotch is India’s leading kids fashion brand positioned at the sweet spot of
aspiration and affordability. The brand features the latest trends in kids fashion on its store online,
and has served over 30 lac parents across 1,300 Indian cities.
Hopscotch was founded by Harvard Business School Alumnus - Rahul Anand. Rahul observed that
India was the #1 kids market in the world with a strong legacy of textile looms and manufacturing.
With social media, Indian parents are increasingly exposed to fashion styles across the world and
aspiring for more. Despite this tremendous domestic demand, Indian consumers were starved of
fashionable clothing that was affordable. India lacked a dominant kids brand. He founded Hopscotch
to provide Indian parents access to kids fashion., Using technology, Hopscotch today launches 500
new and trendy items daily, and at jaw dropping price points.
The Hopscotch team consists of a network of international designers, vendors, and buyers who track
fashion weeks and couture trends globally. Hopscotch leverages technology to rapidly launch these
styles in real time and makes them available to Indian parents each day.
Today, Hopscotch is one of the largest fashion brands in the country. It has achieved triple digit
growth YoY serving an enormous base of over 3 million active users, with 70% of its demand from
tier 2 and smaller towns.
Hopscotch is backed by a range of institutional investors, including RPG Ventures, India Infoline Seed
fund, LionRock Capital, Rise Capital. Noteworthy HNIs, Eduardo Saverin (Co-founder, Facebook), Wei
Yan (CTO and co-founder of Diapers.com), Atul Nishar (founder of Aptech), Toivo Annus (CTO and co-
founder of Skype), and Nisa Godrej (MD GCPL) have backed the company and continue to advice the
business as it scales to new heights.
About Rahul Anand, Founder & CEO:
Mr. Rahul Anand is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hopscotch.in, India’s #1 kids fashion
brand. He was born in Mumbai and received a double engineering major from the University of
Michigan. After completing an MBA from Harvard Business School he joined Diapers.com in New
York, which was later acquired by Amazon for $550MM. Post the acquisition, Rahul returned to India
and with the backing of seasoned entrepreneurs like Eduardo Saverin (of Facebook) and Wei Yan, he
started Hopscotch. Rahul’s vision is to make kids' fashion accessible to every parent in India,
irrespective of their socio-economic background. On a personal front, Rahul is an avid classical
pianist and has been playing the piano for over 35 years.
Job Description: IOS Developer II
Job Description:
We are looking for an iOS developer responsible for the development and
maintenance of applications. Your primary focus will be development of iOS.
applications and their integration with back-end services and optimizing the
application performance. You will be working alongside other engineers and
developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a
commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the
creation of quality products is essential.
Responsibilities
● Design, build and optimize applications for the iOS platform
● Complete ownership of the iOS application development and release
process.
● Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
● Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
● Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
● Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general
reliability.
Skills
● Can do attitude. Positive mind set.
● Minimum 3 years of experience in native iOS application development.
● Proficient with Swift and Objective and Cocoa Touch
● Experience with threading, and performance tuning.
● Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
● Experience with performance and memory tuning.
● Knack for benchmarking and optimization
● Familiarity with continuous integration
