Staff Software Engineer, iOS

Grindr • Palo Alto, CA

138d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a hybrid role based in our Palo Alto office and will require you to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays. Come play a key role in building the next generation of the Grindr app! Working within our iOS team, you'll have the opportunity to solve challenging problems, work with the latest technologies, collaborate with a kind and capable team, and contribute to a one-of-a-kind app at a unique scale. The Grindr team continues to innovate as the largest social media app for the LGBTQ community.

Requirements

• You have at least 6 years of experience building complex iOS applications
• You have a well-built technical experience that inspires individual contributors' creativity and innovation
• You have experience with product leadership and technical decision-making and know how to leverage that for good judgments and tradeoffs between product and code
• You have been working closely with various levels of business stakeholders, from the c-suite, VP level, and down
• You can jump into the code on a deep level but can also contribute to long-term initiatives by mentoring your team
• Strong practical knowledge of software engineering best practices and design patterns such as MVVM, Coordinator, one-way data flow, modular architecture, performance optimization & metrics
• Experience with Architecture at scale and have worked with different tech stacks outside of mobile

Nice To Haves

• Professional Experience with RxSwift or any functional reactive programming framework
• Professional Experience with Coordinators and/or RxFlow

Responsibilities

• Working collaboratively with a brilliant cross-functional, cross-timezone team to make Grindr the best app it can be for its users
• Able to work across multiple work streams and use ambiguity as an opportunity for high-level thinking
• Create innovation by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow
• Elevate your team's technical proficiency; help your team adopt new tools and ways of working
• Using Swift, Xcode, RxSwift, Combine, Async/Await, SwiftUI, Bitrise, Fastlane and Github, you will be evolving and maintaining the software architecture for current and future needs in order to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing mobile products, while supporting the product roadmap

Benefits

• Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents.
• Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S.
• Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs.
• Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.
• Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees