Job Description

Senior iOS Software Engineer, Reddit Chat Chicago, IL Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. Does solving community engagement challenges motivate you? Come join the iOS Chat team and help us build innovative solutions for millions of redditors all around the world! The Reddit of today is built on top of communities (subreddits) where conversations are created daily on millions of different topics. However, the current experience lacks a real-time, casual environment that is more innate of a chat experience which is due to the forum-like structure of Reddit’s Posts and Comments. The Chat team is taking this problem head-on and has the ambitious goal to make synchronous conversations a core part of the Reddit community experience. We are hiring a Senior iOS Engineer who can help us innovate to create the next Reddit chat. We move incredibly fast, have an entrepreneurial spirit, are opinionated yet humbled by user feedback and back ourselves to deliver a quality product. We are seeking a like-minded engineer, who will work on a high-impact project with wide visibility within the company and join a team of brilliant engineers like yourself. You’ll get a chance to contribute to the product and business strategy, in addition to technical challenges and work alongside product managers, user experience designers and business analysts. The Role Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love on the iOS platform. Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences for iOS. Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight specific to iOS development. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs. Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other iOS and platform engineers. Bring your expertise in iOS development to contribute to the architecture and implementation of our chat features. What We Are Looking For: Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical expertise. 5+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience developing user-facing iOS native applications at scale, using Swift . You are a strategic thinker who thrives on developing a long-term technical foundation and has a passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally on iOS. A track record of leading large iOS projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaborations. Experience with modern iOS development frameworks and patterns such as SwiftUI , UIKit , Combine , and Concurrency . Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences on the iOS platform . Benefits: Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs 401k Match Family Planning Support Mental Health & Coaching Benefits Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off Paid Volunteer time off Pay Transparency: This job posting may span more than one career level. The base pay range for this position is:

$190,800 - $267,100 USD

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Casual work, Flexible hours,

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