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Senior iOS Software Engineer, Poster Experience

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Reddit

Job Description

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 82M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Reddit is a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions. Our mission is to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world. Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on content, stories, and discussions about the topics they care about the most. From pets to parenting, with over 100,000 active communities and over 70 million daily active users, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The Core Experience organization's mission is to empower people to participate in global conversations through communities. Poster Experience specifically focuses on the user journey in creating posts at Reddit, which is the main source of user content for the product. We aim to make it easier, faster, and smarter to create and participate in conversations, and we drive several core product metrics for the entire Reddit ecosystem.

This is a high impact role where you will own projects from ideation to production, working with our super-talented cross-functional team. You'll closely collaborate with product and design teams, and be responsible for the engineering architecture and execution of key product features.

This role can be remote within the United States or Canada, or can be a hybrid model if near an office. Offices are located in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and Toronto.

What You’ll Do:

  • Design, build, and ship iOS code, experiments and products for millions of users.
  • Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.
  • Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences.
  • Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride.
  • Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs.
  • Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other engineers.

Who You Might Be:

  • Minimum of 3+ years of post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional software development experience developing user-facing iOS mobile native applications at scale, using Swift.
  • Expertise in Swift
  • Familiarity with software engineering best practices such as unit/integration/end-to-end testing, design documents, CI/CD, A/B testing, code reviews, and documentation
  • Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
  • BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
  • Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs is a plus.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com.

Advice from our career coach

A successful applicant for this high-impact role at Reddit should be well-versed in iOS development, specifically with Swift, and have experience in software engineering best practices. To stand out as an applicant, showcase your ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, communicate technical concepts clearly, and demonstrate a strong track record of delivering user-facing mobile applications at scale. Here are some specific tips to help you shine:

  • Highlight your hands-on experience in developing user-facing iOS mobile applications using Swift.
  • Showcase your expertise in Swift and familiarity with software engineering best practices.
  • Emphasize your strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks to keep projects on schedule.
  • Demonstrate your entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Illustrate your excellent communication skills, especially in collaborating with both technical and non-technical teams.
  • If applicable, mention any additional knowledge of GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and experience in designing maintainable APIs.

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