Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform

Reddit’s iOS Platform team sets technical direction and builds shared tools and core components that improve developer efficiency and the iOS development experience. The Staff Software Engineer will architect and scale Reddit’s iOS app, establish development standards, lead platform improvements, and mentor iOS engineers across the company.

Responsibilities:

• Own the architecture of Reddit’s iOS Mobile App and make it scale to the next 100M+ DAUs. Propose ideas/solutions to reach our vision of “making Reddit’s Mobile Apps best-in-class.”
• Identify the gaps in our current iOS App Architecture, and lead redesign of the iOS platform to improve modularity, performance, and quality
• Build agentic workflows to accelerate migrations across a multi-million line of code repository
• Mentor iOS developers across the company
• Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems in iOS development

Requirements:

• Deep experience-based understanding of how to build mobile applications at scale
• 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
• 10+ years of Software development experience with at least 5+ years in designing/developing iOS applications
• Experience in influencing larger (100+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices related to iOS
• Experience with modern iOS development frameworks such as Swift UI and structured Concurrency
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people's lives globally
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical expertise