Software Engineer, iOS

Pinterest; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform is looking for an inquisitive iOS engineer to join its engineering teams in Ontario. The role includes building frontend features, contributing to the product development process, and collaborating with design and backend teams. Candidates should have a deep understanding of iOS development, a minimum of 2 years of experience, and a relevant degree. This hybrid role requires some in-office collaboration, ensuring a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of iOS development and best practices.
• 2+ years of industry iOS application development experience.
• Experience in writing reliable and maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Build out Pinner‑facing frontend features in iOS.
• Contribute to the product development process.
• Partner with design, product, and backend teams.

Skills

iOS development

Objective C and/or Swift

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

xCode

Job description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

We are looking for inquisitive, well‑rounded iOS engineers to join our [Platform / Product] engineering teams. Working closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, you’ll play an important role in enabling the newest technologies and experiences. You will build robust frameworks & features. You will empower both developers and Pinners alike. You’ll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to thought‑provoking problems. Even better, because we covet the kind of courageous thinking that’s required in order for big bets and smart risks to pay off, you’ll be invited to create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through to technical design, implementation, and release.

What you’ll do:

• Build out Pinner‑facing frontend features in iOS to power the future of inspiration on Pinterest
• Contribute to and lead each step of the product development process, from ideation to implementation to release; from rapidly prototyping, running A/B tests, to architecting and building solutions that can scale to support millions of users
• Partner with design, product, and backend teams to build end to end functionality
• Put on your Pinner hat to suggest new product ideas and features
• Employ automated testing to build features with a high degree of technical quality, taking responsibility for the components and features you develop
• Grow as an engineer by working with world‑class peers on varied and high impact projects

What we’re looking for:

• Deep understanding of iOS development and best practices in Objective C and/or Swift, e.g. xCode, app states, memory management, etc
• 2+ years of industry iOS application development experience, building consumer or business facing products
• Experience in following best practices in writing reliable and maintainable code that may be used by many other engineersAbility to keep up‑to‑date with new technologies to understand what should be incorporated
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
  

In‑Office Requirement Statement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we’re not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• This role will need to be in the office for in‑person collaboration 1‑2 times per half and therefore can be situated anywhere in Ontario.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.