Software Engineer, iOS - Conversation Experiences

reddit; Canada; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in iOS development. This role involves collaborating with product and design teams to innovate and enhance user-facing applications. Candidates should possess 5+ years of experience and be proficient in Swift and Objective-C. The position offers a remote option within Canada and includes comprehensive health benefits, retirement plans, and professional development funds.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions

Workspace benefits for your home office

Personal & Professional development funds

Flexible Vacation

Reddit Global Days Off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time software development experience in iOS applications.
• Strong knowledge of best practices including testing and documentation.
• Experience with general-purpose programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally to execute product strategy.
• Contribute to the full development cycle including testing and launch.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices.

Skills

Software development experience in iOS applications

Expertise in Swift

Expertise in Objective-C

Communication skills

Ability to work in a remote environment

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

Java

Python

Go

Rust

C++

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 ,+ active communities and approximately M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit .

The Conversation Experiences team is responsible for one of the highest traffic pages on the platform : the Comments page. We know that conversations are the lifeblood of Reddit, so we strive to ensure viewing content and the surrounding conversation is appealing, intuitive and delightful. This is a high impact role where you will drive related technical & product strategy, operations, architecture, and execution for one of the largest sites in the world.

This role can be % remote within Canada. If you are located near our office in Toronto, you’re welcome to work a hybrid schedule there as well!

What You’ll Do

• 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.
• Contribute to the full development cycle : technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Minimum Candidate Qualifications for this role

• Minimum of + 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 and Objective-C
• 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.
• Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical, professional, hands-on experience.
• You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. You care about innovation.
• Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Java, Python, Go, Rust, C++.
• Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits
• Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off