iOS Messaging Engineer — Real-Time Performance (RSUs)

Socket.dev; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

paid parental leave

comprehensive medical coverage

emotional and mental health support

compensation packages with RSUs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking an iOS Software Engineer to join the Snapchat Messaging team. You will design, build, and ship messaging features for the iOS app, focusing on core chat, media messaging, notifications, and real-time performance.

The role collaborates with product, design, and backend teams to define the roadmap and improve reliability. Strong emphasis on performance tuning, observability, and end-to-end shipping of consumer iOS features.

Qualifications

• Experience with iOS services or distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of networking, async/concurrent programming, and performance tuning on iOS.
• Ability to understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution.
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others.
• Proven track record of shipping consumer iOS features end to end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship high-quality messaging features in the Snapchat iOS app.
• Improve reliability, latency, and performance of chat and media delivery on iOS.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to define and execute roadmap.
• Instrument, analyze, and A/B test features to drive messaging engagement and DAU.
• Uphold code quality, testing, and observability for a large-scale iOS codebase.

Skills

iOS services or distributed systems

Networking on iOS

Operational/incident handling

Collaborative teamwork

Shipping iOS features end-to-end

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent

1+ years post-Bachelor software experience or MSc

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking an iOS Software Engineer to join the Snapchat Messaging team. You will design, build, and ship messaging features for the iOS app, focusing on core chat, media messaging, notifications, and real-time performance.

The role collaborates with product, design, and backend teams to define the roadmap and improve reliability. Strong emphasis on performance tuning, observability, and end-to-end shipping of consumer iOS features.