Senior iOS Engineer

Drive Capital; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 177,700 - 240,400; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking an iOS Engineer to build core features for the learning experience on their app. The position involves collaboration with design and backend teams to develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications in Swift. Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and have strong skills in data structures and algorithms, along with significant experience in iOS development. The role offers a competitive salary range of $177,700 — $240,400 USD and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Strong proficiency in Swift and ability to build and maintain production-level applications.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects.
• Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift.
• Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers across the company.

Skills

Swift

iOS mobile application development

API design

Multithreaded programming

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

As an iOS engineer in the Short Form Area, you'll build features that make up the core of the learning experience on Duolingo. Our short-form lessons are where learners spend the majority of their time on the app, and our area's mission is to make these sessions more effective and engaging. You'll work on adding new exercises that support our learners in practicing skills like recall and production in bite-sized formats, as well as creating other ways to help learners build foundational skills in a new language. We're looking for engineers who are passionate about improving how we teach.

You will...

• Collaborate on software projects with product design and backend aspects
• Develop, release, and maintain native iOS applications, primarily in Swift
• Mentor and set technical direction for junior engineers across the company

You have...

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• A solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Programming experience in Swift

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Strong proficiency in Swift, with proven ability to build and maintain production-level applications
• Strong technical knowledge of iOS mobile application development for iPhone/iPad using Swift with Cocoa Touch and related frameworks
• Experience designing clean and maintainable APIs
• Experience with multithreaded programming
• Experience writing unit tests and testable code
• Knowledge of iOS SDK performance tools and optimization techniques

We post a multi-level salary range for all of our roles.

$177,700 — $240,400 USD

Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits.

We will do everything we can within reason to ensure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact [e-mail].

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