Staff Software Engineer

RB Global Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

PTO 15 days

Medical insurance

Job summary

RB Global is seeking a Staff iOS Engineer to provide technical leadership for our mobile app, the primary buyers’ touchpoint for vehicle auctions in North America. You will guide architectural decisions, establish iOS standards, and mentor a distributed team across locations.

This hands-on role collaborates with product, design, and backend teams to ship features that drive revenue and improve the buyer experience, while owning the CI/CD pipeline and release processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years iOS engineering experience, with staff-level leadership.
• Deep Swift andUIKit expertise; UIKit-SwiftUI migration experience.
• Strong knowledge of MVVM, Router/Coordinator, Async/Await patterns.
• Experience owning iOS CI/CD pipelines and App Store lifecycle.
• Security awareness: Keychain, certificate pinning, secrets management.
• Experience with push notification platforms and deep/link integrations.
• Ability to mentor across time zones and articulate tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Lead iOS architectural roadmap and set standards.
• Define and enforce iOS engineering standards and release processes.
• Own CI/CD pipeline for iOS including test coverage and signing.
• Improve observability with crash analytics and performance monitoring.
• Lead security hardening across the iOS codebase.
• Integrate push notification infra, deep links, and identity verification SDKs.
• Collaborate with backend/BFF teams to align mobile needs early.
• Partner with product and design on mobile-focused backlog.
• Support production incident responses and hotfix releases.
• Mentor distributed iOS engineers across locations.

Skills

Swift

UIKit

MVVM

CI/CD

Push notifications

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Xcode Cloud

App Store Connect

TestFlight

Job description

Description

About the Role

IAA is seeking a Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership for our mobile app - the primary mobile touchpoint for buyers participating in vehicle auctions across North America. Our platform processes high volumes of live and timed auction transactions, and the mobile experience is central to how buyers search, bid, pay, and arrange delivery.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership role. You will guide architectural decisions, establish iOS engineering standards, and mentor a distributed team of iOS engineers across onshore, nearshore, and offshore locations. You will work closely with our Principal Engineer, product managers, and backend .NET teams to ship features that directly impact revenue and buyer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the iOS architectural roadmap, setting the standard for what well‑scoped, production‑ready iOS changes look like
• Define and enforce iOS engineering standards across the team: code structure, MVVM/Clean Architecture patterns, feature flag strategy, PR size and quality expectations, and release processes
• Own the CI/CD pipeline for iOS: build reliability, test coverage strategy, code signing, and App Store Connect release management
• Establish and improve observability practices using crash analytics and performance monitoring; drive data‑informed decision‑making on stability and user experience
• Lead security hardening: secure credential storage, secrets management, dependency audits, and secure coding standards across the iOS codebase
• Design and implement integrations with push notification infrastructure, deep links and universal links, identity verification SDKs, and third‑party platforms
• Help improve software process in a way that focuses on reliability, and quality.
• Collaborate with backend and BFF teams to represent mobile needs early in API and service design
• Partner with product and design on building out a mobile focused feature backlog.
• Support production incident response for iOS issues and coordinate hotfix releases when needed

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional iOS engineering experience, with at least 2 years operating at a Staff or equivalent technical leadership level
• Deep expertise in Swift and UIKit; proven experience leading or substantially contributing to a UIKit-to-SwiftUI migration at scale in a production app
• Strong grasp of iOS architectural patterns (MVVM, Router/Coordinator, Async/Await) and experience establishing them across a team rather than just applying them personally
• Experience owning CI/CD pipelines for iOS (GitHub Actions, Xcode Cloud, or similar), App Store Connect, TestFlight, and the full release lifecycle
• Hands‑on experience with feature flag systems and staged rollout strategies for mobile
• Solid understanding of iOS security: Keychain, certificate pinning, secrets management, App Transport Security, and App Store compliance requirements
• Experience integrating and maintaining push notification platforms (APNs, Firebase Cloud Messaging, or marketing platforms such as SFMC or Braze)
• Proven ability to mentor engineers across experience levels and time zones, raising code quality through standards and review culture rather than by being the sole reviewer
• Strong communication skills; able to clearly articulate technical tradeoffs to both engineering and business stakeholders

Bonus Experience

• Experience with universal links, deep linking, and App Clips
• Familiarity with iOS accessibility APIs and WCAG compliance in native apps
• Experience with Objective‑C codebases or mixed Swift/ObjC bridging
• Background in marketplace, auction, or high‑frequency transactional mobile applications
• Familiarity with Android development - useful for cross‑platform consistency and shared‑standards discussions
• Experience with App Store Optimization (ASO) and App Store content strategy

Benefits

RB Global full‑time employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed. Employees will also receive 15 days of PTO each year.

EEO Information

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted.