Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Grindr is the largest social networking application in the world for gay, bisexual, curious, and queer men. Founded in
Staff Software Engineer, iOS
Location
California
Posted
17 days ago
Salary
$190K - $254K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer, iOS
Grindr
Title: Staff Software Engineer, iOS Location: Palo Alto Department: Engineering Job Description: About the Team: Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see. Come play a key role in building the next generation of the Grindr app! Working within our iOS team, you’ll have the opportunity to solve challenging problems, work with the latest technologies, collaborate with a kind and capable team, and contribute to a one-of-a-kind app at a unique scale. The Grindr team continues to innovate as the largest social media app for the LGBTQ community. At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It’s about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives. This is a hybrid role based in our Palo Alto office and will require you to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays. About the Job: - Working collaboratively with a brilliant cross-functional, cross-timezone team to make Grindr the best app it can be for its users - Able to work across multiple work streams and use ambiguity as an opportunity for high-level thinking - Create innovation by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow - Elevate your team's technical proficiency; help your team adopt new tools and ways of working - Using Swift, Xcode, RxSwift, Combine, Async/Await, SwiftUI, Bitrise, Fastlane and Github, you will be evolving and maintaining the software architecture for current and future needs in order to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing mobile products, while supporting the product roadmap Role Requirements: - You love taking ownership. You think beyond your team and know how to implement change across your organization - You have at least 6 years of experience building complex iOS applications - You have a well-built technical experience that inspires individual contributors' creativity and innovation - You have experience with product leadership and technical decision-making and know how to leverage that for good judgments and tradeoffs between product and code - You have been working closely with various levels of business stakeholders, from the c-suite, VP level, and down - You can jump into the code on a deep level but can also contribute to long-term initiatives by mentoring your team - Strong practical knowledge of software engineering best practices and design patterns such as MVVM, Coordinator, one-way data flow, modular architecture, performance optimization & metrics - Experience with Architecture at scale and have worked with different tech stacks outside of mobile You May Thrive in this Role if You: - Professional Experience with RxSwift or any functional reactive programming framework - Professional Experience with Coordinators and/or RxFlow Benefits and Perks: - Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents. - Family Formation Up to $200,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption. - Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting. - Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee. - Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more. - Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year. - Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch About Grindr: Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 15 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the gay community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. As a public company, we're moving into the next chapter: becoming an AI-native organization that's redefining what's possible for our community. We're embedding AI into our product and operations, moving with startup speed while operating at scale. Everything we do is rooted in impact for our users and outcomes for the business. This isn't social work, it’s impact through excellence. Business success is what gives us the power to serve our community and the seat at tables others can't reach. How we work is defined by Grindr Mode, our operating model that's moderately hardcore day-to-day and truly hardcore when it counts. We think like owners, drive real outcomes, create clarity through action, and push each other to go further than we thought possible. We’re headquartered in West Hollywood with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. Our work extends beyond the product through Grindr for Equality, our nonprofit that's partnered with 100+ community organizations globally to advance safety, health, and human rights for LGBTQ+ people worldwide. Bay Area Base Pay Range$190K – $254K
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