Raya is hiring a
Senior iOS Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior iOS Engineer at Raya, a fast-growing startup focused on providing utility through their membership-based community app. The ideal candidate has 3-4 years of experience in at least two companies and will join the iOS team to work on connection and communication aspects of the app using Swift.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field is not required but equates to 1 YOE
• Minimum of 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience that includes experience with native iOS development with UIKit specifically
• Proficiency in Swift or Objective-C and familiarity with iOS design patterns
• Hands-on experience in managing a notable deliverable with direct ownership in iOS app development
• Exceptional effort and thoughtfulness in work, and open in communication
• Understands non-coding aspects of software development like alerting, monitoring, code coverage, and integration testing
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Backend Engineers, and QA
• Proficiency in test-driven development, ensuring applications are robust and reliable
• Proficiency in software engineering tools, enabling efficient and effective work
• Comfortable with XCode, troubleshooting build problems when they arise
• Experience with package managers such as cocoapods or SPM
• Ability to document requirements and specifications clearly and concisely

Responsibilities

• Be a key player within the team responsible for the Connection and Communication aspects of the Raya iOS App, including People Recommendations ('The Stack'), Messaging, and Consumables
• Own the development of key features in these areas within our iOS app, utilizing Swift
• Leverage experience with XCode, UIKit, SwiftUI, RxSwift, RxFlow, CoreData to enhance our app's performance and functionality
• Handle an array[] of tasks, from complex problem-solving to simpler tasks that enable team productivity
• Champion exceptional user experience and outcomes, making user needs a priority in development
• Manage the iOS development life-cycle from ideation to release and beyond
• Develop layouts, documentation, and accurately represent requirements and solutions for planned development as well as documentation for code and projects you produce and work on
• Write clean, testable, and efficient code following good programming practices
• Maintain software functionality documentation and upkeep of procedural knowledge base
• Troubleshoot, debug, and update existing systems for smooth app operations
• Deploy updates, evaluate user feedback, and make changes to enhance user experience and satisfaction

Preferred Qualifications

Some experience with RxSwift or Combine preferred

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• We offer a $50 a day food delivery budget
• Equity based employment
• A great culture
• Learning opportunities
• Unlimited vacation
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• We pay all employees $1,000 a year to go somewhere in the world that they’ve never been because of our values of human connection, empathy, and curiosity