Software Engineer, iOS

Summary

Join Figma's Mobile Product team and contribute to the development and maintenance of the Figma iOS app. Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to bring popular features to iPhone and iPad, utilizing Apple technologies like Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit. Participate in user research and testing to enhance user experience. Share responsibility for testing, releasing, and maintaining the mobile apps. Communicate and document architectural designs and requirements, providing feedback to team members. Help interview and recruit new engineering talent. This full-time role can be performed from a US hub or remotely within the United States.

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience building iOS applications
• An extensive understanding of mobile product development practices
• Proactive communication skills and a desire to work in a collaborative environment with iOS, Android, and web engineers
• A pragmatic approach to software development software that delivers real user value through maintainable, performant code
• A strong product sense and desire to deeply understand users
• Enthusiasm for mentoring other engineers and helping shape engineering culture

Responsibilities

• Work with PMs, designers, and other engineers to bring Figma’s most popular features to iPhone and iPad
• Use Apple technologies like Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit
• Participate in user research and testing to better understand our customers
• Share responsibility for testing, releasing, and maintaining our mobile apps
• Communicate and document architectural designs and requirements
• Provide thoughtful feedback to others on the team
• Help interview and recruit more talented engineers to Figma

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a tech lead or project lead in delivering mobile first experiences that complement a web-based feature set
• Familiarity with web development languages and technologies like Typescript, React, Python, Ruby, etc
• Comfort with doing first draft UI designs in code that use established mobile UI/UX patterns
• Experience with Android app development
• Writing and maintaining API endpoints for mobile apps
• Instrumenting user behavior metrics and creating visualizations to show trends

Benefits

• Health, dental & vision
• Retirement with company contribution
• Parental leave & reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health & wellness benefits
• Generous PTO
• Company recharge days
• A learning & development stipend
• A work from home stipend
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles