Software Engineer, iOS

Figma

San Francisco, CA

Full Time

Senior

21 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Mobile Product team supports Figma's powerful companion apps for iOS and Android. We are looking for new team members who value collaboration, usability, and excellence to maintain and build new features for the Figma iOS app. You'll work closely with your engineering peers to chart out upcoming work and how best to execute on it. You'll brainstorm with cross-functional partners (design, product, research, data science) to deliver delightful mobile experiences to Figma's users. We also work with product teams across Figma to identify the most impactful features to bring to mobile and continuously invest in the quality of our mobile apps to make them a joy to use for designers (and everyone else!). This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Key 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

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 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

Nice to Have

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 one or more of the following complementary areas: Android app development, writing and maintaining API endpoints for mobile apps, instrumenting user behavior metrics and creating visualizations to show trends

Working at Figma

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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