Staff Software Engineer, iOS

Favor’s mission is ‘Anything Delivered’. Our engineers make high-touch logistics happen. The Favor technology platform is the engine behind the business, enabling millions of Favors. Our technology efficiently manages the real-time assignment of Runners to Favors, facilitates communication between customers, Runners, and support, keeps thousands of customer and Runner mobile applications in sync, and more.

We are seeking a Staff iOS Engineer to take on a highly influential, individual contributor role within our Promotions and Engagement squad. You will create the tools and applications necessary to connect customers, Runners, merchants, and support teams. You will work closely with product and operations teams to understand customer needs, build simple solutions to complex problems, and deliver delightful experiences to all users.

What you'll do:

Recommend changes to processes and tools at the team level based on industry standards, patterns, and practices.
Independently build, diagnose, and fix high complexity technical issues.
Work with engineering and product management to plan solutions for large features.
Communicate individual and project-level development statuses, issues, risks, and concerns to technical leadership and management.
Lead creation of documentation and provide training around technology stacks and standards.
Help other engineers understand system/application designs.
Responsible for all phases of development, testing, and deployment of native iOS applications.

Skills you have:

A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience.
Advanced understanding of software design patterns to write clean, well-structured, idiomatic code leveraging the full power of a language.
Advanced knowledge of REST + JSON, API versioning strategies, and security best practices.
7+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
Experience or familiarity with one or more of Swift, Swift UI, Objective C, XCTest, MVC, MVVM, XCUITest, Cocoapods, SPM, Alamofire, Jenkins.

Who you are:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to communicate difficult technical concepts in precise, concise, and unambiguous terms with technical (UX, design, product management and across engineering teams) and non-technical stakeholders and work with other engineers in a collaborative and iterative environment.
Ability to lead larger initiatives working with the product, design, and engineering teams.
Appreciation of simple design and a love to write clean, well-tested code - test first or TDD approaches are a plus.
Ability to use debugging tools to trace and diagnose issues.
Ability to gather and define software requirements considering multiple patterns and strategies in order to build efficient solutions.
Ability to create solutions to problems under various constraints using novel algorithms and data structures.
Strong understanding of test automation techniques and ability to write atomic tests with minimal side effects.
Ability to extend and begin building upon existing application patterns for pages, components, and state.
Experience in a high-growth startup a plus.

Life at Favor

Where you'll work: This role can be hybrid or remote, depending on the team members location in Texas. If you live in Austin, Texas, we ask that you work from home roughly three days per week and work at our HQ for the remaining work days. If you live in a different city in Texas, you will primarily work from home, with the opportunity to travel to Austin for company-wide events. No matter where you work best, we foster an inclusive and flexible environment to support our workforce.

Benefits: We offer premium health, vision, dental, and life insurance, alongside 401(k) options. We go beyond the basics, while also throwing in Favor delivery fee credit and H-E-B discounts!

Paid time off (PTO): We offer unlimited PTO for salaried employees (thats actually unlimited) and ample vacation time to all team members.

Learning and development: We encourage personal growth and education through Intern(al)ships and Learning Labs taught by Favor team members and external facilitators.

Community: Whether youre an avid cyclist, dog lover, or Magic enthusiast, theres a group for you here. We foster community through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), company-wide events, happy hours, and regular connection opportunities.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion: At Favor, we believe that to be the best delivery app in Texas, we need to represent all Texans. We are committed to growing a team with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and we are an equal opportunity employer. We review all resumes and qualifications with an open mind and encourage you to apply if this role interests you!

In addition, as a candidate, if you require any accommodations throughout the recruitment process, simply let your recruiter know! Our talent acquisition team will work with you directly to ensure a smooth and delightful process.

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