Senior Engineering Manager - iOS Platform

The Client Platform Organization defines how we build and more importantly how we build with excellence. It’s not enough for Reddit just to work it needs to work every time for every user on every device in every location. The Client Platform Organization invests in our Software Architecture Developer Experience and Client Health in support of a better Reddit experience.

The iOS Platform team sets the technical direction for iOS at Reddit. Our customers are primarily other engineers. It’s our job to help improve developer efficiency by providing libraries/APIs/frameworks monitoring performance building shared components improving build tools etc. In the codebase we own the core components of the app such as the networking and caching stack. We set the direction in which the codebase builds by defining which design patterns and technologies to employ at Reddit.

As the Engineering Manager on Reddit’s iOS Platform Team you’ll use your engineering collaboration and leadership skills to deliver a performant experience to millions of Redditors and lead the architectural decision-making of Reddit’s iOS engineering organization. You'll collaborate cross-functionally to innovate and replace our internal frameworks and tooling to help Reddit’s feature teams write performant code without a second thought. This is a critical role for enabling Reddit's future growth plans. What You’ll Do:

• Build hire and lead a high-caliber team of iOS Mobile developers.

• Be responsible for setting and maintaining latency stability and developer productivity goals for the Mobile Applications.

• Coach and mentor engineers on the team to further their professional development.

• Set and support a metrics-driven culture with efficient processes and strong transparency.

• Work with feature teams across the company to follow the best practices and to deliver high quality code for Reddit’s Mobile applications.

Who You Might Be:

• Preferred: 6+ years experience of leading a team of software engineers as a people manager.

• 8+ years of experience developing internet-scale software preferably in Mobile development or Platform development roles.

• Strong experience in setting the goals execution and accountability.

• Experience in iOS native mobile platform.

• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages and mobile frameworks; Swift Obj-c Java Python Go etc.

• Strong organizational skills Influential skills the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.

• Excellent communication planning & collaboration skills

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

• 401k Matching

• Workspace benefits for your home office

• Personal & Professional development funds

• Family Planning Support

• Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days

• 4+ months paid Parental Leave

• Paid Volunteer time off