Software Engineer iOS

About the Role

The Real Real is looking for a highly experienced and self‑motivated Staff Software Engineer (iOS) to join our Mobile Engineering team. In this role, you will help build and evolve the mobile applications used by millions of customers as well as internal tools used by our operations teams. You will work closely with Product, Design, Backend, and other mobile engineers to deliver high‑quality mobile experiences that support The Real Real’s marketplace and operational workflows.

• Own the technical direction and architecture of our iOS platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long‑term maintainability
• Lead the development of advanced iOS features using Swift and Swift
  
  UI, delivering high‑performance and polished customer experiences
• Drive platform modernization initiatives, including modularization, Swift Concurrency (async/await), and adoption of modern iOS architectural patterns
• Define and enforce mobile engineering standards including architecture guidelines, coding conventions, testing strategy, documentation, and best practices
• Lead initiatives to improve engineering velocity and developer experience through CI/CD automation, build optimization, and tooling improvements (Git Hub Actions, Fastlane, etc.)
• Establish and expand automated testing strategies including unit testing, UI testing, snapshot testing, and performance monitoring to ensure high product quality
• Collaborate with backend and infrastructure teams to design and integrate scalable APIs and distributed systems using Graph
  
  QL and REST
• Drive data‑driven and AI‑powered product experiences, including personalization, intelligent search, experimentation frameworks, and recommendation systems
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Analytics teams to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions
• Lead the evolution of the mobile architecture and design systems, promoting reusable components and consistent user experience across applications
• Improve observability, monitoring, and performance optimization across the iOS platform to ensure reliability at scale
• Build experiences that scale across Apple device form factors, including iPhone and iPad, while maintaining strong accessibility and ADA compliance

• Experience & Ownership: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years dedicated to iOS development, ideally thriving in agile or startup‑like environments where you have owned end‑to‑end features.
• Core Tech Stack:
  Deep expertise in modern iOS development utilizing Swift, Swift
  
  UI, Swift Concurrency (async/await), Combine, and Core Data, alongside seamless integration of RESTful APIs and Graph
  
  QL services.
• Architecture & Testing:
  Proven ability to design scalable, modular mobile architectures and champion comprehensive unit and UI testing strategies to ensure high‑performance code.
• Cross‑Platform Alignment:
  Track record of collaborating closely with Android and Backend engineers to define shared APIs, platform standards, and ensure feature parity across the mobile ecosystem.
• Technical Leadership:
  Ability to mentor engineers, influence architectural direction, and take ownership of mobile performance, observability, and long‑term reliability.

• Hardware & IoT Integration:
  Architect and develop mobile applications that interact seamlessly with external hardware, IoT systems, and retail peripherals (scanners, cameras, payment devices).
• Modernization & CI/CD:
  Champion mobile platform modernization and technical debt reduction, while improving engineering velocity through CI/CD pipelines (Fastlane, Git Hub Actions) and internal tooling.
• AI/ML & Data‑Driven Products:
  Design and implement AI/ML‑powered features, intelligent product recommendations, and experimentation frameworks to support data‑informed product decisions.
• Backend Systems Context:
  Leverage exposure to distributed backend architectures (such as Elixir or Ruby) to build robust, service‑oriented integrations.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 9 Paid Company…