Join to apply for the Staff iOS Engineer role at Grindr 3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Staff iOS Engineer role at Grindr This is a hybrid role based in our Chicago or Bay Area offices (San Francisco or Palo Alto) and will require you to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays. What’s so interesting about this role? Come play a key role in building the next generation of the Grindr app! Working within our iOS team, you’ll have the opportunity to solve challenging problems, work with the latest technologies, collaborate with a kind and capable team, and contribute to a one-of-a-kind app at a unique scale. The Grindr team continues to innovate as the largest social media app for the LGBTQ community. What’s the job? Build, maintain, and enhance consumer-facing iOS applications using Swift and RxSwift, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across time zones to design and implement new features, continually improving the user experience. Drive technical decisions and lead the adoption of new technologies and architectures to keep the Grindr app modern, scalable, and high-performing. Optimize application performance and maintain clean, structured code using best practices in design patterns such as MVVM, modular architecture, and one-way data flow. Mentor engineers, fostering technical growth, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, and helping the team adopt new tools and methodologies. Shape the future of Grindr’s app by working on key projects like Hookups (Feed & Map), customer-centric algorithm improvements (e.g., SuperBoost and Teleport), and app modernization with SwiftUI and reactive functional programming. Use tools such as Bitrise, Fastlane, Jenkins, and GitHub to evolve and maintain Grindr’s software architecture for current and future needs while supporting the product roadmap. What We'll Love About You 6+ years of experience developing complex, scalable iOS applications. Proven track record as a technical leader, inspiring creativity, driving innovation, and fostering a collaborative team culture. Strong experience in product leadership and technical decision-making, with the ability to balance tradeoffs between product requirements and technical constraints. Expertise in mobile architecture at scale, with exposure to multiple tech stacks beyond mobile. Deep understanding of software engineering best practices and design patterns, including MVVM, Coordinator, modular architecture, and performance optimization techniques. A hands-on approach, with a passion for mentoring and guiding team members while actively contributing to code and technical solutions. We'll really swoon if you have Hands-on experience with RxSwift or other functional reactive programming frameworks. Familiarity with Coordinators and experience working with RxFlow for managing complex navigation flows. What You'll Love About Us Mission and Impact: Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. Your role will impact the lives of millions of LGBTQ+ people around the world. Through our success, we are making a world where the lives of our community are free, equal, and just. Family Insurance: Insurance premium coverage for health, dental, and vision for you and partial coverage for your dependents. Retirement Savings: Generous 401K plan with 6% match and immediate vest in the U.S. Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation and eligibility for company bonus and equity programs. Queer-Inclusive Benefits: Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more. Additional Benefits: Flexible vacation policy, monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch provided onsite, and yearly travel & leisure stipend. About Grindr Grindr is building the global gayborhood in your pocket. With more than 13.5 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just. Since 2015, Grindr for Equality has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world. Our next evolution is underway as a public company that continues to grow and build meaningful experiences for our users. From social issues to product innovations, we're setting audacious goals for our community and the business, and leveraging the latest tech stacks and a culture of engineering excellence to make it happen. At the heart of our work in this new chapter is a shared set of operating principles centered around cultivating curiosity, thinking big, setting and expediting our ambitious goals, and growing through iteration; all while keeping our users #1. Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. With a track record of strong financial performance and plans for continued headcount growth, we’re building a team of talented, passionate, and open-minded people who want to disrupt the dating app space, innovate products, and advance LGBTQ+ culture. Come be a part of this exciting journey with us. Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer To learn more about how we handle the personal data of applicants, visit our Employee and Candidate Privacy Policy . 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