Architect the iOS app at Reddit to scale for 100M+ DAUs while mentoring senior engineers.
Posted by employer 7 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Own the architecture of Reddit’s iOS Mobile App
- Identify gaps in current iOS App Architecture
- Lead redesign of the iOS platform
- Build workflows to accelerate migrations
- Mentor iOS developers across the company
Must have
- 10+ years of Software development experience
- 5+ years in designing/developing iOS applications
- Experience with modern iOS development frameworks
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Software Engineer for the iOS Platform at Reddit focuses on architecting and enhancing the iOS application to support a growing user base. Key skills include extensive experience in mobile application development, particularly with modern frameworks like Swift UI, and a strong ability to influence technical direction across large teams. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over a decade of experience who are adept at mentoring and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The iOS Platform team plays a crucial role in shaping the technical standards and practices for Reddit's mobile applications.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 22, 2026. Last confirmed on Reddit's careers page October 22, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Mobile roles (median ~$190,800).
- Starts above 44% of 18 comparable staff mobile roles in United States we track (median $217,000 across 13 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $217,000–$303,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Swift UI, structured Concurrency.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, iOS Platform role at Reddit.
From the original posting
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 layer, persistence, and dependency injection. We set the direction in which the codebase builds by defining which design patterns and technologies to employ at Reddit.
This role will enable us to architect our iOS app to scale for the next 100M+ DAUs. They will help establish the right standards in iOS development and will help in improving the overall iOS development experience at Reddit. In addition, they will mentor senior iOS engineers across Reddit and will be seen as a go-to person for any challenges on iOS App architecture.
As a Staff Engineer in the iOS Platform team, you will be responsible for designing a solid foundation for our iOS application development. You will have the company-wide scope, impact, and responsibility in shaping the future of iOS development at Reddit. You will champion the technology selection, best practices in Reddit’s iOS application development. In addition, you will act as an architect for the iOS application at Reddit.
What you’ll do
- Own the architecture of Reddit’s iOS Mobile App and make it scale to the next 100M+ DAUs. Propose ideas/solutions to reach our vision of “making Reddit’s Mobile Apps best-in-class.”
- Identify the gaps in our current iOS App Architecture, and lead redesign of the iOS platform to improve modularity, performance, and quality.
- Build agentic workflows to accelerate migrations across a multi-million line of code repository.
- Mentor iOS developers across the company.
- Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems in iOS development.
What we expect from you
- Deep experience-based understanding of how to build mobile applications at scale.
- You are a strategic thinker who thrives on developing a long-term technical foundation and has a passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally.
- 10+ years of Software development experience with at least 5+ years in designing/developing iOS applications.
- Experience in influencing larger (100+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices related to iOS
- Experience with modern iOS development frameworks such as Swift UI and structured Concurrency.
- Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical expertise
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