Senior Staff Prototyping Engineer, iOS

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$218,400–$365,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior Staff Prototyping Engineer, iOS

Senior Staff Prototyping Engineer, iOS joins the Slack Mobile team to lead greenfield, zero-to-one initiatives that shape the future of mobile experiences. This role involves taking ambiguous problems and moving them from initial technical exploration through prototyping to production rollout. You will collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams to build first versions of new features while influencing engineering decisions and mentoring other engineers across the organization. The ideal candidate possesses over ten years of experience building high-craft iOS applications at scale. Required skills include deep expertise in the Swift framework, modern iOS development, architecture, concurrency, networking, and performance optimization. Preferred technical qualifications include experience with Combine, Swift Concurrency (async/await, actors), and dependency injection frameworks like Needle or Resolver. The role focuses on solving complex challenges within messaging, collaboration, and productivity tools for millions of users.

What you'll do

  • Lead the engineering development of mobile experiences used by millions of users across multiple teams.
  • Drive complex, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives from initial technical exploration through production rollout.
  • Build and ship first versions of new product features as a prototyping engineer for greenfield projects.
  • Partner with Product and Design to balance user needs with technical constraints and maintainability.
  • Influence engineering decisions across the organization through technical leadership, reviews, and mentorship.
  • Establish and advocate for best practices in mobile feature development and operational excellence.
  • Mentor senior engineers and contribute to the growth of the broader mobile engineering community.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building complex, high-craft iOS applications at scale.
  • Proven track record of leading large, ambiguous, cross-functional technical initiatives with significant business impact.
  • Deep expertise in Swift framework and modern iOS development.
  • Strong understanding of iOS architecture, application lifecycle, concurrency, networking, and performance optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence product and technical direction through collaboration with executive stakeholders and multiple teams.
  • Experience working in fast-paced environments such as startups or zero-to-one teams (preferred).
  • Experience with Combine, Swift Concurrency, and dependency injection frameworks (preferred).
  • Experience leading large-scale product transformations, using research/data to ground decisions, or contributing to open source (preferred).

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