iOS Engineer

Ranked #292 on Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies 2022

"Candidates must be based in the Pacific Time Zone (PST)."

About Upwards:

Upwards is a fast-growing Los Angeles-based startup transforming childcare in the United States. Backed by top investors and VCs, we're making childcare accessible to all families by connecting parents, caregivers, employers, and governments to offer benefits programs that meet ever-evolving family needs. 

It is our mission to make childcare affordable and accessible for all.

The role of the iOS Engineer:

Are you an innovative iOS Engineer passionate about creating user-friendly applications? Join Upwards, where you'll be part of a transformative team reshaping how families connect with childcare providers. Your expertise will be instrumental in developing cutting-edge mobile applications, ensuring seamless and intuitive user experiences on our platform. Together, we're making a significant impact on meeting the childcare needs of families nationwide. Embrace this opportunity to contribute your skills, drive growth, and help us build a brighter future for families while shaping the future of childcare technology. Join us and be a part of a team committed to delivering exceptional services to our users!

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, and deliver robust, high quality iOS code in Swift
• Work closely with product managers to build key features based on ideas and feedback from both internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with designers to implement effective user experiences in accordance to mobile best practices and Human Interface Guidelines
• Own the development process from estimation to execution and honor high-integrity commitments
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices and established conventions to improve the performance, reliability, and security of the iOS app
• Conduct app profiling and debugging in order to identify or diagnose issues and performances issues
• Use error logging and crash monitoring tools to ensure our users continue to have delightful experiences and maintain a 99.9% crash-free rate
• Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS development trends and technologies to continuously enhance the quality of our app
• Leverage CI/CD in order automate building, testing, certifying, and deploying
• Participate in thorough code reviews to help ensure code quality and continually improve the codebase
• Participate in bi-weekly retro with the product and engineering team to reflect on past work and identify opportunities for improvement

We are looking for a candidate who:

• 3+ years of experience building iOS applications
• Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C
• Have experience with Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, and Swift Concurrency
• Have experience with RESTful APIs & JSON
• Possess working knowledge of MVC and MVVM architectures
• Enjoy collaborating with team members
• Are eager to learn and hit the ground running
• Excited to work within a data-driven team
• Are detail-oriented and rarely let things slip through the cracks

What the Interview Process will look like:

• 1st Interview: Recruiting Manager
• 2nd Interview: Exercise
• 2nd Interview: Hiring Manager Interview
• 3rd Interview: Final Interview with various members of the Upwards Team

Let’s talk about the perks at Upwards:

• Salary Range: $110,000 - $170,000 yearly
• Comprehensive Benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental, Short and Long Term Disability.
• Parental Leave - Upwards provides a generous parental leave.
• Monthly Fringe Benefits - Pick something fun for yourself!
• 401K with a 3% Match - You invest in us, we are going to invest in your future.
• Flexible Paid Time Off - We encourage you to take time for yourself.
• Equity - We want our employees to be stakeholders.
• Paid access to co-working spaces or a monthly internet allowance.
• Stipend to outfit your home office - We are 100% remote, so find that comfy chair!
• Yearly professional development stipend - We support career development for all employees.

Compensation determinations rely on various factors, encompassing the position level, the individual's skills, knowledge, and capabilities, the location of the role, internal fairness considerations, and alignment with market data.

Upwards, as an E-Verify participant and equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate based on race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. Rest assured that all your information will be treated confidentially in accordance with EEO guidelines.