Senior Staff iOS Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Senior Staff iOS Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Favors mission is Anything Delivered. Our engineers make high-touch logistics happen. The Favor technology platform is the engine behind the business, enabling millions of Favors. Our technology efficiently manages the real-time assignment of Runners to Favors, facilitates communication between customers, Runners, and support, keeps thousands of customer and Runner mobile applications in sync, and more.

We are seeking a Senior Staff iOS Engineer to take on a highly influential, individual contributor role within our Product & Platform Developer Experience Team. This is not a people management position. It is a technical and cultural leadership mandate to revolutionize how iOS engineering is performed across the entire company.

In this unique capacity, you will act as the head of our iOS Engineering Guild and a force multiplier for all mobile development. You will treat our internal engineers as your primary customers, focusing on their work quality / velocity, job gratification, and passion for Favor products and services. Your goal is to eliminate friction, whether thats through modernizing our iOS architecture, improving our CI / CD on self-hosted runners, implementing robust test automation, or spearheading the use of AI to eliminate bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and outdated engineering processes.

The ideal candidate possesses exceptional product sense (applied to the developer toolchain) and excels at organizing, influencing, and aligning highly senior members of the engineering team. You will be expected to work in close partnership with Technical Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering leaders to define and drive a scalable, company wide strategy for our mobile platform.

What you'll do :

• Pioneer and lead technical vision, architecture, and standards for iOS Engineering.
• Implement robust, next-generation test automation and performance monitoring solutions.
• Explore and integrate cutting-edge technologies, such as AI, to reduce code review bottlenecks and enhance developer assistance.
• Identify and champion processes and tooling improvement opportunities at the engineering organization level based on industry standards, patterns, and practices.
• Lead architectural design and enable all engineers to understand system / application designs.
• Collaborate with Product Management and engineering across all disciplines to plan solutions for large features; eliminate barriers to scale through technology and process, and provide building blocks of world-class applications and services.
• Serve as the iOS Guild Lead, driving horizontal technical alignment and code standards across all teams.
• Own the mobile CI / CD infrastructure (GitHub Actions & self-hosted runners), lead the transition to fully automated UI testing, and implement AI-driven workflow improvements.

Skills you have :

Who you are :

Life at Favor

Where youll work : This is a hybrid role, meaning youll work from home roughly three days per week and collaborate with other team members in person at our HQ in Austin, Texas for the remaining work days. No matter where you work best, we foster an inclusive and flexible environment to support our workforce.

Benefits : We offer premium health, vision, dental, and life insurance, alongside 401(k) options. We go beyond the basics, while also throwing in Favor delivery fee credit and H-E-B discounts!

Paid time off (PTO) : We offer unlimited PTO for salaried employees (thats actually unlimited) and ample vacation time to all team members.

Learning and development : We encourage personal growth and education through Intern(al)ships and Learning Labs taught by Favor team members and external facilitators.

Community : Whether youre an avid cyclist, dog lover, or Magic enthusiast, theres a group for you here. We foster community through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), company-wide events, happy hours, and regular connection opportunities.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion : At Favor, we believe that to be the best delivery app in Texas, we need to represent all Texans. We are committed to growing a team with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and we are an equal opportunity employer. We review all resumes and qualifications with an open mind and encourage you to apply if this role interests you!

In addition, as a candidate, if you require any accommodations throughout the recruitment process, simply let your recruiter know! Our talent acquisition team will work with you directly to ensure a smooth and delightful process.

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