Hiring: Staff Software Engineer (iOS) Company: VSCO® Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 02:15:49 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Android, C, Datadog, Objective-C, REST, React Native, Swift, iOS About the job Experience: •5+ years of professional experience building iOS applications in Swift and/or Objective-C Required Skills: •In This Role, You Will •Lead decision making on forward-thinking architectural decisions. Align technical choices with company goals, and be pragmatic enough to choose the faster path when the business demands it. Watch for what is coming down the pike in mobile development. •Lead by example: write clean, testable, maintainable Swift and Objective-C code. Push for rigorous testing, solid CI practices, and high standards across the codebase. •Mentor and elevate the team: guide engineers through tricky bugs, design decisions, and architectural trade-offs. Coach, teach, and create space for others to grow. •Drive code quality through PR reviews, pushing work toward completion in an encouraging way. Your critical feedback motivates authors to improve their work and reach approval. •Champion AI-assisted development. You’ve used AI tools extensively in your own workflow and actively mentor others to adopt them. You see AI as a multiplier for the team's velocity and quality. •Architect and implement performant, intuitive solutions for the interactive manipulation of images, video, and mixed media, enabling rich creative expression on mobile devices. •Contribute to the release process: help manage and improve our release cadence, including feature flagging, release management best practices, and get the process smooth and predictable. Qualifications: •Professional experience working on mobile consumer applications at scale •Track record of mentoring engineers and raising team-wide code quality •Strong cross-functional collaboration skills (you've worked closely with designers, product managers, and business stakeholders) •Comfort with AI-assisted development workflows and a desire to push what's possible •Operational familiarity with Android to facilitate cross-platform design discussions. •Note: You don't need to check every box. If you're excited about this role and think you'd be a strong fit, we encourage you to apply — even if your experience doesn't match every qualification listed above. Compensation: •$230,000 - $260,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!