Software Engineer, Getaround
iOS
2+ days a week in office
Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace
Job no longer available
Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
On a mission to make our cities and communities better places to live by building the leading global and digital carsharing marketplace.
Role
Who you are
- Getaround handles thousands of rentals a day and making a non-virtual experience frictionless is a big challenge. For that, we're looking for rigorous people with a strong product mindset who cherish creating highly reliable software in a collaborative and inclusive environment
- 1 to 3+ years of experience
- Experience shipping at least one excellent iOS app, ideally currently available on the App Store
- Strong understanding of what makes a good UX
- Deep understanding of the iOS SDK
- Experience with RESTful APIs
- Strong object-oriented and architectural skills
- Meticulous mindset but you also understand that software engineering is about making trade-offs, balancing business and technical needs
- Good communication skills, comfortable working in a team, and can easily work with non-technical colleagues
- Comfortable with the English language (written and spoken)
What the job involves
- As an iOS Software Engineer, you'll enhance the car rental experience of our iOS application by creating seamless and reliable software
- Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver exceptional user interfaces
- Develop new features, ensure smooth UI performance, and improve our delivery process
- Keep our tech stack up-to-date and contribute to our design system
- Your work will directly impact our users and market, driving our mission
- You’ll be a key member of our Bookings squad focusing on driving more bookings with a given supply
- You'll belong to an international mobile team composed of 10 members, and will report to Renaud, our Mobile Chapter Lead
- Work closely with our product, design teams, backend developer and data analyst to deliver great user experience and pixel-perfect interfaces inside squads
- Work on great features that make car rental easy and frictionless
- Keep our UI smooth
- Improve our delivery process with tests, continuous integration
- Keep our tech stack state of the art: we always evaluate what is best for our needs
- Always find ways to make our app more flexible
- You will use and contribute to our in-house design system
Our take
Getaround has an ambition to create a world where every car is a shared car. Like AirBnb before them, Getaround’s founders saw that assets sat idle could be shared on a platform. This would allow users to earn rent from cars while facilitating travel for those unable to afford their own.
As a pioneer in the field, the company has established an impressive network of 6 million users in over 100 cities. That in turn means that compared to upstart competitors like Turo and Maven, they can deliver an altogether more convenient service and products like a ‘Power Host’ program (similar to AirBnb’s).
The companies most challenging competition is now coming from rival mobility startups like Lime and Bird. To match them on environmental credentials, the company plans to only allow electric and low-emission vehicles on their platform from 2030.
Like many companies in the space, a continuing challenge for Getaround is with regulators who are concerned by the abuse of participants in the gig-economy system. After a SPAC IPO through a merger with InterPrivate II Acquisition Group in 2022, share values made its public market debut Friday through a merger with blank-check company InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. The company saw its share value drop more than 65%, reflecting the chilly environment for both SPACs and ridesharing companies. Investment in their public affairs and a renewed interest in car sharing are helping to turn the tide for Getaround.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Oct 2020
$140m
SERIES E
Aug 2018
$300m
SERIES D
Total funding: $565.1m
Company benefits
- Remote friendly
- Extra days off
- Udemy for Business account
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Swile lunch card
- Discounted gym membership
- High-tech equipment
- Unlimited rental credits
Company HQ
North Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sam Zaid
(CEO)Before Getaround, Sam started Apption, an enterprise software consultancy, and 360pi, a retail price intelligence platform.
Elliot Kroo
(CTO)Trained as a software engineer, Elliot briefly worked at Google before founding WingsForCats, an iPhone game development company.
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