Senior iOS Software Engineer, Etsy
$178-208k
Plus equity package and an annual performance bonus
More information about location
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Open for applications
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$178-208k
Plus equity package and an annual performance bonus
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional iOS development experience, ideally in a product-minded environment
- Proficiency in Swift. You understand Objective-C enough to be effective when needing to interact with it
- Product engineering mindset. The work you’ll do here will impact millions of users, it’s essential to understand the users’ problems and find effective solutions for them
- Experience with iOS development and debugging practices and tools
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members, such as Product Managers, Designers, QA, and product engineers
- Proficiency with version control tools (our tooling and processes are based on git and GitHub)
- Unit testing experience
- Ability to define and solve unconstrained problems, and know when to seek help when no progress is being made
- Desire to learn new systems and technologies
- Interest in monitoring the health and performance of the applications your team owns
- Have a “leave it better than you found it” mentality, and are willing to work with and improve on code you did not originally write
- You can communicate with your team in a transparent and effective way
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer II, to join a multidisciplinary app development team, where you will work alongside native engineers to build exciting features for our app users on the Search screen
- You will have the opportunity to contribute directly to Etsy’s goals and growth alongside mobile engineers and partners
- You’ll help us build industry leading solutions to help our buyers discover items from Etsy’s unique and diverse inventory for their personalized shopping missions
- You’ll work cross functionally with Product, Design and Analytics solving real user problems
- Here’s a sample of some of the problems we’re solving:
- How can we help someone find that perfect item, even when they might not know the exact words to describe it?
- How can we understand a buyer's motives and interests to personalize their experience?
- How can we guide someone to explore the breadth of Etsy's inventory without overwhelming them?
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, Search Experience iOS
- Build solutions to help our nearly 100M buyers discover items from Etsy’s outstanding and diverse listing's inventory for their personalized shopping missions
- Prototype, optimize, and deploy large-scale product improvements that deliver key results
- Run A/B experiments to validate product improvements
- Collaborate with product managers, product designers, analysts, researchers, and other full-stack engineers to deliver optimal content to our buyers
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change occasionally at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law
- Our backend work is mostly in PHP; we are proud to have an engineering culture that encourages career growth and learning. To know about our philosophies, tools, and some of our work, please visit our Engineering blog
Application process
- If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like
- As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art, and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. The recent hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers has created significant discontent amongst sellers. Etsy must reconcile these issues to ensure artists continue to operate on the same scale within the platform. It plans to attract shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
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