Senior Software Engineer, Nextdoor

• 4 to 8 Years of experience in a Mobile Development role
• Expertise in Swift and Xcode IDE including the build system
• Robust knowledge of iOS development ecosystem as a whole including system libraries
• Experience with building complex, high-quality iOS applications, and strong knowledge of iOS app design principles, patterns, testing, and best practices
• Experience improving code health and architecture of an iOS codebase
• Experience managing build and automated release infrastructure. Proficiency with CI/CD Platforms: Bitrise, CircleCI, or other
• Improving development processes and tools. Proficiency with scripting
• Interest in learning Android build and release pipelines
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written

Desirable

• As an iOS Platform Software Engineer at Nextdoor, you’ll join a small team of engineers dedicated to improving the iOS app infrastructure, streamlining developer processes, and maintaining stable and smooth app releases
• As part of the Core Platform team, our mission is to create a delightful developer experience that empowers teams to build their features quickly and safely
• We build paved roads so that product engineers can focus their efforts on building features that serve our neighbors and drive our business
• We create infrastructure that makes the easy things work out of the box and the hard things possible
• We build performance and scalability into the platform itself so that Nextdoor is safe and fast by default
• At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees
• Our platform teams have high autonomy and are empowered to identify opportunities, lead cross-team initiatives, and drive their own roadmaps. You will work on improving developer experience through
• Building infrastructure (ex. framework to allow engineers to efficiently build UI tests)
• Improving codebase health (ex. automating dead code removal)
• Ensure reliable and stable app releases by maintaining and enhancing release pipelines and processes
• Optimizing day-to-day developer activities (ex. building tools to eliminate repetitive manual tasks, optimizing pipelines)
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture