Hybrid Staff Software Engineer, iOS – Design Systems

at Match Group

• Job title: Staff Software Engineer, iOS – Design Systems
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $189,592 - $220,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Android, iOS, Swift
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Staff Software Engineer developing iOS design systems at Hinge. Guiding UI component development and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Guide the development of core UI components, ensuring they adhere to design guidelines, accessibility standards, and platform conventions.
• Maintain and refactor components to ensure they remain flexible, efficient, and easy to use for other engineers.
• Ensure the design system is well-documented and easily accessible to the iOS engineering team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional platform teams (e.g., Android, web) to ensure consistency of UI components and design principles across platforms.
• Monitor the health and development of the iOS codebase.
• Support the development of Hinge product features by integrating and optimizing design system components.
• Support the triaging, debugging, and fixing of issues.
• Build technical alignment within the team through regular code reviews and technical feedback.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the iOS domain and Hinge's iOS codebase.
• Stay informed about Hinge’s product functionality and actively solicit feedback from the team about important engineering efforts.
• Develop technical projects and plans that support and evolve the above, with an emphasis on improving the design system.
• Identify opportunities for innovation in UI/UX patterns and improvements in the design system based on iOS updates and new industry trends.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of Hinge's business objectives, historical context, and product priorities to align technical efforts with business goals.
• Help identify and develop iOS team priorities and track progress of ongoing iOS priorities and projects.
• Surface overlapping efforts that may require extra coordination work.
• Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to co-facilitate the execution of iOS-specific initiatives, iOS committees and help develop and maintain iOS interview documentation.
• Coordinate technical interview training and perform technical homework assessments, as well as leading technical on-site interviews and assisting with onboarding of new iOS engineers.
• Ensure new engineers are onboarded with a strong understanding of the design system and how to utilize it for product feature development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as iOS Engineer, iOS Developer, or any occupation/position/job title involving software development and design for iOS applications.
• In lieu of a Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of experience, the employer will accept a Master's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field, plus 3 years of professional experience as iOS Engineer, iOS Developer, or any occupation/position/job title involving software development and design for iOS applications.
• 3 years of professional experience planning, analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and testing software systems or applications, as well as deploying them to the App Store.
• 3 years of professional experience utilizing iOS frameworks and design patterns, with a focus on API/SDK design and integration.
• 3 years of experience utilizing Swift, and building public APIs and mobile SDK.
• 3 years of professional experience with native iOS frameworks including URL Session, Core Data and Core Animation.
• 3 years of professional experience working with and improving legacy code.
• 3 years of professional experience communicating and implementing effective, solutions oriented improvements.
• 3 years of professional experience collaborating with a small team while working interdependently within a cross-functional organization.

Benefits

• Telecommuting may be permitted.