What’s the role?

We are looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer I to join a multidisciplinary app development team, where you will work alongside native engineers to bring exciting features for our app users. You will  have the opportunity to contribute directly to Etsy’s goals and growth alongside mobile engineers and partners.

This is a full-time position reporting to the AppX Engineering Manager. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. This role requires your presence in Etsy’s Mexico City office in an in-person or flex capacity. Candidates living within commutable distance of Mexico City, may be the first to be considered. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more about our Flex and Office-based work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

You will be part of an engineering team within our Product Enablement Group, responsible for creating features to improve the experience of millions of users as they shop for nearly one hundred million listings on the Etsy Marketplace. Since mobile is the fastest growing segment, you will have the opportunity to contribute directly to Etsy’s goals and growth alongside mobile engineers and partners. Some of our values are:

• We work together to form an effective, high-functioning, and lively team.

• We source ideas and collaborate with other teams in a blameless environment.

• We experiment fast in a blameless environment.

• We prioritize equitable treatment, inclusivity, and diversity.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• 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.

​Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• 3 to 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.