Staff Software Engineer - iOS

About the Team:

Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle technical problems at a scale few companies ever see.

The Monetization team at Grindr builds the products and systems that keep Grindr thriving as the world's largest social network for the LGBTQ+ community. We own the full premium experience: subscription tiers like Grindr XTRA, Unlimited, and Edge, one-off purchases, pricing and packaging, checkout, and the experimentation systems behind them.

As an iOS engineer on Monetization, you’ll shape the everyday experience of our users. You’ll lead the charge in architecting and implementing A/B tests for our core Monetization features, modernizing our iOS stack, and partnering closely with our backend and Android teams to define how Grindr’s core product evolves.

At Grindr, we operate in Grindr Mode. Moderately hardcore day to day, truly hardcore when it counts. It’s about doing great work without burning out. Outcomes over outputs. Smart, driven people who raise your bar, with room to live full lives.

This is a hybrid role based in our Palo Alto office and will require you to be in person Tuesdays and Thursdays.

About the Job:

• Working collaboratively with a brilliant cross-functional, cross-timezone team to make Grindr the best app it can be for its users

• Able to work across multiple work streams and use ambiguity as an opportunity for high-level thinking

• Create innovation by guiding data-driven decisions to adopt new technologies, architectures, and workflow through A/B testing and real-time observability

• Elevate your team's technical proficiency; help your team adopt new tools and ways of working

• We are building the iOS application towards a core architecture using Swift, SwiftUI, a MVVM presentation architecture, FactoryKit for dependency injection, and Swift Concurrency for async and parallel code. You will be evolving and maintaining the software architecture for current and future needs in order to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing mobile products, while supporting the product roadmap

Role Requirements:

• You love taking ownership. You think beyond your team and know how to implement change across your organization

• You have at least 6 years of experience building complex iOS applications

• You have a well-built technical experience that inspires individual contributors' creativity and innovation

• You have experience with product leadership and technical decision-making and know how to leverage that for good judgments and tradeoffs between product and code

• You have been working closely with various levels of business stakeholders, from the c-suite, VP level, and down

• You can jump into the code on a deep level but can also contribute to long-term initiatives by mentoring your team

• Strong practical knowledge of software engineering best practices and design patterns such as MVVM, Coordinator, one-way data flow, modular architecture, performance optimization & metrics

• Experience with Architecture at scale and have worked with different tech stacks outside of mobile

Benefits and Perks:

• Health, Dental & Vision Full premium coverage for you. Partial coverage for dependents.

• Family Formation Up to $300,000 in fertility and family-building support, covering IVF, surrogacy, egg freezing, and adoption.

• Retirement: 401(k) with 6% match and immediate vesting.

• Compensation: Industry-competitive compensation, company bonus, and equity for every employee.

• Gender-Affirming Care : Industry-leading gender-affirming offerings with up to 90% cost coverage, access to Included Health, monthly stipends for HRT, and more.

• Time Off & Rest Flexible vacation policy. Two company-wide rest weeks per year.

• Other Benefits: Monthly stipends for cell phone, internet, wellness, food, and commuting, breakfast/lunch

About Grindr:

Grindr is building the Global Gayborhood in your Pocket. With more than 15 million monthly active users, Grindr has become a fundamental part of the gay community and is charting a path to make the world more free, equal, and just.

As a public company, we're moving into the next chapter: becoming an AI-native organization that's redefining what's possible for our community. We're embedding AI into our product and operations, moving with startup speed while operating at scale.

Everything we do is rooted in impact for our users and outcomes for the business. This isn't social work, it’s impact through excellence. Business success is what gives us the power to serve our community and the seat at tables others can't reach. How we work is defined by Grindr Mode, our operating model that's moderately hardcore day-to-day and truly hardcore when it counts. We think like owners, drive real outcomes, create clarity through action, and push each other to go further than we thought possible.

We’re headquartered in West Hollywood with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York. Our work extends beyond the product through Grindr for Equality, our social impact initiative that's partnered with 100+ community organizations globally to advance safety, health, and human rights for LGBTQ+ people worldwide.

We're profitable, growing, and building a team of smart, driven people who bring different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to the work. Want to build technology at a massive scale that serves millions? Come join us!

Grindr is an equal-opportunity employer.

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