Senior Software Engineer, iOS

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

The Knot Worldwide is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the TKWW Couple Marketplace team.  This Senior Software Engineer will play an important role in evolving our Marketplace within our The Knot Wedding Planner iOS app, including evaluating and building new features in conjunction with Product and Design partners, improving app reliability, fixing bugs, and communicating the status of tickets and fixes to various stakeholders, helping to ensure the experience presented to our users is the very best it can be!

The Senior Software Engineer will work cross-functionally alongside Product and Design to ideate and build best in class apps that support the company's goals.  Our product and engineering teams work closely together at every phase of product development from research and inception to release and maintenance. 

The Knot Worldwide is the leading wedding marketplace in over 16 countries, providing couples with a personalized experience that guides them through the entire wedding planning journey, and connecting them with local small businesses who can help them fulfill their wedding vision.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Leverage skills and experience to implement app features that are well architected, tested, and understandable.
• Actively participate in the ideation and execution of product roadmap, architecture discussions, and Agile planning.
• Work closely with product and design partners to deliver value to users and business partners.
• Collaborate in cross-team initiatives.
• Actively participate and lead cross-team technical discussions and decision making.
• Produce well-tested, extensible code that serves up to 5M+ requests per day.
• Follow best practices surrounding testing, continuous integration, code standards, etc.
• Develop test strategies and write unit/functional tests to ensure that we can move quickly and maintain a great user experience while doing so.
• Ensure technical KPIs around application maintenance, performance and resiliency are met.
• Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team.

SUCCESSFUL SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER CANDIDATES HAVE:

• 5+ years overall engineering experience. 
• 3+ years hands-on proven track record implementing iOS applications in Swift.
• 1+ years of experience using SwiftUI.
• Ability to work with project teams located in multiple geographic locations.  
• Experience working in an Agile environment. 
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• High Proficiency in consuming RESTful APIs or API Communications (Graphql) within applications
• Good Grasp of Asynchronous Programming.
• Working Knowledge of API-based User Authentication and Authorization (such as JWT).
• Experience debugging and correcting problems in both development and production, (Experience with tools such as Firebase is a plus).
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical actions, and ensure that business value delivery is optimized without compromising technical quality.

At The Knot Worldwide, we believe you are more than a resume and invite you to go for it, take the leap of faith, and apply for this job if it sparks your passion to join TKWW and make a difference!   

WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:

• You Dream Big. You iterate and experiment to drive innovation.

• You Love Our Users. You keep our global community at the center of everything you do.

• You Do the Right Thing. You strengthen your team through respect, fairness, and inclusion.

• You Hustle Every Day. You favor urgency and own your outcomes. 

• You Win Together. People are at the heart of our success and you play as a team.

WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:

We believe in a wide range of holistic offerings to support our employees so that they can live our values day in and day out. From mental wellbeing, physical health and financial planning, to engaging perks and discounts, we are in the business of celebrating and supporting the Moments that Matter. We offer flexible vacation, generous parental leave and prioritize initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people.

To facilitate in-person collaboration, we have office spaces in Barcelona, Spain; Delhi, India; Galway, Ireland; London, England; New York, NY; and Washington, D.C.

We are seeking applicants residing in the Central or Eastern US time zones to facilitate effective communication with the company’s headquarters in Chevy Chase, MD.

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