Staff Software Engineer, iOS Mobile Engineering

Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for a Staff iOS Mobile Engineer to join our Mobile Applications team. In this senior-most individual contributor role, you will play a critical part in driving the evolution of our native iOS application, crafting technical strategy, and mentoring engineers across the mobile organization. You'll lead multi-functional efforts to deliver high-quality, performant, and fabulous mobile experiences to millions of pet parents.
We're looking for someone with a deep understanding of native iOS technologies as well as hybrid mobile architectures and WebView-based solutions. You'll influence platform direction, solve sophisticated challenges at scale, and elevate the technical bar for the mobile organization.
What You'll Do:

• Lead large-scale architecture initiatives and influence the mobile technical strategy across teams
• Own and evolve hybrid architecture strategies, including WebView performance, integration patterns, and linking between native and web layers
• Design, build, and maintain reusable Swift components and core systems used across the Chewy iOS app
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design leadership to define and complete mobile product goals
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to iOS engineers, encouraging a culture of learning, accountability, and engineering excellence
• Drive code quality through rigorous peer reviews, automated testing, and development standard methodologies
• Identify performance bottlenecks and lead efforts to improve app reliability, startup time, and runtime efficiency
• Evangelize engineering standards, architectural patterns (e.g. MVVM, Coordinators), and scalable development workflows
• Stay ahead of iOS platform updates and champion the adoption of new tools, frameworks (e.g. SwiftUI, Combine), and approaches
• Contribute to and help maintain the CI/CD pipelines and code signing infrastructure for the iOS platform
• Partner with QA and automation engineers to ensure robust test coverage and high release confidence

What You'll Need:

• 8+ years of professional experience developing native iOS applications using Swift
• Deep expertise in hybrid mobile architectures and WebView integration, including performance optimization, offline fallback strategies, and native-web communication bridges
• Demonstrated experience leading architecture design and driving technical decisions across teams
• Strong understanding of modern iOS frameworks, patterns, and developer tools
• History of delivering high-quality apps at scale, with frequent App Store releases
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to influence without authority
• Passion for mentoring and supporting other engineers in their growth
• Deep experience with Git, pull request workflows, and branching strategies
• Experience with Cocoapods or Swift Package Manager for dependency management
• Consistent record of writing and implementing unit, integration, and UI tests
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, distributed, and collaborative environment

Bonus:

• Experience building Universal or iPad-first apps
• Deep knowledge of accessibility and UI/UX standard processes
• Experience profiling and resolving memory and performance issues with Xcode Instruments
• Familiarity with SwiftUI, Combine, or other modern iOS frameworks
• Experience working in Agile environments using tools like Jira or Confluence
• Hands-on experience managing iOS CI pipelines and code signing infrastructure (e.g., Fastlane, Xcode Cloud, GitHub Actions)

The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Base Salary Range
$169,500-$271,500 USD
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [email protected].
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