Senior iOS Engineer

About Hey Savi

We’re a fully female-founded company on a mission to change the way people search and shop online for fashion…forever! We’re going to spark a new era of fashion discovery, igniting confidence in everybody and every body, and to create a world where fashion confidence starts with “Hey Savi…”.

Hey Savi is at the beginning of an exciting journey and we’re looking for top talent to join our team. Because data, and specifically our data science model, are our IP you’ll have a major role in shaping the product and experience. Unlike many start-ups we’re very well funded, have a detailed business and financial plan, and are looking for experienced, passionate professionals to join us in creating and scaling a game-changing business. 

So if you want a role where you will make a major impact and want to be a part of a team of women building an incredible product and experience for other women, come join us and make the most Savi move of your career! 

About the Role

We’re looking for a top notch iOS Engineer to join our team!  You will be responsible for building our world-class consumer app that will change the way women search and shop online. We’re a highly research and design driven company so you’ll be able to hit the ground running knowing you’re building something that real people really want. We’re prototyping, testing with end customers, and ensuring we’re highly confident in all our product decisions so your time and expertise will be valued and you’ll be able to use your technical skills to create something amazing from day one. 

You’ll be working closely with the full product team including: a top-notch Researcher, stellar Product Designer, highly experienced Product Manager, world-class Head of Data Science, and visionary Head of Engineering, which this role reports into.

Role & Responsibilities

• Job: Senior iOS Engineer
• Experience: 5+ years
• Responsibilities:
• Design and build our consumer application for the iOS Platform–this is a zero to one product so you will work with product team to determine both what we build and how we build it
• Partner closely with Product Design to ensure a rapid and consistent build, test, and iterate process
• Partner with VP of Engineering and Head of Data Science to determine optimal tech stack
• Champion engineering best practices, support CI/CD and ensure performance optimisation for a responsive and high-performance product
• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields such as computer science 
• NOTE: If you have the experience and expertise for the role but don’t have a degree we strongly encourage you to apply as what matters is your ability to do the job well, especially if you have the complex competencies listed below

Complex Competencies 

We know HOW you work is as important as what you work on so we’re looking demonstrable skills and experience with the following competencies and ways of working:  

• Customer Focus: Highly motivated to create meaningful and truly impactful experiences for customers based on their specific needs
• Communication Skills: Active listener who can adjust their communication style to ensure understanding and alignment across a diverse set of people
• Presentation Skills: Ability to deliver and present demos that can be easily digested by the wider non-technical audiences to help them understand the value provided and the goals achieved 
• Collaboration: Enjoy working in collaborative environment on a single project
• Independence: Ability to work independently on individual projects 
• Intellectual Curiosity: Interest in keeping up to date with new techniques and technologies
• Flexible Thinking: Good understanding of experimentation concepts, including multi-variate and A/B testing, and the ability to iterate and pivot quickly
• Agility: Familiarity with agile working environments and how to leverage them to increase quality and speed and decrease risk for delivery
• Organisation: Structured approach to documentation and project work 

PLEASE NOTE: If you don’t meet 100% of the criteria but are passionate about our mission and vision and think you can do the job, especially if you have expertise with the complex competencies listed above, we strongly encourage you to apply! 

Location + Work Style

We’ll all be where we need to be based on what’s happening. We’ll have in-person team sessions (usually once a week) as needed for key activities like planning, strategy, and brainstorming sessions (and some fun!), and remote work the rest of the time to allow for flexibility, work-life balance, and quiet time for deep work. 

Hey Savi is based in London and are looking for people in the UK and Europe to join our team. We regret that we can’t hire candidates from other locations or provide Visa sponsorship yet, but check back with us as we grow as we’ll be global soon!

Salary: £60,000 to £70,000

Benefits:

UK 26 days PTO plus bank/national holidays

Employee equity