Staff iOS Engineer

As a Staff iOS Engineer at Rally, you’ll take charge of our iOS codebase, guiding the technical direction and ensuring code quality. You'll be heavily involved in product strategy, new feature development, and contributing to a strong engineering culture. Your role involves embracing iterative shipping while keeping user feedback at the center of your decisions.

To become a Staff iOS Engineer at Rally, you should have at least 7 years of experience in delivering high-quality production software, with a minimum of 3 years focused on scalable iOS applications. Proficiency in Swift and SwiftUI, along with a solid understanding of Apple design principles, is essential to thrive in this role.

Rally offers comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, alongside a 401k plan with company contributions. Additionally, we provide flexible PTO, family leave for child caregivers, and annual team gatherings to foster a great work-life balance and support our team members throughout their careers.

At Rally, career development is key. As a Staff iOS Engineer, you’ll have the chance to grow your technical skills while contributing to innovative projects. We encourage collaboration across the engineering team, allowing you to take on more challenges, enhance your skills, and foster a robust engineering culture.

In addition to competitive salaries, which range from $160k to $200k, Rally offers a comprehensive benefits package including flexible PTO, family leave, and equity participation in our plans. We’re committed to supporting our team members in achieving both personal and professional success.

When answering this question, detail specific projects where you've utilized Swift and SwiftUI. Discuss the challenges you faced, how you solved them, and what best practices you implemented to ensure code quality and performance.

Share your philosophy about taking ownership, including how you ensure the quality and structure of the code. Discuss your methods for managing technical debt and encouraging best practices within the team.

Talk about your experience with agile methodologies, focusing on how you gather user feedback and make data-driven decisions. Provide examples of how iterative shipping benefited past projects you’ve worked on.

Discuss your pragmatic approach to writing tests, focusing on how they allow for quick and safe shipping. Provide examples of your testing strategies and the impact they’ve had on your code quality and user experience.

Highlight your experience interacting with users. Explain how you prioritize their feedback and use it to inform feature development—illustrating with examples where user input led to significant improvements.

Even if your experience is less formal, discuss your understanding of blockchain mechanics and web3 applications. Share any personal projects or research you’ve undertaken to demonstrate your enthusiasm and knowledge.

Provide insights into your performance optimization techniques. Discuss tools you use for monitoring app performance and how you leverage data to make real-time improvements.

Illustrate with examples how you've shared knowledge, mentored junior engineers, and implemented processes that led to better engineering practices within the team. Focus on the impact these had on project success.

Discuss any involvement you’ve had in designing or updating APIs, particularly in a collaborative environment. Highlight your understanding of best practices for building scalable and secure APIs.

Share your methods for continuous learning, whether through online courses, reading tech blogs, attending conferences, or participating in developer communities. Illustrate how this knowledge has benefited your past projects.