Thumbtack, Inc.

iOS Engineer, Customer Growth

Thumbtack, Inc.$179K — $232K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as an iOS engineer proficient in Swift or Objective-C.
  • History of successfully shipping consumer-facing applications on the App Store.
  • Ability to communicate effectively across teams and update stakeholders regularly.
  • Experience with both building and maintaining applications, demonstrating attention to detail.
  • Familiarity with project management and collaboration in agile environments.

Responsibilities

  • Drive and complete iOS feature projects with a clear focus on business and customer impact.
  • Decompose large projects into manageable deliverables and milestones for tracking progress.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather feedback and prioritize developments.
  • Regularly update project status to stakeholders, highlighting any blockers or risks.
  • Research and evaluate new frameworks and processes, articulating their appropriate applications.
  • Contribute to a team culture that values thorough code reviews and frequent deployments.

Benefits

  • Flexible work hours and remote work options.
  • Opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement.
  • Engaging team culture focused on collaboration and feedback.
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies for work.
  • Participation in a data-driven environment promoting innovative solutions.
Full Job Description


The Customer Acquisition, Growth, and Engagement team (CAGE) is focused on streamlining and innovating around the new and returning user experience for Thumbtack. By adding value for users and meeting their needs, we can activate them as first time customers and convince them to return to Thumbtack to help solve future problems by ensuring their experience was a good one.

We accomplish this by focusing both on getting the fundamentals right around core experiences like login and auth, as well as by building new features that allow us to better understand user needs early in their journey to get them to the right place.

The challenge

Many of the sorts of changes were making are unproven, and as a data driven company, we prefer to run experiments that vet our hypotheses. As an engineer, balancing places we can be scrappy to test ideas quickly vs places we need to take more care to exercise engineering rigor and build things the right way is important. Given we have cross functional teams, if you like looking at user problems from a product or design perspective, youll be a great fit for this.

What youll do
  • Drive iOS feature projects to completion, focusing on the business and customer impact of those projects.
  • Break down large projects into concrete deliverables and milestones that make it easy to track progress.
  • Work closely with back-end engineers, product managers, designers, data analysts, and other teams to gather feedback, prioritize projects, and deliver solutions.
  • Communicate project status to stakeholders, proactively raising potential blockers and other risks.
  • Explore new frameworks and processes while also being able to discuss when (or when not) to use them.
  • Participate in a culture that values thoughtful code reviews and frequent deployments.


In order to be successful, you must bring
  • Passionate iOS engineer with experience building, testing, releasing, and maintaining apps written in Swift or Objective-C.
  • Proven track record of shipping consumer-facing apps that users love on the App Store.
  • Cross-functional collaboration and communication. Were moving quickly, so its important for our engineers to communicate their status regularly, proactively bring up potential blockers and risks, and keep our cross-functional partners in the loop.


Expected salary ranges
  • For candidates living in San Francisco / Bay Area, San Jose, New York City, or Seattle metros, the expected salary range for the role is currently $210,800.00 - $272,800.00.
  • For candidates living in Austin, TX or Washington DC metros or in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Washington states, the expected salary range for the role is currently $189,600.00 - $245,300.00.
  • For candidates living in all other US locations, the expected salary range for this role is currently $179,400.00 - $232,100.00.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

About Thumbtack, Inc.

Thumbtack is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local professionals for various services, such as home improvement, events, and wellness. The company was founded in 2008 by Marco Zappacosta, Jonathan Swanson, and Sander Daniels, and has since grown to serve millions of customers across the United States. Thumbtack uses a proprietary matching algorithm to connect customers with the best professionals for their needs, and offers a range of tools to help professionals manage their businesses. The company has raised over $400 million in funding from investors such as Sequoia Capital, Google Capital, and Tiger Global Management.
Learn more about Thumbtack, Inc.
Size
1,200 employees
Industry
Founded
2008

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