Senior Software Engineer - iOS

Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network. Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 340,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com.

Meet Your Future Neighbors

As a Senior iOS Software Engineer at Nextdoor, you’ll join a small but mighty team of engineers dedicated to improving the iOS app infrastructure, streamlining developer processes, and maintaining stable and smooth app releases. As part of the Core Platform team, our mission is to create a delightful developer experience that empowers teams to build their features quickly and safely. We build paved roads so that product engineers can focus their efforts on building features that serve our neighbors and drive our business. We create infrastructure that makes the easy things work out of the box and the hard things possible. We build performance and scalability into the platform itself so that Nextdoor is safe and fast by default. 

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment experience, providing a flexible experience for our valued employees.

We believe engineers should have a stake over all aspects of the product - from coming up with the next big ideas to build, through helping set expectations and plan roadmaps, all the way through understanding the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis. As your career at Nextdoor develops, you’ll also get the chance to mentor other team members, and grow your role towards what you’re most passionate about.

• 6 to 10 Years of experience in a Mobile Development role
• Expertise in Swift and Xcode IDE including the build system
• Robust knowledge of iOS development ecosystem including system libraries
• Experience with building complex, high-quality iOS applications, and strong knowledge of iOS app design principles, patterns, testing, and best practices
• Experience improving and maintaining code health and architecture of an iOS codebase
• Desire to support fellow engineers and mentor junior engineers. Enthusiastic about up-leveling our engineering culture
• Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises
• Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor’s company culture
• Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done

• Experience managing build and automated release infrastructure. Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (Bitrise, CircleCI, or other)
• Experience with the Combine and TCA frameworks
• Experience writing automated tests for iOS applications
• Github, GQL
• Improving development processes and tools. Proficiency with scripting

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. Compensation may also vary by geography.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $184,000 to $264,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. 

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.