Staff Software Engineer, iOS

Job Description

About The Role

This role is remote eligible.

The RealReal is looking for a highly experienced and self-motivated Staff Software Engineer (iOS) to join our Mobile Engineering team. In this role, you will help build and evolve the mobile applications used by millions of customers as well as internal tools used by our operations teams. You will work closely with Product, Design, Backend, and other mobile engineers to deliver high-quality mobile experiences that support The RealReal’s marketplace and operational workflows.

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a key role in driving the technical direction and architecture of our mobile platforms, ensuring our iOS and Android applications remain scalable, performant, and maintainable as the business grows. Your contributions will directly impact The RealReal’s ability to deliver best-in-class mobile experiences while supporting the operational systems that power our luxury resale marketplace.

What You Get To Do Every Day

• Own the technical direction and architecture of our iOS platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Lead the development of advanced iOS features using Swift and SwiftUI, delivering high-performance and polished customer experiences.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives, including modularization, Swift Concurrency (async/await), and adoption of modern iOS architectural patterns.
• Define and enforce mobile engineering standards including architecture guidelines, coding conventions, testing strategy, documentation, and best practices.
• Lead initiatives to improve engineering velocity and developer experience through CI/CD automation, build optimization, and tooling improvements (GitHub Actions, Fastlane, etc.).
• Establish and expand automated testing strategies including unit testing, UI testing, snapshot testing, and performance monitoring to ensure high product quality.
• Collaborate with backend and infrastructure teams to design and integrate scalable APIs and distributed systems using GraphQL and REST.
• Drive data-driven and AI-powered product experiences, including personalization, intelligent search, experimentation frameworks, and recommendation systems.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Analytics teams to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and performance optimization across the iOS platform to ensure reliability at scale.
• Build experiences that scale across Apple device form factors, including iPhone and iPad, while maintaining strong accessibility and ADA compliance.

What You Bring To The Role

Minimum Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years dedicated to iOS development.
• Deep expertise in modern iOS development utilizing Swift, SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, Combine, and Core Data.
• Proven ability to design scalable, modular mobile architectures and champion comprehensive unit and UI testing strategies.
• Track record of collaborating closely with Android and Backend engineers to define shared APIs and platform standards.
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence architectural direction.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in architecting and developing mobile applications that interact seamlessly with external hardware, IoT systems, and retail peripherals.
• Champion mobile platform modernization and technical debt reduction.
• Design and implement AI/ML-powered features, intelligent product recommendations, and experimentation frameworks.
• Leverage exposure to distributed backend architectures to build robust, service-oriented integrations.

Compensation, Benefits, + Perks

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 401K with Company Match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• 9 Paid Company Holidays
• Flexible Time Off (With Manager Approval)

The expected salary range for this role is $172,460 – $215,575 / year.

The RealReal is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or Veteran status. We will consider qualified applicants for a position regardless of arrest or conviction records.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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