iOS Tech Lead/Manager

Back Market is the world’s leading refurbished electronics marketplace with a team of 650 people, powering operations in 21 countries (and counting!).

Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2019 and again in 2021, our mission is simple: empowering people to consume tech sustainably by offering folks a high quality, accessible, and more eco-friendly alternative to buying new electronics. Why? Refurbished tech helps lower our collective environmental impact. We have indeed contributed to avoid the production of more than 1,000,000 tons of CO2e worldwide since our launch in 2014.

Be part of an exciting and growing international adventure that will change the way the world consumes tech.

Back Market is building their first engineering team in NYC! We are looking for passionate team members to join our office of 40+ people in Union Square, and a 250+ engineering team worldwide. This will be an iOS app engineering team to start, whose mission is to help us spread the word about refurbished tech to save the planet and your wallet at the same time.

We are looking for an iOS Tech Lead/Manager to play a pivotal role in our strategic app-first approach to the US market. Our goal is to enhance user engagement by accelerating the development of innovative features and optimizing the overall app experience.

As the Tech Lead/Manager, you will be the leader of our first US-based engineering team comprised of you, two other iOS engineers, and two backend engineers. You will be at the forefront of our mobile engineering efforts to create an amazing US customer experience for our service offering within our mobile application. You will be instrumental in aligning, designing, and driving the architectural vision for our mobile platforms & app features as we work to be US first and app first in all that we do.

Your expertise in native iOS platforms, combined with your ability to make strategic decisions and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, will be key to driving our mobile engineering success. You will work closely with the product manager and UX designer to ensure the right set of features, priority, and impact at velocity are being designed and delivered. You will participate in the Back Market mobile community, partnering with others to continuously improve our practices.

What you will do

• Lead the team in delivering high-quality iOS user experiences, setting benchmarks for excellence and scalability, thereby propelling our app's capabilities and product cycle velocity.
• Elevate the development of advanced app-first features, by emphasizing iOS platform innovation, bridges, and actively building expertise within the mobile engineering community at Back Market.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of iOS & Android engineers, as well as peers from various disciplines (SRE, Backend, Frontend, CyberSec, Data, etc.), to foster a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge.
• Take ownership & anticipating significant technical projects, managing dependencies both internally and externally, to realize the engineering and product visions.
• Drive the user experience forward by partnering with Product Managers & Designers, implementing intuitive UI animations, transitions, and accessibility features, while ensuring adherence to our Design System.
• Architect robust and efficient code patterns, by leveraging the latest iOS technologies, while maintaining a commitment to the app architecture principles, like modularity and dependency injection.
• Advocate for efficient testing methodologies, from unit and UI tests to cutting-edge end-to-end practices, ensuring the highest quality and reliability of the features developed.
• Monitor app performance meticulously, utilizing tools like Datadog and Crashlytics to track UI and core functionality, and implement strategies to prevent regressions.

Required skills and experience

• 5+ years of relevant and broad mobile engineering experience

• Strong technical leadership with multiple teams, ability to build and drive mobile engineering vision & engineering excellence

• Technical expertise in building and scaling native apps on iOS (B2C), with high traffic, weekly features delivery & resolving complex issues

• Experience successfully operating in a multi-module architecture

• High knowledge and advocacy of Apple guidelines, Swift, and mobile platform frameworks.

• Proven track record for mentoring and developing engineers

• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences

This position has an estimated annual base salary range of $180,000 to $220,000, plus opportunities for equity. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to demonstrated skill set, years and depth of relevant experience, and some role-dependent factors. We welcome direct conversations with each candidate about compensation in all of our initial calls.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼

- An attractive salary that comes with equity options, health insurance, paid maternity and parental leave, 401K, commuter benefits, mental health support, and more,

- Flexible working hours and hybrid models that let you choose which days you to work in the office and at home (because work-life balance is an individual right).

- Professional development programs, internal mobility, and the opportunity to make your career what you want it to become.

- A meaningful mission. But also fun. We're serious about changing the landscape of the electronics industry and we like to keep things spicy.

- A booming scale-up: we are rapidly growing in Europe, the USA and in Asia!

- Welcoming, safe, and inclusive working environment where everyone's opinion, differences, and backgrounds are heard and respected.

Back Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer which means we pledge to not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.

Back Market is helping to address one of the biggest challenges of our time: climate change. We take this so seriously that we were awarded status as a “Société à Mission”, or company with a social mission, by the French government. We know we can’t tackle a global problem without a globally representative team so we are committed to embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles in every aspect of our organization. But more importantly, being One Loving & Free Spirited Tribe is in our DNA as it is one of the five foundational values of our company since we got started way back in 2014. We are committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We know our lofty goals cannot be reached unless everyone has a seat at the table along with the resources and opportunity to grow.