Help empower our global customers to connect to culture through their passions.
About the role
We are looking for a motivated, highly enthusiastic, technical iOS engineer to join our GrowthXT Team. This team is responsible for generating traffic to StockX, including attracting new customers and retaining existing ones. Our domain includes ads, analytics, growth hacking, notifications (marketing and transactional email, push and SMS), promotions, SEM/Google Shopping and SEO. We own the marketing experience on stockx.com, the StockX iOS app, and the StockX Android app. We take pride in building a seamless, easy-to-use experience for our buyers and have fun doing it. We are currently expanding our team to build fault-tolerant, scalable platforms for all the aforementioned areas on iOS and Android and are looking for technology experts to architect, design, and build them.
Our technical stack comprises various systems and services built on Amazon Web Services. We use GraphQL, GoLang, NodeJS, Swift, Kotlin, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Harness, Terraform, LaunchDarkly and Datadog.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be empowered to take ownership of technology decisions and solutions while playing a pivotal role in establishing a successful engineering culture at a fast-growing company.
This is a great opportunity to leverage your existing skills, to build a world-class team and to have a huge impact on how marketplaces can be redefined.
What you’ll do
- Develop, test, and debug the StockX iOS app using Swift and UIKit
- Build GraphQL APIs that interact with our backend services and REST APIs
- Utilize MVVM architecture, design patterns, and best practices
- Stay up-to-date with any technology changes including changes to the language (Swift), tools (Xcode, Mac OS, etc.), platform (iOS), and devices
- Work on initiatives from start to finish including A/B testing
- Work with product owners, internal stakeholders, program managers and engineering managers to crystallize ambiguous requirements and propose resilient technical solutions which scale to future business needs
- Work with engineers in the team to take these proposed solutions and architect and design them
- Efficiently break up large system designs and guide the junior team members in detailed component design. Help the team to implement, deploy and monitor systems and services
- Propose and adopt best engineering practices and guide development standards
- Foster a growth mindset culture. Be a team player. Contribute to and follow team processes for better sprint outcomes
- Apply considerations around security, scalability, reliability, and performance while proposing and building solutions
- Use sound technical judgment to consider technology alternatives, impact on affected and adjacent systems, and design choice tradeoffs
- Demonstrate complete ownership of services for your area of work. Participate in supporting your systems and services through any system upgrades, live site issues and others
- Provide timely communication to stakeholders and users for resolving issues
About you
- 5-10 years of relevant development experience
- Good understanding of the iOS platform including common conventions
- Experience with working in an Agile environment
- Ability to document new features, additions, and bug fixes clearly
- Ability to explain complex technical terms to non-technical users
- Ability to translate non-technical business requirements into a technical solution
- Ability to work in a fast paced and constantly changing environment
- Experience working on cross-functional product teams preferred
- Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills. Ability to say No
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field preferred
About StockX
StockX is proud to be a Detroit-based technology leader focused on the large and growing online market for sneakers, apparel, accessories, electronics, collectibles, trading cards, and more. StockX's powerful platform connects buyers and sellers of high-demand consumer goods from around the world using dynamic pricing mechanics. This approach affords access and market visibility powered by real-time data that empowers buyers and sellers to determine and transact based on market value. The StockX platform features hundreds of brands across verticals including Jordan Brand, adidas, Nike, Supreme, BAPE, Off-White, Louis Vuitton, Gucci; collectibles from brands including LEGO, KAWS, Bearbrick, and Pop Mart; and electronics from industry-leading manufacturers Sony, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple. Launched in 2016, StockX employs 1,000 people across offices and verification centers around the world. Learn more at www.stockx.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. StockX reserves the right to amend this job description at any time.
