At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the most trusted brand for improving your health through better food choices. We believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide the tools and resources to reach your weight management goals.
Our free, ad-supported app is central to our mission of providing accessible food tracking for all, and the majority of our users choose this option as they begin to live a healthier lifestyle. MyFitnessPal aims to enhance the user experience by incorporating premium ad formats that are not only engaging for users but also provide a significant revenue stream for the platform as our user base expands.
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer, iOS to join the MyFitnessPal Ads team. Our users rely on the MyFitnessPal Android app to power their health and fitness journeys every day. As a member of our MyFitnessPal Engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to positively impact those users with your expertise in the Android development ecosystem. In addition to technical expertise, you’ll find that your teammates value collaboration, mentorship, and inclusive environments.
About the Team:
Our brand-new Ads team is dually focused on improving the existing Ads experience while exploring novel formats for advertising throughout the user journey. If you’re excited about driving meaningful business growth while delivering a delightful experience to our end users, we want you on our team!
What you’ll be doing:- Work collaboratively with cross functional peers to solve the right problems as a team
- Build relationships with your peers across other teams to understand and prioritize widespread challenges in the iOS ecosystem
- Build strong cross functional relationships with Android, Web, Backend and Infrastructure peers
- Research and implement high-quality technical solutions to attain business goals that will benefit our continually growing user base
- Provide thought leadership on industry best practices around design, testing, security, and deployment
- Coach team members to increase the success of the team as a whole
- Turn big ideas into simple, elegant solutions
- Have 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Have actively contributed to and published iOS applications
- Mastery of Objective-C and Swift
- Mastery of iOS app building frameworks (UIKit, Foundation, etc)
- Extensive experience writing unit tests and testable code
- Extensive experience refactoring architectural patterns
- Experience with multithreaded programming
- Experience working with a relational database
- Have experience with automating the building and publication of iOS apps
- Take a pragmatic approach to solving problems
Bonus Points:
- Experience with payments infrastructure or AppStore Connect.
- Exposure to XP, Pair Programming, Mob Programming or other highly collaborative working styles.
- Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) or other practices focussed on building self verifying code.
- Experience migrating a large legacy codebase to modern standards.
- Experience migrating from Objective-C to Swift.
- Experience contributing to Android, Web, or Backend applications.
Please consider applying even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. Research shows you can still be considered for a position if you meet some of the requirements. At MyFitnessPal, we’re building a fitness product for everyone and believe our team should reflect that. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $160,000 - $190,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, MyFitnessPal offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match, responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances, and others.
Face-to-Face Connections: We value personal connections. Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person to help forge meaningful relationships that extend beyond the virtual realm. Teams meet as often as needed and all of MyFitnessPal gathers annually.
Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve. Enjoy a flexible time-off policy with our Responsible Time Off benefit.
Give Back: Use your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you. Each full time teammate receives 2 days per calendar year to give back to their community through service.
Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program where, if you’d like, you will be matched with a teammate who can help you scale your skills and propel your growth.
Family-Friendly Support: Embrace the journey with confidence and care. Enjoy our paid maternity and paternity leave, to provide time to balance family responsibilities with your career and take the time needed to strengthen family relationships. We understand the complexities of starting or expanding a family, which is why we provide best-in-class comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters.
Wellness Comes First: Live Good Health is one of our core values. Receive a monthly Wellness Allowance, empowering you to focus on your physical and mental well-being by choosing from a range of wellness initiatives, including dedicated mental health days.
Celebrate Greatness: Your hard work deserves recognition! Our reward and recognition platform empowers peers to acknowledge and reward each other for the exceptional contributions they make.
Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium, allowing you to take your fitness, health and wellness journey to new heights.
Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library, and participate in training opportunities to continuously grow and enhance your skills.
Championing Inclusion: Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress across the organization.
Healthcare Matters: Your well-being is our priority. Take advantage of our competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits that cater to your holistic healthcare needs. Feel secure and supported on your wellness journey.
Secure Your Future: Benefit from our retirement savings program, giving you peace of mind for your financial goals. Reach them sooner with MyFitnessPal’s competitive employer match.
At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.
MyFitnessPal participates in E-Verify.
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