About Us

Stocktwits is a leading social network and community of individual investors and traders. Our mission is to provide the platform to host the global conversation for investors and traders of all types of assets, styles and experience levels to connect, learn, profit and have fun. From our beginnings as inventors of the cashtag (e.g. $TSLA), Stocktwits has grown to millions of members and become the defining voice of “social finance.” Stocktwits is the only place to get a pulse on the markets and ideas you care about. Our community continues to grow rapidly and we are looking for passionate team members to join us as we reimagine the future of financial media, investing & trading services and the tools for the next generation.

The Role

In this role, you will be responsible for architecting and building new features as well as improving existing ones that benefit millions of users across our platform. Engineers will work closely with product, design, and other team members to solve challenging problems and deliver delightful user experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver scalable, highly-responsive performant iOS applications following Stocktwits’ Software Development Life Cycle
• Work with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to understand requirements and translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution
• Help improve code quality through writing unit tests, automation, and performing code reviews
• Proactively identify complex issues, take initiative to resolve first, and triage and escalate effectively within the broader team
• Own assigned projects from beginning to end to be delivered on-time and bug free with minimal support
• Assist in mentoring junior team members as needed
• Participate in on-call rotation
• Perform other duties as assigned

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of experience building iOS applications using Swift/Objective-C
• Track record of shipping apps to Apple’s App Store
• Extensive experience with Xcode, Swift, and iOS development tools.
• Knowledge of common design patterns such as MVVM
• Familiarity with UIKit and experience with or desire to learn SWiftUI
• Familiarity with analytics and monitoring tools
• Experience consuming services using REST APIs
• Strong knowledge of iOS UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with memory management, multi-threading, security best practices
• Organizational and project management skills with a demonstrated ability to balance numerous projects while meeting tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Effective interpersonal skills, particularly in building relationships and working collaboratively across Product and Engineering teams
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
• Proficient in English with strong written and verbal communication skills (grammar & syntax)
• Familiarity with CI/CD infrastructure and operations using tools like Bitrise.
• Deep understanding of dependency management using CocoaPods/Swift Package Manager among others.

Qualities We Look For

• Craftsmanship: Simply put, you give a shit about the work you do and have empathy for who you do it with and for.
• Always Learning: Your thirst for knowledge, new challenges and bettering yourself never ends personally and professionally.
• Impactful: You want to make an impact at scale and recognize that consistent, regular execution is how you get there. As we like to say, small wins equal big things!
• Hunger for Success: You bring a deep desire to succeed with a sense of controlled urgency.

StockTwits is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees. Inside our company, every decision we make regarding our employees is based on merit, competence, and performance, completely free of discrimination. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Within that team, no one will feel more “other” than anyone else. We realize the full promise of diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work every single day.