Skillshare is a mission-driven technology startup that has built an online learning community where millions come together to take the next step in their creative journey. We want our community to get inspired, learn new skills, and work in ways they care about so that living a creative life is possible for everyone.

As a Staff iOS Engineer, you’ll act as a technical expert within Skillshare to help define the approach and vision behind our mobile product. From the creation of classes by teachers to the learning experience of students, your work will have a direct impact on both sides of the Skillshare user community. As we scale, ownership opportunities abound and you will work across our rapidly evolving tech stack to power the content creation, personalized education paths, best-in-class video experience, and community interaction that directly enables teachers to inspire creativity in students.

You’ll be joining a great team that is passionate about technology, building products and upholding a collaborative team culture. You can contribute in a variety of ways including tech leadership, people management and leading by example as an individual contributor. We’re excited to meet you!

What you'll do

• Build core features and shape our fast-growing product
• Architect simple solutions to complex challenges
• Collaborate with the product and design team to define the vision for Skillshare’s iOS experience

Why we're excited about you

• You have experience building user-facing and production-level apps
• You are a natural collaborator who can work seamlessly within and across teams 
• You are motivated by full ownership of your work and are eager to help improve our users’ experience
• You’re very comfortable in the iOS development environment
• You have a passion and talent for building great user experiences
• Start-up experience is nice, but not required

Why you're excited about us

• Our team: We have a passionate, creative, and innovative team that is a lot of fun to work with. 
• Our mission: We’re doing work that matters – connecting lifelong learners around the world and empowering them to pursue their creativity. 
• Remote Culture: A healthy, productive working environment means different things for different people. We optimize for trust and invest in supporting remote teams, offer home office stipends for those that work best in their own space and co-working spaces for those that thrive in a social office environment, and focus on transparent communication to ensure an inclusive, equitable work environment for everyone. 
• Flexibility: We believe that doing your best work means living a full life. That means different things for everyone, so we optimize for trust, invest to support remote teams, offer home office stipends and co-working spaces in multiple cities, have an unlimited vacation policy (with a required minimum!), and encourage work-life balance. 
• Impact: You’ll have the chance to directly impact the user experience around how students learn and how teachers create and share content on Skillshare. 
• Your growth: You’ll have the opportunity to wear a lot of hats and take on more responsibility over time. We have a fresh $70 million in capital and a very, very long to-do list.
• Benefits: We believe that doing your best work means living a full life. We support our team with unlimited PTO, gender-neutral parental leave, anniversary bonuses and sabbaticals, and healthy stipends for creativity, learning, and personal wellness.

About Skillshare: 

Skillshare is an online learning community whose mission is to connect curious, lifelong learners everywhere – and, in so doing, build a more creative, more generous, and more prosperous world. Today, our community has grown to millions of members who come to Skillshare to learn creative and entrepreneurial skills, network with peers, and even teach a class themselves. We are backed by OMERS Growth Equity, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Amasia, Spero Ventures, and Burda Principal Investments. 

Skillshare is committed to building a diverse team that reflects a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We work to ensure a consistent interview process, and inclusive work environment for all.

IMPORTANT: Skillshare is among several companies recently made aware of a phishing scam involving con artists posing as hiring managers recruiting via email, text and Skype. Please note, Skillshare employees will only use @Skillshare.com email addresses to communicate with you, will have video interviews with you, and will never ask you for money or for you to email your personal identification information to us.