Senior iOS Software Engineer, Ads

About GameChanger:

We believe in the life changing impact youth sports have on and off the field. Sports encourage leadership, teamwork, responsibility, and confidence – important life lessons that have the power to propel our youth toward meaningful futures. We recognize that without coaches, parents, and volunteers, organized youth sports could not exist. By building the first and best place to experience the youth sports moments important to our community, we are helping families elevate the next generation through youth sports.

So if you love sports and their community building potential, or building cool products is your sport, GameChanger is the team for you. We are a remote first, dynamic tech company based in New York City, and we are solving some of the biggest challenges in youth sports today.

The Position:

The Ads team is responsible for building new mobile ad experiences that help GameChanger grow while keeping the product simple and useful for coaches, parents, and fans. This is a small team where every engineer meaningfully contributes in shaping our mobile advertising foundation. As a Senior iOS Engineer, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of our Ads team and bring strong expertise in building and shipping native mobile apps to deliver high quality, performance features in our iOS application. You will collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering partners to create ad experiences that feel intuitive, non disruptive, and aligned with what users value most about GameChanger. This role is ideal for someone who takes ownership, is energized by hands-on work and enjoys building native mobile applications.

What You'll Do:

• Lead development of new advertising features and components in our native iOS app, including new ad surfaces, rendering logic, and mobile first UI.

• Build high quality, user facing features in Swift or SwiftUI that balance business goals with a seamless product experience.

• Partner with product and design to shape mobile ad requirements, propose technical approaches, and influence the direction of in app advertising.

• Collaborate with engineers across iOS, backend, and data teams to make architectural decisions that support ad delivery, measurement, and performance.

• Promote clarity and understanding on complex problems, especially when working through tradeoffs across user experience, performance, and reliability.

• Ensure the reliability, maintainability, and performance of new ad surfaces, including instrumentation, testing strategies, and ongoing iteration after release.

• Contribute to and uphold strong engineering practices, including code quality, documentation, and review processes.

• Mentor teammates and share knowledge across the broader iOS engineering group.

• Our apps are written in Swift and have a Reactive architecture using technologies like Swift Composable Architecture (TCA), SwiftUI, Realm, and RxSwift.

Who You Are:

• 4+ years of experience building and shipping native iOS applications in Swift or SwiftUI

• Own feature development and work from concept through launch.

• Experience working on mobile UI, design systems, or performance-sensitive features.

• Knowledge of the Advertising industry's main concepts and technologies like ad serving, bidding, and targeting.

• Familiarity with data privacy laws and regulations.

• Comfortable working in small team environments with high autonomy, broad ownership, and close partnership with product and design

• Ability to evaluate new technologies and introduce improvements to the iOS codebase.

• Experience giving and receiving feedback through design and code reviews.

• Experience communicating updates and resolutions to teammates about technical tradeoffs and propose scalable solutions.

• Excited about AI tools and using them to increase quality and efficiency.

• Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to team-wide technical growth.

Perks:

• Work remotely throughout the US* or from our well-furnished, modern office in Manhattan, NY.

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• Technology stipend - $4,000 every 2 years after your start to make sure you have the latest and greatest technology

• WFH stipend - $500 annually to make your WFH situation comfortable.

• Learning stipend - $500 annually towards continued development

• Monthly physical, mental, wellness & learning stipend offered through Holisticly

• Monthly lifestyle stipend offered through Fringe

• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and coverage for family/dependents.

• Retirement savings - Traditional and Roth 401K plans are offered through Vanguard, with an immediate company match.

• Life insurance - basic life, supplemental life, and dependent life.

• Disability leave - short-term disability and long-term disability.

• Company paid parental leave - up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Family building benefits offered through Progyny.

• DICK'S Sporting Goods and their family of brands teammate discount.

The target salary range for this position is between $160,000 and $180,000. This is part of a total compensation package that includes incentive, equity, and benefits for eligible roles. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.

* DICK'S Sporting Goods has company-wide practices to monitor and protect the company from significant compliance and monetary implications as it pertains to employer state tax liabilities. Due to said guidelines put in place, we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in 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.

Our Interview Process & AI

We recognize that AI has become a common part of everyday life and professional work, and its use continues to evolve rapidly. Our perspective on AI in the hiring process will evolve as well. At this time, we ask that candidates please refrain from using AI tools during interviews and assessments, as we want to see your authentic self. We will clearly indicate if and when AI use is acceptable in the process. If you have any questions or need accommodations, we're here to help. Thanks for helping us keep the process fair and secure for everyone!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: All official recruitment communications from GameChanger will come from an email address ending in @gc.com or [email protected]. If you receive communication from any other domain, please be cautious, as it is likely fraudulent.