iOS Engineer Chat Platform (Remote Canada)
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16 hours ago
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Job Summary
Summary
Are you passionate about building developer tools and platform infrastructure that power AI-driven experiences for millions of users The Chat Platform team at Yelp builds the shared SDKs APIs and UI infrastructure that enable teams across the company to rapidly deliver conversational chat experiences on Yelps consumer surfaces. We focus on developer ergonomics reliability and scalabilityso feature teams can focus on innovation.
You will have the opportunity to shape and build Yelps iOS Chat SDK from the ground up working on reusable components real-time messaging infrastructure and server-driven UI that directly impact multiple flagship products. We are looking for an iOS engineer who thrives in a platform environment enjoys close partnership with internal teams and is excited to turn ambitious infrastructure ideas into polished production-grade tools.
This opportunity is fully remote and does not require you to be located in any particular area in Canada. We welcome applicants from throughout Canada. Wed love to have you apply even if you dont feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp were looking for great people not just those who simply check off all the boxes.
What youll do:
- Design build and maintain Yelps iOS Chat SDK providing reusable well-documented components that internal feature teams rely on to ship conversational experiences.
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of our server-driven UI (Chat SDUI) framework on iOS enabling teams to deliver new chat capabilities with minimal client-side changes.
- Partner with internal stakeholder teams (e.g. Yelp Assistant Ask Anything for businesses Request a Quote) to understand their needs and reduce integration friction.
- Drive reliability and observability by building in structured logging metrics and performance monitoring at the SDK layer.
- Collaborate with cross-platform engineers (Android Web Server) to ensure consistent APIs and a cohesive developer experience.
- Champion testing standards versioning strategies and CI/CD best practices to safely release platform updates that multiple production apps depend on.
What it takes to succeed:
- Strong proficiency in Swift and experience building and shipping production iOS applications or SDKs.
- Familiarity with UIKit and/or SwiftUI with a keen eye for building flexible reusable UI components.
- Experience with real-time data handling on iOS (e.g. streaming APIs WebSockets or similar technologies).
- A platform mindsetyou think about API ergonomics documentation and how other engineers will use what you build.
- Ability to work across multiple teams and stakeholders to execute on high-impact technical projects.
- Keen interest in tackling scalability reliability and performance challenges in shared infrastructure.
What youll get:
There are a variety of factors that go into determining a compensation range including but not limited to external market benchmark data and years of experience. Based on the anticipated level of experience that we are seeking we expect the compensation range for this role to be between $135000 and $185000. The actual compensation offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience and skill set.
There may be flexibility with the range included in this posting should a candidate be leveled higher or lower than the posted range.
- This opportunity has the option to be fully remote in all locations across Canada.
- This role is posted to fill an existing position.
- You can find more information about Yelps five star benefits here!
Closing
At Yelp we believe that diversity is an expression of all the unique characteristics that make us human: race age sexual orientation gender identity religion disability and education and those are just a few. We recognize that diverse backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our teams and our product. The foundation of our diversity efforts are closely tied to our core values which include Playing Well With Others and Authenticity.
Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry age genetic information sexual orientation gender identity marital or family status veteran status medical condition disability or any other protected status.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at or 1-.
Note: Yelp does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Yelp is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- APIs
- REST
- Design Patterns
- Objective C
- iOS Development
- Swift
- Application Development
- SDKs
- SQLITE
- IOS
- JSON
- Mobile Applications
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