With over 90 million members, Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. As a Top 100 web destination, our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends and members of the community are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine. Our platform also helps more than 220,000 authors to connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of Amazon, Inc.
As part of the Goodreads Mobile team, you will join us building the Goodreads app for iPhones and iPads. You will also support Goodreads features in and around the Kindle reading experience on Kindle iOS. This is an opportunity to reach a huge user base on one of our fastest growing platforms and enhance the experience of Goodreads and Amazon readers worldwide.
As a Software Development Engineer on the Goodreads Mobile team, you will:
- - Design, build and own the Goodreads iOS app features full stack, as well as the Goodreads integrations Kindle iOS.
- Be a key player in a talented Mobile team and bring flexibility, speed, and quality to the team
- Partner with Android and full stack engineers on elevating the overall Goodreads mobile experience
- Work with Service teams to develop and improve API calls
- Work in a fast-paced environment where releases are done every 4-6 weeks.
You are the ideal candidate if you are equally comfortable writing code and defining technical architecture. You must have a deep understanding of iOS platform, service-oriented architecture, and application design, as well as flexibility and a passion for learning new skills. The successful candidate will thrive in a culture of experimentation and innovation, but also have a proven track record of delivering results to solve challenging problems.
