Senior iOS Engineer (Instant Rips)

About the Company

Fanatics Collectibles is a new company operating at the intersection of collectibles, culture, and technology. Backed by world-class investors, operators, and sports & entertainment partners, we are building the global leader in next-generation collectibles. As part of the broader Fanatics ecosystem, we leverage a digital sports platform that spans over 900 sports properties and engages more than 81 million fans. Together, we are reimagining every part of the collectibles experience for fans, partners, and creators.

Role Summary

You'll join the Instant Rips iOS team - the group responsible for the live-break commerce experience on Fanatics Live. We build the surfaces millions of collectors use in real time: bidding in live auctions, joining breaks, navigating a high-velocity chat stream, and transacting in the marketplace.

The iOS stack is modern by design. We're SwiftUI-first, run The Composable Architecture (TCA) across the app, use Swift Concurrency throughout, talk to our backend via Apollo GraphQL, and maintain a clean modular SPM codebase generated with Tuist. There's no legacy UIKit app hiding under the surface - you'll be working in a codebase you can be proud of.

AI tooling is part of how we work. We expect engineers to use it on the job, give it good context, and verify the output - not just accept it.

What you'll do

Design and ship production iOS features across the live-break experience: auctions, stream viewing, chat, marketplace, and collector tools

Own features end-to-end - API contracts, TCA reducers, SwiftUI views, testing, and release

Write genuine test coverage: unit tests with mock dependencies, TCA TestStore assertions, async test patterns - not coverage theater

Review pull requests with judgment: surface real defects, prioritize what matters, coach on what to let go

Contribute to architectural decisions: modularization strategy, effect management, failure handling

Mentor engineers earlier in their career and raise the quality bar across the team

What we're looking for

5+ years building consumer-facing iOS applications at scale

Hands-on with AI-assisted development tooling (LLM optimization loops, Xcode CLI integration)

Swift Concurrency - async/await, structured concurrency, Sendable, Swift Macros

SwiftUI - stateless/stateful view patterns, NavigationStack, performance-aware composition

The Composable Architecture (TCA) - Reducer/Store/Action/State, effect management, parent-child delegation, testing with TestStore

Apollo GraphQL (iOS) - schema-driven development, Swift codegen, subscriptions

SPM multi-package architecture - modular feature separation, local packages, clean dependency graphs

Tuist or XcodeGen - project generation tooling; no committed .xcodeproj

CI/CD - Bitrise, Fastlane, or equivalent automated build/test pipelines

Static analysis - SwiftLint, Periphery, or equivalent code quality gates

Structured commit/PR discipline tied to a project tracker (Linear, Jira, or equivalent)

Bonus points

Experience with livestreaming, real-time auctions, or high-throughput WebSocket/subscription workloads

Exposure to marketplace or e-commerce iOS applications

Passion for sports cards, collectibles, or live commerce

Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud.  Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics email address (including @collectfanatics.com).  For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers

The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.  This salary range is specific to Los Angeles and may not be applicable to other locations.  When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

Los Angeles Salary Range

$144,640—$216,960 USD

The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.  This salary range is specific to New York City and may not be applicable to other locations.  When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/

NYC Salary Range

$160,000—$200,000 USD