• Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together. About the Lifecycle Marketing Engineering Team

At Thumbtack, we help people confidently care for their homes. Millions of customers use our app to connect with skilled local professionals. Working with our Lifecycle Marketing Engineering team, you’ll help us build smarter, more personalized in-app experiences that deepen engagement and drive growth.

• The Challenge
• Your work will directly support our 2026 strategy to create a cohesive “push-to-app” experience, scaling personalized landing pages, expanding in-app embedded messaging through Iterable, and improving the opt-in experience for push notifications.

Implement In-App Embedded Messaging: Utilize Iterable’s Embedded Messages SDK across Android and iOS, adding new inline messaging components. Collaborate with Lifecycle Marketing to define interaction patterns and ensure smooth delivery of personalized content.

Enhance Native Landing Page Support: Expand Contentful-based templates for dynamic, personalized experiences. Enable runtime population of personalized assets, including text, imagery, and recommendations while leveraging behavioral and contextual user data.

• Improve Push Opt-In Flows: Partner with Lifecycle Marketing and Product Design to implement improved opt-in and re-enablement UX. Create flexible entry points within onboarding and other flows to drive higher push subscription rates.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with backend Martech, and design teams to deliver seamless, performant user experiences. Contribute technical insight to experimentation, testing, and measurement frameworks.
• In order to be successful, you must bring
• 4–6 years of experience developing and maintaining production Android and iOS apps (Kotlin and Swift).
• Proven experience integrating third-party SDKs and marketing platforms (e.g., Iterable, Firebase, Braze, Segment).
• Experience working with content management systems such as Contentful or equivalent.
• Familiarity with mobile experimentation, analytics, and A/B testing tools.
• Strong understanding of notification systems, push permissions, and in-app messaging UX.
• Comfort collaborating with cross-functional partners in Marketing, Product, and Design.
• Excellent debugging, performance optimization, and documentation skills.
• Expected salary ranges
• Rate: $90–$110 per hour, depending on experience
• Benefits: This position is not eligible for Thumbtack benefits

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