Principal iOS Engineer

albelli; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

albelli seeks a Principal iOS Engineer to join their Browse and Manage App team in Amsterdam. In this role, you will set the technical direction for the iOS platform, ensuring high quality features that enhance the customer experience.

Your responsibilities include defining the iOS architecture and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in building native iOS apps and mentoring engineers. Join albelli to help create personalized photo products that hold onto life's moments.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in building and scaling native iOS apps using Swift.
• Strong skills in mobile architecture, system design, and technical decision making.
• Proven experience leading complex technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
• Experience evolving and maintaining long lived, scalable codebases.
• Comfort working with tech stacks like UIKit, SwiftUI, SPM, and GraphQL.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the iOS target architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead the design of scalable, performant, and maintainable iOS features.
• Guide critical architectural decisions and help shape implementation choices.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams in Amsterdam and London.

Job description

Make Your Mark as an Principal iOS Engineer at Storio group

About The Role

You will join our Amsterdam based Browse and Manage App team. This team builds the storefront, product discovery, and account management experiences for our native mobile applications across all Storio Group brands. Your technical leadership will directly help customers find the best products for their special moments through high quality iOS features.

As our iOS Principal Engineer, you will set the technical direction for the iOS platform within the team. You will champion technical quality, own the iOS architecture roadmap, and ensure the long term health of our codebase. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams in Amsterdam and London to make our native app experience best in class.

How You Embrace Curiosity Daily

• Define and own the iOS target architecture and technical roadmap
• Lead the design of scalable, performant, and maintainable iOS features
• Guide critical architectural decisions and help shape implementation choices
• Support the team in using AI assisted engineering tools safely and productively
• Collaborate with other principal engineers on shared solutions and platform strategies
• Mentor iOS engineers to support their technical growth and foster a culture of learning

How You Make Your Mark

• Raise engineering quality standards by improving testing, CI CD, and codebase health
• Deliver a seamless storefront and discovery experience across all Storio Group brands
• Ensure the long term health and scalability of our mobile codebase
• Shape development processes and tooling to improve team quality and flow
• Align with product and engineering managers on the feasibility and success of roadmap items
• Help the team evaluate and adopt modern engineering workflows effectively

What You Bring To The Team

• Deep expertise in building and scaling native iOS apps using Swift
• Strong skills in mobile architecture, system design, and technical decision making
• Proven experience leading complex technical initiatives and mentoring engineers
• Experience evolving and maintaining long lived, scalable codebases
• Comfort working with tech stacks like UIKit, SwiftUI, SPM, and GraphQL
• Familiarity with modern AI assisted coding tools and their practical limits

What Sets You Apart

• Understanding of Android architecture and constraints in shared mobile contexts
• Prior knowledge or experience in the ecommerce domain
• Experience improving developer productivity through automation, CI CD, or scripting

About Us

At Storio Group, we help people hold onto life's moments. We make personalised photo products that turn fleeting memories into things you can keep, share, and re-live.

Every person at Storio Group helps create our products and shape our company. You will see the impact of your work daily. We invite you to make your mark on our business, products, and customers' lives.

We act with heart by putting people first and valuing diverse perspectives. We give our best and aim for high standards in all we do. We own our work, taking initiative to find solutions. We embrace curiosity, always learning and trying new things. We find the joy in our work and create a positive environment.

Equal Opportunities & Right to Work

Storio Group is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and fostering an inclusive environment. If you require reasonable adjustments during interviews please contact our HR team.

Applicants must also have the legal right to work in the position's country without requiring sponsorship.