Founding Engineer

Screen International Group Ltd; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Screen International Group Ltd is hiring a founding iOS engineer to own core product surfaces end to end on iOS. You’ll influence direction and solve problems independently in a tiny, high-velocity team.

You’ll ship rapidly, push back thoughtfully, and act as a “third brain” while owning Reminders and Sectionalized Notes features, plus ongoing UX and hardware-related improvements. SF-based, on-site role.

Qualifications

• Shipped iOS apps with real user impact.
• Proactive and self-driven in ambiguous environments.
• Swift experience; iOS focus is a plus but not required.
• Experience shipping a native mobile product.
• Familiar with integrating AI agents into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own major iOS product surfaces end to end (Swift, iOS).
• Lead core features: Reminders and Sectionalized Notes.
• Tackle UX and hardware‑related transcript quality issues.
• Own the understanding engine’s evaluation score by month 3.
• Make product calls without founder oversight.
• Document what you did, what changed, and future improvements.
• Help interview and evaluate future engineers.

Skills

Swift

iOS development

Product intuition

Ambiguity handling

Independent contributor

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Founding iOS Engineer (San Francisco)

This is the third engineering hire a true founding engineer who owns core product surfaces end to end. The role is primarily front‑end/product on iOS, with real influence on direction and a mandate to solve problems independently, even when the spec is incomplete.

You’ll ship fast, think critically, push back thoughtfully, and act as a genuine “third brain” on a tiny, high‑velocity team.

What You’ll Do

• Own major iOS product surfaces (Swift, iOS 26, on‑device foundation models)

• Lead and build the two core features: Reminders and Sectionalized Notes

• Solve real product issues independently — from UX problems to hardware‑related transcript quality

• Take ownership of one measurable number (the understanding engine’s evaluation score) by month 3

• Make product calls in your area without needing founder oversight

• Fix adjacent issues proactively and report back with: what you did, what changed, what you’d improve

• Help evaluate and interview future engineering hires

Requirements

• A GitHub with finished, self‑driven projects that shipped and are used (not tutorials or abandoned starts)

• Strong initiative under ambiguity — sees what needs doing and does it without waiting for a ticket

• Fast execution that survives a real codebase; Swift landed in days (iOS experience helpful but not required)

• At least one shipped native mobile product

• Comfortable using AI agents as part of the workflow — shaping output, not pasting it

• Product taste, hacker energy, and good judgment on when to be perfectionist (privacy, validators) vs fast

Background

• 1–2 years experience; explicitly not senior/siloed profiles

• Consumer/mobile/startup experience is a plus

• Hardware or on‑device ML familiarity is a nice‑to‑have, not a gate

• Pedigree is a weak tie‑breaker — shipped work matters most