Founding iOS Engineer - Build a World-Class Mobile App

Harmonic; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmonic, a startup discovery engine, seeks its founding iOS engineer to build Harmonic's first iOS app from the ground up. You will own end-to-end development, from project setup and architecture to shipping a polished, production-ready experience.

Based in NYC and in the office three days a week, you will collaborate with Product and Design to create world-class mobile experiences, mentor future hires, and establish scalable architectures and testing strategies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and maintaining user-facing iOS applications with real production usage.
• Clear product and design intuition, demonstrated by a history of creating user-focused iOS experiences with high craft and polish.
• Ability to take ambiguous problems and build real solutions for them.
• Customer obsessed. You love building products for customers and are always looking to improve their experience.
• Strong but flexible opinions on what great iOS engineering looks like: experienced in modern mobile architecture, patterns, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship the iOS app from scratch. Own the end-to-end development of Harmonic's first iOS app, from project setup and architecture to shipping the initial product experience.
• Create exceptional product experiences. Partner with Product and Design leads to craft world-class interactive experiences, Lean into AI-native chat UX and set the quality standard for Harmonic's mobile interactions.
• Drive technical decisions and mentor future hires. As the founding iOS engineer, set the bar and help shape how mobile operates at Harmonic long-term.
• Create scalable abstractions and foundations. Set up testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, modular architecture, and reusable components and patterns.

Skills

5+ years iOS

Product/design intuition

Ambiguity solving

Customer obsession

Mobile architecture

Tools

Swift

Xcode

Job description

Harmonic, a startup discovery engine, seeks its founding iOS engineer to build Harmonic's first iOS app from the ground up. You will own end-to-end development, from project setup and architecture to shipping a polished, production-ready experience.

Based in NYC and in the office three days a week, you will collaborate with Product and Design to create world-class mobile experiences, mentor future hires, and establish scalable architectures and testing strategies.