Founding iOS Engineer – Consumer Robot App

Figure; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Figure, an AI robotics company based in San Jose, CA, is seeking an iOS lead to own the consumer iPhone app end to end. You will set the technical direction for the platform, ship the app, and grow the team behind it.

You’ll lead a small, fast-moving team, collaborating with hardware and backend engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable features and analytics-enabled releases through TestFlight and the App Store.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building and shipping consumer iOS apps at scale.
• Expert in Swift and SwiftUI.
• Deep experience with AVFoundation camera, media pipelines, and offline-first sync.
• Experience as the lead or senior-most engineer on a mobile platform.
• Strong product sense and an obsession with UI quality and performance.
• Comfortable owning a platform end to end on a small, fast-moving team.

Responsibilities

• Own the iOS app end to end, from architecture to App Store release.
• Build and ship a consumer-grade client with best-in-class polish and performance.
• Own core app surfaces: onboarding, capture, tasks, earnings, and notifications.
• Set iOS architecture, coding standards, and review practices for the engineers who follow.
• Instrument the app for analytics, experimentation, and crash-free releases.
• Work closely with the Android lead, hardware integration, and backend engineers to ship complete features.
• Drive fast, high-quality release cycles through TestFlight and the App Store.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

AVFoundation

iOS architecture

UI quality

Lead engineer

Tools

React Native

Flutter

KMP

Job description

Figure, an AI robotics company based in San Jose, CA, is seeking an iOS lead to own the consumer iPhone app end to end. You will set the technical direction for the platform, ship the app, and grow the team behind it.

You’ll lead a small, fast-moving team, collaborating with hardware and backend engineers to deliver high-quality, scalable features and analytics-enabled releases through TestFlight and the App Store.