Founding iOS Engineer for AI-Powered Mobile Platform

Searchability®; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-scaling technology company in New York, NY, is seeking a founding iOS engineer to build their first mobile application. This senior role involves defining architecture, establishing engineering standards, and crafting high-quality mobile experiences powered by AI. Candidates should possess over 5 years of iOS development experience, particularly in Swift, and be comfortable working across product and design teams. This position enables the right individual to shape the future of the company's mobile initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience building and maintaining production iOS applications.
• Strong experience with Swift and modern iOS development practices.
• Proven experience shipping high-quality, user-facing mobile products.
• Strong product intuition focusing on usability and design quality.
• Experience designing scalable mobile architectures and reusable components.
• Comfortable owning an entire product area as a senior individual contributor.
• Ability to work closely with product and design teams to deliver polished mobile experiences.

Responsibilities

• Building and shipping the company’s first native iOS application from scratch.
• Designing scalable mobile architecture and development patterns.
• Creating high-quality, polished user experiences in collaboration with product and design.
• Implementing AI-native interaction patterns and chat-based workflows.
• Establishing testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes.
• Building reusable components and abstractions that support future mobile development.
• Driving key technical decisions around mobile architecture and tooling.
• Remaining hands-on in production code while setting long-term mobile engineering direction.

Skills

iOS Engineer

Swift

Native iOS Development

Mobile Architecture

Mobile Product Development

CI/CD

AI Products

Mobile UX

Scalable Mobile Applications

Job description

A fast-scaling technology company in New York, NY, is seeking a founding iOS engineer to build their first mobile application. This senior role involves defining architecture, establishing engineering standards, and crafting high-quality mobile experiences powered by AI. Candidates should possess over 5 years of iOS development experience, particularly in Swift, and be comfortable working across product and design teams. This position enables the right individual to shape the future of the company's mobile initiatives.