Founding iOS Engineer — Own the Platform, Ship Fast

Initi8 Recruitment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Initi8 Recruitment in New York City is seeking an ambitious iOS engineer to own the iOS side of a fast-moving marketplace platform. You will design, build, and ship scalable features, pushing code straight to production and helping shape the next steps of the product.

You're not just chasing a paycheck—you want ownership from day one, with a flat team and no unnecessary approvals. The role offers real equity potential and a chance to influence the technical roadmap while the product scales to

Qualifications

• Strong iOS experience, and bonus points if you've seen what happens when an app starts to scale
• Strong hands-on work with SwiftUI and modern interface development
• A solid grip on software architecture and mobile engineering fundamentals
• Curiosity around performance, debugging, and troubleshooting under real load
• Strong OOP and general programming fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Own the iOS side of a fast-moving marketplace platform and ship the systems that keep it running as it grows
• Design, build, and ship scalable iOS features; push code straight to production
• Influence the technical roadmap and architecture decisions from day one

Skills

iOS experience

SwiftUI

Mobile architecture

Performance debugging

OOP fundamentals

Job description

Initi8 Recruitment in New York City is seeking an ambitious iOS engineer to own the iOS side of a fast-moving marketplace platform. You will design, build, and ship scalable features, pushing code straight to production and helping shape the next steps of the product.

You're not just chasing a paycheck—you want ownership from day one, with a flat team and no unnecessary approvals. The role offers real equity potential and a chance to influence the technical roadmap while the product scales to