iOS Engineer

Kindredventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal is building a series of new devices and experiences designed to surprise and delight users. We are seeking an iOS-focused engineer to craft the mobile experience that connects our devices to people’s daily lives, from first pairing to everyday use.

Join a team focused on seamless, low-latency communication between apps, devices, and cloud services, while delivering polished, high-performance interfaces across a range of iOS devices and OS versions.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience building and shipping native iOS applications.
• Fluent in Swift and SwiftUI, with a strong grasp of UIKit and the broader Apple ecosystem.
• Design and build intuitive interfaces for pairing, controlling, and managing hardware devices over Bluetooth/BLE and Wi‑Fi.
• Well-versed in iOS app lifecycle, background activity, and ensuring uninterrupted peripheral device connectivity with the app in the background.
• Partner closely with firmware and cloud teams to build seamless, low-latency communication between the app, device, and backend.
• Own onboarding, account, and OTA update flows that feel effortless to the end user.
• Optimize for performance and reliability across a wide range of iOS devices and OS versions.
• Obsess over craft and polish, treating animation, interaction, and detail as core to the product experience.
• Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement iOS apps using Swift and SwiftUI.
• Develop intuitive UI for pairing and controlling hardware via Bluetooth/BLE and Wi-Fi.
• Collaborate with firmware and cloud teams to ensure low-latency communication.
• Own onboarding, accounts, and OTA update flows.
• Optimize performance across a broad range of devices and iOS versions.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Bluetooth/BLE

iOS Ecosystem

Tools

Xcode

Job description

We started with a simple idea: the things you use most often should be the best things you own.

This led us to invent.

Opal has been working on new things that may surprise even you.

So much has changed in technology, and so much of technology is stuck in the lab. Opal is building a series of new devices, that give consumers exciting new abilities.

It’s more than cameras.

Focus: Craft the mobile experience that connects our devices to people's daily lives, from first pairing to everyday use.

• 3-6 years of experience building and shipping native iOS applications.
• Fluent in Swift and SwiftUI, with a strong grasp of UIKit and the broader Apple ecosystem.
• Design and build intuitive interfaces for pairing, controlling, and managing hardware devices over Bluetooth/BLE and Wi-Fi.
• Well-versed in iOS app lifecycle, allowed background activity, and ensuring uninterrupted peripheral device connectivity with the app in the background.
• Partner closely with firmware and cloud teams to build seamless, low-latency communication between the app, device, and backend.
• Own onboarding, account, and OTA update flows that feel effortless to the end user.
• Optimize for performance and reliability across a wide range of iOS devices and OS versions.
• Obsess over craft and polish, treating animation, interaction, and detail as core to the product experience.
• Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined.