iOS Mobile Architect — Lead Scalable, High-Performance Apps

Air Apps; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple hardware ecosystem for work.

Annual Bonus.

Medical Insurance (vision & dental)

Disability insurance - short and long‑

401k up to 4% contribution.

Air Conference

Job summary

Air Apps in San Francisco seeks a Mobile Software Architect to design scalable iOS architecture for our AI-powered Resource Planner suite. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering to craft a performant mobile ecosystem for millions of users.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, clean code, and patterns (MVVM, VIPER) while maintaining awareness of Android. You will mentor engineers and drive architectural excellence.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of mobile development with an architectural mindset.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the mobile architecture strategy, ensuring a scalable and maintainable foundation across projects.
• Focus primarily on iOS architecture, libraries, and platform-specific patterns, while maintaining an understanding of Android frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to ensure architectural decisions align with product goals and user experience.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and performance guidelines.
• Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on refactoring and scaling existing mobile applications.
• Design APIs, SDKs, and modular components that can be reused across teams.
• Guide decisions around third-party libraries, mobile tooling, and build/deployment pipelines.
• Partner with backend and cloud teams to ensure seamless integration between mobile apps and services.
• Stay current with the latest trends and best practices in mobile architecture, performance, and security.
• Mentor mobile engineers and help elevate the team’s technical proficiency.

Skills

iOS development (Swift)

UIKit

SwiftUI

Combine

Android basics

API integration

CI/CD pipelines

Architectural mindset

MVVM / VIPER

Code quality & patterns

Tools

Xcode

Job description

Air Apps in San Francisco seeks a Mobile Software Architect to design scalable iOS architecture for our AI-powered Resource Planner suite. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering to craft a performant mobile ecosystem for millions of users.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, clean code, and patterns (MVVM, VIPER) while maintaining awareness of Android. You will mentor engineers and drive architectural excellence.