Lead iOS Engineer — Own & Scale Features from Day 1

Initi8 Recruitment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Initi8 Recruitment in New York City seeks an ambitious iOS engineer to own features from idea to shipped product. You will work directly with founders, product, design, and backend engineers to turn concepts into polished experiences with significant influence over mobile architecture and user experience.

This is not maintenance; you’ll ship high-impact features, define architecture, and drive the product forward with ownership and speed.

Qualifications

• Solid iOS development experience using MVVM or similar patterns.
• Built and scaled iOS apps from 0 to 1.
• Strong proficiency in Swift or Objective-C.
• Experience with REST APIs and asynchronous data handling.
• High ownership and proactive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-quality iOS features using Swift.
• Help define and evolve the company's iOS architecture.
• Create interfaces and interactions that feel fast and native.
• Debug production issues and improve app reliability and performance.
• Help establish engineering practices as the mobile team grows.

Skills

MVVM

Swift

Objective-C

REST APIs

Ownership

iOS scaling

Job description

Initi8 Recruitment in New York City seeks an ambitious iOS engineer to own features from idea to shipped product. You will work directly with founders, product, design, and backend engineers to turn concepts into polished experiences with significant influence over mobile architecture and user experience.

This is not maintenance; you’ll ship high-impact features, define architecture, and drive the product forward with ownership and speed.