Lead iOS Engineer - Remote, Equity, Shape a Student App

SimpleStudy; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students. We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to own the mobile app end-to-end, mentor the existing engineers, and collaborate with leadership on product direction where mobile intersects with growth and onboarding.

The role requires 5+ years in native iOS, Swift proficiency, SwiftUI/ UIKit experience, and a track record of shipping consumer iOS apps.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in native iOS development.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Proficiency in Swift.
• Experience building and shipping consumer-grade iOS applications.
• Experience with SwiftUI and UIKit.
• Familiarity with iOS frameworks and tools such as Combine and App Store deployment.
• Experience with Xcode, XCTest, TestFlight, and App Store Connect.
• Experience with common iOS architecture and state management patterns.
• Bonus: Objective-C experience.
• Bonus: Android development (Kotlin).

Responsibilities

• Own the mobile app end-to-end — architecture, performance, release process, and roadmap.
• Lead and mentor the two existing engineers already supporting mobile.
• Partner with management and founder on engineering strategy and product direction.
• Drive native-feel polish and platform-specific conventions (iOS/Android).
• Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment — ship features, instrument, measure impact, iterate fast.
• Own app store presence and release cadence — versioning, store optimization, crash/performance monitoring.
• Potentially help grow a dedicated mobile team as the app grows.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

SwiftUI

Team leadership

App deployment

Xcode & testing

Android (Kotlin)

Tools

Node.js

React.js

React Native

Next.js

Nest.js

Expo

Prisma

Tailwind

AWS

Job description

SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students. We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, seeking a Senior iOS Engineer to own the mobile app end-to-end, mentor the existing engineers, and collaborate with leadership on product direction where mobile intersects with growth and onboarding.

The role requires 5+ years in native iOS, Swift proficiency, SwiftUI/ UIKit experience, and a track record of shipping consumer iOS apps.