On-Device iOS Translation Engineer (Real-Time)

Socket.dev; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time-off

Flexible telework options

Health plans with dental and vision

401K matching

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

Dev Technology Group seeks an iOS Mobile Developer to own real-time on-device translation app development, including architecture, performance, and releases for iPhone platforms.

You will integrate on-device ML models, manage background model delivery, and enable peer-to-peer transcript sharing while ensuring Swift concurrency safety on constrained devices. A federal compliance environment is part of the role with telework options for eligible projects.

Qualifications

• 8+ years shipping production iOS apps in Swift.
• Direct experience with low-latency audio processing (AVAudioEngine / AudioUnit).
• Experience integrating ML or signal processing into iOS apps.
• Memory and performance optimization on constrained devices.
• Background transfers using URLSession and robust download/upload systems.
• Experience with protocol-oriented Swift architecture and multi-module packages.
• Ability to work in a federal compliance environment (FISMA experience is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Own iOS app architecture, performance, memory management and releases.
• Integrate on-device ML models and manage ML frameworks lifecycle.
• Develop real-time audio pipeline and handle voice activity detection.
• Implement background model delivery and resilient downloads/uploads.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer transcript sharing between devices.
• Maintain Swift concurrency and prevent data races on 6GB devices.

Skills

8+ years iOS experience

AVAudioEngine / AudioUnit

ML frameworks in iOS

Memory and performance optimization

URLSession background transfers

Swift concurrency

Federal compliance awareness

Tools

AVAudioEngine

Core ML

ONNX Runtime

WhisperKit

Instruments

URLSession

Job description

Dev Technology Group seeks an iOS Mobile Developer to own real-time on-device translation app development, including architecture, performance, and releases for iPhone platforms.

You will integrate on-device ML models, manage background model delivery, and enable peer-to-peer transcript sharing while ensuring Swift concurrency safety on constrained devices. A federal compliance environment is part of the role with telework options for eligible projects.