Remote Founding iOS Engineer — Swift & SwiftUI Lead

Ulvior; United States; Remote; USD 61,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

HostOp is seeking a founding iOS engineer to architect and ship a native iOS app in Swift/SwiftUI. You will transform Figma designs into polished screens, ensure cross-device compatibility, and implement Apple-native features such as push notifications, Live Activities, and Wallet passes.

You’ll own the App Store pipeline and collaborate with design and backend teams to deliver a production-ready product. You will work 8 hours daily during US Eastern business hours, with full-time, remote work

Qualifications

• 6+ years building iOS apps natively in Swift.
• Shipped multiple apps to the App Store, ideally B2B or SaaS, and owned the release process end to end.
• Expert in Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit, Swift concurrency and Xcode.
• Deep knowledge of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, App Store Review Guidelines, privacy manifests and App Store Connect.
• Adaptive layouts across iPhone sizes and form factors, including iPhone Duo and iOS 27 multitasking.
• Push notifications (APNs), deep links, background tasks, Keychain and authentication.
• Networking with REST and real-time APIs. Supabase or Postgres experience is a plus.
• Performance tuning with Instruments, crash reporting and CI/CD with Xcode Cloud or Fastlane.
• Testing with XCTest or Swift Testing.
• Excellent written and spoken English, and 8 hours a day during US Eastern business hours.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the HostOp iOS app in Swift and SwiftUI, on top of our existing APIs.
• Turn Figma designs into polished screens that follow Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.
• Make every screen adapt across iPhones, from the largest Pro Max to the foldable iPhone Duo, with Dynamic Type, Dark Mode and orientation changes.
• Build the Apple-native features: push notifications, widgets, Live Activities, App Intents, Face ID and Apple Wallet passes.
• Own the App Store pipeline: signing, TestFlight, App Store Connect, privacy labels, review guidelines and releases.
• Set up crash reporting, analytics and CI/CD with Xcode Cloud or Fastlane.
• Keep the app fast, smooth and live-updating, profiled with Instruments.
• Partner with our designers on iOS patterns and with our engineers on the APIs the app needs.
• Help plan Android as a later, separate release.
• First 90 days: learn product, set architecture, ship internal TestFlight; days 61–90: v1 submitted to App Store.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

SwiftUI

UIKit

Swift concurrency

Xcode

App Store deployment

REST APIs

CI/CD

English communication

Tools

Xcode Cloud

Job description

HostOp is seeking a founding iOS engineer to architect and ship a native iOS app in Swift/SwiftUI. You will transform Figma designs into polished screens, ensure cross-device compatibility, and implement Apple-native features such as push notifications, Live Activities, and Wallet passes.

You’ll own the App Store pipeline and collaborate with design and backend teams to deliver a production-ready product. You will work 8 hours daily during US Eastern business hours, with full-time, remote work