Senior iOS Engineer — AI-Powered Mail Platform

Superhuman; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health care

401(k) and RRSP matching

Paid parental leave

20 days of paid time off

Growth stipends

Professional development budget

Job summary

Superhuman is seeking an experienced iOS engineer to own our mobile roadmap and play a key role in shaping the technical strategy for the Superhuman Mail mobile experience. You will partner with product and engineering leadership to balance speed, reliability, and user impact across multiple teams.

You will lead architecture decisions, mentor senior engineers, and help define a two-year vision for our mobile platform, embracing AI tooling to accelerate shipping high-quality features across iOS

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in iOS development or related roles.
• Expertise in Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, and iOS frameworks.
• Track record of shipping high-quality, delightful mobile experiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and lead technical direction with limited guidance.
• Experience in working in 0-to-1 environments (early-stage or new-product work).
• Strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to mentor and support other engineers.
• Fluency with AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) and a point of view on how they change the way teams build software.
• Strong product instincts - you care about the end-user experience and can make good tradeoffs between speed and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own the one-to-two-year technical vision for our mobile platform: architecture, technical foundations, and the roadmap of investments that keep us fast and reliable as we scale.
• Partner with the PM and EM to define product strategy — where we go, why, and how — grounded in a deep understanding of the user, the goals, and the metrics that matter, and then drive execution to get there.
• Identify and personally own the highest-complexity, highest-impact engineering initiatives spanning multiple teams.
• Mentor and coach senior engineers to grow in execution, judgment, and influence.
• Drive alignment across functions, navigating ambiguity and organizational complexity to proactively land the right outcomes.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

SwiftUI

iOS frameworks

Mentoring

Job description

Superhuman is seeking an experienced iOS engineer to own our mobile roadmap and play a key role in shaping the technical strategy for the Superhuman Mail mobile experience. You will partner with product and engineering leadership to balance speed, reliability, and user impact across multiple teams.

You will lead architecture decisions, mentor senior engineers, and help define a two-year vision for our mobile platform, embracing AI tooling to accelerate shipping high-quality features across iOS