Senior iOS Lead Engineer - Hybrid, Equity & Growth

RealTimeX; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries & equity

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

Gym discounts

Home office stipend

Monthly happy hours

Job summary

Realtime is seeking a Lead iOS engineer to join our hybrid team in New York. You will blur the lines between engineering and product design, helping to foster community and authenticity on the platform.

You’ll work with a modern tech stack and ship features that scale to millions of users. The role demands 5+ years of iOS and Swift experience, leadership of at least a small team, and strong collaboration with cross-functional partners including marketing and operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in iOS and Swift.
• Led a team of 5+ engineers and collaborators should feel they can learn from you.
• Built, shipped and iterated on products from 0 to millions of users (at minimum hundreds of thousands).
• Experience with Firebase (Auth, Realtime DB, FCM, Crashlytics).
• Able to take a feature from spec to completion (UI, Data/Backend, Testing/QA, Future reworks/iterations).
• Attention to detail in product development.

Responsibilities

• Join the team as a Lead iOS engineer and be an integral part of the team.
• Blur lines between engineer and product designer to foster community and authenticity.
• Use a modern tech stack and implement the best tech available.

Skills

iOS development

Swift

Team leadership

Product delivery

Cross-functional

Attention to detail

Learning new tech

Tools

Firebase

Job description

Realtime is seeking a Lead iOS engineer to join our hybrid team in New York. You will blur the lines between engineering and product design, helping to foster community and authenticity on the platform.

You’ll work with a modern tech stack and ship features that scale to millions of users. The role demands 5+ years of iOS and Swift experience, leadership of at least a small team, and strong collaboration with cross-functional partners including marketing and operations.