Staff iOS Engineer - Privacy-First, AI-Driven Mobile Lead

Cloaked; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive PTO

Monthly health stipend

Late Night Meals

Professional Growth

Job summary

Cloaked is seeking a Staff iOS Engineer to lead mobile development across its product suite. You will design privacy-first mobile apps, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship feature-rich experiences on iOS at scale.

You will mentor peers, shape code quality, and leverage AI tools to accelerate delivery while upholding security and privacy standards. Hybrid NYC-based team with global distribution.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Swift.
• Hands-on experience with SwiftUI, Combine, and structured concurrency.
• Deep knowledge of mobile databases: Core Data, Realm, SQL.
• Strong understanding of backend API integration (RESTful).
• Familiarity with iOS architecture patterns (MVVM, state observation, data flow).
• Experience with iOS Extension and Safari Extension development.
• Solid understanding of cryptographic principles: symmetric and asymmetric encryption.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and agile development practices.
• Track record shipping B2C consumer products at scale.
• Active daily use of AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude, Codex) with strong prompt judgment and tool selection instincts.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and build privacy-first mobile applications.
• Build and iterate rapidly on product surfaces across the Cloaked suite to support experimentation and product-market fit.
• Provide senior technical leadership on application architecture, code quality, and engineering best practices.
• Help the team ship features faster and with fewer bugs by raising the overall engineering bar.
• Collaborate with design, backend, and product teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Implement new functionality and APIs, including REST and GraphQL integrations.

Skills

Swift

SwiftUI

Combine

Structured concurrency

Core Data

Realm

SQL

REST integration

iOS architecture MVVM

Git

CI/CD

Tools

Xcode

GraphQL

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Cloaked is seeking a Staff iOS Engineer to lead mobile development across its product suite. You will design privacy-first mobile apps, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship feature-rich experiences on iOS at scale.

You will mentor peers, shape code quality, and leverage AI tools to accelerate delivery while upholding security and privacy standards. Hybrid NYC-based team with global distribution.