About the role...

We are seeking a Lead iOS Engineer with a passion for developing exceptional mobile applications and rich user experiences. The ideal candidate is a product and design focused engineer and architect, who has shown prior ability in making thoughtful product decisions, implementing fluid and well-crafted interactions, and architecting large-scale applications.

The candidate should have extensive experience in building high-performance, consumer-centric iOS applications with a focus on delivering exceptional product experiences. The candidate will be one of the main contributors to our flagship mobile app, tasked with building a rich and delightful user experience, and collaborating with our design team, other engineers, and directly with our head of engineering and head of design.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop Cosmos V2 - a greenfield SwiftUI app that will replace our existing Cosmos production app.
• Contribute to the maintenance of our existing flagship mobile iOS app while we migrate to V2
• Collaborate closely with our small team of engineers and designers to help design, develop, and deliver high-quality iOS UX and architecture.
• Use a product-driven approach to development, thinking critically about the product strategy and ways to implement it efficiently
• Implement new features, optimize existing ones and write clean, maintainable code.
• Work on improvements to our development experience - from our integration & deployment pipelines, to our local env setup.
• Participate in code reviews and help to maintain high code quality standards.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS technologies and make recommendations for improvements to the development process.
• Be a forward-thinking engineer, incorporating AI into both you development workflow and end-user features, as well prototyping for Apple Vision and iPad OS.

Requirements:

• Experience building a SwiftUI app at scale. Bonus points for working on a migration from UIKit to SwiftUI in production.
• 5+ years of experience in developing iOS applications using Swift and Objective-C
• Experience building and delivering complex iOS applications with a proven track record of successful product launches.
• Experience architecting MVVM applications
• Strong understanding of the iOS platform, including its limitations and performance characteristics.
• Experience with SwiftUI, Swift Concurrency, and other iOS frameworks.
• UIKit and Combine experience is a nice-to-have (our legacy app heavily utilizes these).
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and experience in building and maintaining large-scale codebases.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• This is a hybrid role based 3-days / week out of our NYC (Soho) office, so you must be in the area and able to commute in.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Health care and dental
• Flexible work hours and generous paid time off
• Hybrid remote work environment