Software Engineer, iOS

📍 San Francisco | 🚀 Stealth Startup | Video AI | 🏢 5 Days Onsite

We’re a startup at the intersection of video AI and social media, with experienced serial entrepreneurs, a world-class team, and solid financial backing. We are looking for a talented Software Engineer, iOS to join our core team and build the future of mobile content creation. As one of the first mobile engineers, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our iOS experience from the ground up. You’ll work closely with product, design, and backend/ML engineers to bring our generative AI-powered video tools to life on mobile—building sleek, high-performance apps that creators will love.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain native iOS applications in Swift.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to develop intuitive, responsive mobile experiences.
• Integrate backend APIs and ML-powered features into the iOS app.
• Work closely with designers to implement smooth, beautiful user interfaces with great attention to detail.
• Optimize for performance, memory usage, and responsiveness on mobile devices.
• Lead efforts in testing, deployment, and maintenance of the mobile app.
• Help define the mobile engineering roadmap and shape mobile-first strategies.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience building and shipping iOS applications, ideally using Swift.
• Solid understanding of iOS frameworks, RESTful APIs, and Apple design principles.
• Experience with performance tuning and memory management for mobile applications.
• Familiarity with tools like Xcode, SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, and CoreAnimation.
• Experience working with backend engineers to integrate complex services and APIs.
• Strong debugging skills and an eye for clean, maintainable code.
• Startup mindset—comfortable wearing many hats and working in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
  
  

Benefits

We provide great benefits, including:

• Top health, dental, vision benefits paid by the company
• 401(k) with 5% matching
• Paid parental leave
• Commuter benefits, with free Caltrain pass
• Unlimited vacation
• Life insurance and disability insurance
• Cell phone service reimbursement
• Free daily office lunch
• Top immigration support: Full support for visa sponsorship, day 1 green card sponsorship
  
  

Compensation

The expected salary range for this position is $165,000 - $400,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications (ranging from junior hires such as new graduates to senior hires with 25+ years of experience). This position is eligible for additional benefits and incentives, including equity, health benefits, retirement plans, and others described above. We are committed to fair and transparent compensation practices.

While the range aligns with the posted job description, we're open to various experience levels. If the role evolves based on the candidate, we’ll adjust and communicate the salary range accordingly.