iOS Team Lead (Founding Lead)

Our platform already boasts a thriving Android app and a community that sparks thousands of new conversations every day—yet the iOS experience is still waiting to shine. As our first iOS Team Lead for this app, you’ll take a well-defined product roadmap and core requirements, refine them into a practical engineering plan, and set the standards for quality and scalability. You’ll recruit and mentor a small iOS squad, foster a collaborative engineering culture, and work closely with Product and Design to translate user insights into features that delight. Expect the autonomy of a founding engineer, plus hands-on support from the existing Android and backend teams every step of the way.

In this role, you will

Relaunch our iOS app from the ground up, turning a ready-made roadmap into a high-performance, production-ready experience
Hire, mentor, and inspire a lean iOS squad, setting the bar for clean, testable code and modern engineering practices
Own delivery timelines: break big goals into clear milestones and keep the team laser-focused on hitting them
Establish the technical playbook—architecture, CI, code reviews—that will scale with millions of users
Partner daily with Product, Design, Android, and Backend leads to turn bold ideas into features that delight users and solve real business challenges

It’s All About You

5+ years building and shipping consumer iOS apps, with at least one release that reached 100 k+ active users
2+ years in a Tech Lead or Team Lead role, hiring and coaching 2-5 engineers, running stand-ups, and guiding performance reviews
Profound knowledge of Swift and iOS SDK
Understanding of architectural concepts (MVVM+Clean Architecture)
Deep understanding of Git and best practices (GitFlow, TBD, etc.)
Familiarity with reactive programming (Combine)
Experience with code signing and provisioning
In-depth knowledge of UIKit and SwiftUI
Familiarity with Google SDK, Facebook SDK, and Lottie (optional)
Thorough understanding of multithreading
Testing experience, including Unit/UI/Integration testing
Database experience with CoreData/Realm
Networking experience, including REST and sockets
Proficiency in following a Kanban-like process or Scrumban, with typical Scrum ceremonies
Experience with dependency managers such as SPM, CocoaPods, and Carthage
Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment tools (Jenkins, Fastlane, Bitrise)
Knowledge of UI/UX patterns for mobile
Experience with Design Patterns
Results-oriented mindset, focusing on outcomes rather than processes
Would be a plus
Proven history of designing—or completely rebuilding—app architecture and clearly defending your technical choices
Hands-on experience with cross-platform sharing layers (e.g., Kotlin Multiplatform)

What We Offer

Care and support:
20 paid vacation days, 15 sick days, and 6 additional days off for family events
100% medical insurance coverage
Sports and equipment reimbursement
Team building events, corporate gifts, and stylish merch
Financial and legal support
Position retention and support for those who join the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Participation in social initiatives supporting Ukraine
Comfortable working environment:
Work from our Kyiv hub or remotely with a flexible schedule
Workspace rental reimbursement in other cities and abroad
Modern equipment or depreciation of your own tools
Investment in your future:
Collaborate with a highly-skilled team of Middle & Senior professionals, sharing practical cases and expertise in the social networking niche
70% of our heads and leads have grown into their roles here – so can you!
Performance-oriented reviews and Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
Reimbursement for professional courses and English classes
Corporate library, book club, and knowledge-sharing events

Hiring process

Intro call
Tech Interview
Final Interview
Reference check
Offer

iOS Team Lead (Founding Lead)

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