United States
Redwood Materials
PulseRise Technologies
Founding iOS Engineer
United States
New York, New York, United States
React
About the opportunity
We are hiring a Founding iOS Engineer to become one of the first and most influential technical hires shaping the future of our mobile platform. This is a true 0→1 opportunity for someone who wants ownership, product influence, and the ability to define the architecture, standards, and long-term direction of a consumer-facing iOS application from the ground up. You will work closely with Product, Design, and Leadership to rebuild and scale the mobile experience while helping establish engineering culture, technical foundations, and future hiring standards.
Details
Location: New York City (Onsite)
Employment Type: Full-time
Level: Senior / Staff-level
Start Date: ASAP
Interview Process: Phone Screen → Technical Interview → Team Fit → Final Discussion
Key Responsibilities
- Own the native iOS application end-to-end
- Lead architecture decisions and establish engineering standards
- Build scalable, maintainable, production-grade iOS systems
- Drive migration and long-term native mobile strategy
- Partner closely with Product and Design teams on feature development
- Build critical user journeys including onboarding, search, booking, account management, and payments
- Improve app performance, observability, analytics, and reliability
- Implement testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes
- Shape APIs and collaborate with backend teams on mobile-first architecture
- Participate in technical roadmap planning and future team growth
- Help hire and mentor future mobile engineers as the team scales
Minimum requirements
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional iOS engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Swift and modern iOS development
- Experience building and shipping production iOS applications at scale
- Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularization)
- Experience with SwiftUI and UIKit
- Experience with networking, concurrency, offline-first patterns, and app performance optimization
- Strong product mindset with ability to work closely with design/product stakeholders
- Experience operating in startup or ambiguous fast-moving environments
- Ability to take ownership without heavy process or management overhead
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Nice to Have
- Experience as an early or founding engineer at a startup
- Experience migrating applications from Flutter or React Native to native iOS
- Experience with analytics, experimentation, and growth-focused mobile features
- Background in marketplaces, fintech, travel, booking, or consumer platforms
- CI/CD and mobile release automation experience
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading small mobile teams
Why This Role
- Foundational ownership over the entire mobile platform
- High product and business impact
- Direct collaboration with leadership and decision-makers
- Opportunity to shape engineering culture from the beginning
- Equity participation and long-term growth opportunity
- Ability to influence product strategy, architecture, and hiring decisions
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