Software Engineer, Mobile Platform (iOS)
San Francisco · New York · USD 150,000-168,000 / year · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Sep 23, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco · New York
- Salary
- USD 150,000-168,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- Build the iOS platform that helps engineers ship confidently by turning the first generation of mobile foundations into a durable platform.
- Shape the iOS stack end to end, from shared frameworks and build systems to release quality.
- Work across the shared Rust layer and AI infrastructure for mobile development while partnering with mobile AI and core product engineers.
Responsibilities
- Make the iOS platform agent-ready by providing dependable ways to build, run, test, screenshot, and iterate through the app.
- Define how iOS features are built by establishing architecture and shipping developer tools, then partnering with product engineers to adopt them by the end of the first year.
- Raise the bar for iOS reliability and release quality by improving systems that catch regressions, prevent incidents, and help engineers understand issues quickly.
Requirements
- Deep iOS engineering experience at scale, having helped build and deploy mobile applications used by millions.
- Platform or infrastructure experience working below the product-feature layer on mobile CI/CD, testing platforms, build systems, developer tooling, or shared frameworks.
- Strong architectural judgment familiar with multiple approaches to iOS architecture and the ability to explain trade-offs clearly.
- Cross-functional influence to partner closely with product engineers, understand pain points, and earn adoption for new platform APIs, workflows, and standards.
- AI-native engineering practice using AI tools and agents as real collaborators.
Benefits
- Highly competitive cash compensation
- Equity
- Benefits
Workplace
- Role can be based in either San Francisco or New York City.
- Work from the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays (Anchor Days).
Skills
- iOS
- Rust
- CI/CD