iOS Engineer
Share
Job Location:
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About AppLovin
AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end software and AI solutions for businesses to reach monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin visit: .
To deliver on this mission our global team is composed of team members with life experiences backgrounds and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin we are intentional about the team and culture we are building seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.
Fortune recognizes AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area and the company has been a Certified Great Place to Work for the last four years (2021-2024). Check out the rest of our awards HERE.
At AppLovin were building the future of social connectivity - a next-generation platform that redefines how people create discover and engage with content. This new venture represents a unique opportunity to shape the future of mobile social experiences combining the innovation of a startup with the scale and resources of an industry leader. Were assembling an exceptional team to bring this vision to life starting with foundational roles like yours.
A Day in the Life
As a founding iOS Engineer for this venture you will be a primary architect of our core mobile experience. Your code will define the performance feel and innovation of our social platform for millions of potential users. One day you might be crafting buttery-smooth custom gesture-driven interfaces for content discovery; the next you could be optimizing memory-intensive media rendering pipelines or building sophisticated real-time capture and creation tools from the ground up. You wont just be implementing tickets - youll be solving complex technical challenges making key architectural decisions and collaborating directly with product and design to shape the future of the app. This role offers the rare opportunity to build a world-class iOS application from a blank slate with a focus on technical excellence and user delight.
The Impact Youll Make
Architect and Build: Design develop and maintain core features of our iOS application ensuring robustness performance and scalability from inception
Optimize Performance: Take ownership of the apps performance focusing on critical metrics like interface fluency media playback efficiency and memory management to deliver best-in-class user experiences
Innovate on Core Features: Tackle complex technical challenges in areas such as custom media playback real-time content processing intuitive gesture handling and seamless social interactions
Collaborate and Influence: Work closely with Product Managers Designers and Backend Engineers to define feature specifications propose technical solutions and influence product direction
Establish Foundations: Help establish engineering best practices including code architecture review processes and testing standards for a codebase built to last and scale
Who You Are
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience
3 years of professional iOS development experience with deep proficiency in Swift and strong understanding of iOS frameworks including UIKit and SwiftUI
Proven track record of building and shipping complex high-performance consumer mobile applications to the App Store
Deep understanding of iOS memory management multithreading networking and performance profiling tools
Experience with software architecture patterns and passion for writing clean maintainable and testable code
Product-minded engineer who cares about user experience and enjoys cross-functional collaboration
Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced entrepreneurial environments - proactive ownership-driven and excited to build from zero to one
Bonus Qualifications
Experience with media-intensive applications involving video audio or camera functionality
Background in social content creation or community-driven products
Familiarity with real-time communication technologies and protocols
Why Join This Venture
This is more than a job - its a startup within a proven powerhouse. Youll get the best of both worlds: the autonomy impact and pace of a startup combined with the resources stability and expertise of AppLovin. As a key member of the founding engineering team your technical contributions will be highly visible and critical to our success. Youll have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technical challenges without legacy constraints building a product that could become the next iconic social platform. Join our small mission-driven team and help create the next growth story from scratch.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- REST
- Design Patterns
- Objective C
- iOS Development
- Swift
- Application Development
- SDKs
- SQLITE
- IOS
- JSON
- Mobile Applications
About Company
AppLovin connects you to audiences in-app, on mobile devices, across streaming TV, and beyond. Our advanced suite of solutions for app monetization and user acquisition drives growth and maximizes revenue for publishers and advertisers globally. Grow your business with AppLovin.
