About the company
Our client is an early-stage software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join a very small engineering team as an early hire, building and owning user-facing features of a mobile application from start to finish. The work blends hands-on development with product judgment, independent problem-solving and a voice in product direction. Expect to take on clearly measurable goals and expand your scope over time.
What you'll do
- Own a mobile app's user-facing surfaces end to end, with a primary focus on front-end and product work.
- Build and improve the core features of the app, getting code into users' hands quickly.
- Investigate and solve real product issues independently, including hardware-related quality problems, without waiting for direction.
- Take ownership of one measurable quality metric and drive it upward over the first few months.
- Make product decisions within your area and respectfully push back on direction when warranted.
- Fix adjacent problems you notice and report back on what you did, what changed and what you would do next.
- Grow into new product areas as the company expands, including future hardware-adjacent work.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A portfolio of finished, self-driven projects that shipped and were actually used, with clean, well-structured code.
- Strong initiative under ambiguity: you spot what needs doing, own it and report back without a ticket.
- Ability to move fast in a real codebase and become productive in Swift within the first couple of weeks, with or without prior iOS experience.
- At least one shipped native mobile project.
- Good product taste, with design sensibility a plus.
- Skill at using AI coding tools well, shaping and editing their output rather than pasting it.
- About 1 to 2 years of experience, with raw building ability valued over pedigree.
- A relentless, hands-on approach that favors fast iteration while staying careful where trust and privacy matter.
Bonus points
- Experience with iOS development or on-device machine learning.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 70,000 to 120,000 per year
- Equity
- Housing support
- Meals and daily necessities covered
- Tools and equipment provided
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Portfolio of finished, self-driven projects that shipped and were used, with clean, well-structured code
- Strong initiative and independent problem-solving under ambiguity
- Ability to become productive in Swift within the first couple of weeks
- At least one shipped native mobile project
- About 1 to 2 years of experience
- Good product judgment and design sensibility
- Ability to effectively use and edit AI coding tools
- iOS development experience
- On-device machine learning experience
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
