iOS Engineer
What is Fizz
Fizz is America’s biggest college social app, allowing Gen Z to connect around their shared experiences and identities. College Fizz communities feature a private, moderated feed of posts from verified students, making it the most entertaining and authentic way to experience student life. Our newest product, Global Fizz, brings together all of Gen Z nationwide, providing a space to satisfy the 99% of life not on entertainment platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Fizz is on a mission to bring social back to social media.
What we’ve done
We first launched Fizz at Stanford in July 2021 and have since seen >95% of undergraduates join the app, half of which use Fizz every day. Since raising a $25M Series B in July 2023, we have established ourselves as the dominant community platform at 700+ colleges, have begun to generate revenue through advertising, and are actively expanding to communities beyond college.
Where we’re going
We have three primary goals for 2025-2026: continue our expansion to the entire US college market, drive revenue growth through our revolutionary ads business, and rapidly iterate on our product to become the dominant social platform for all of Gen Z, not just US college students.
What you’ll be doing
Our engineering team is lean and incredibly impactful. If you enjoy an environment that heavily values ownership, autonomy, rapid iteration, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on our product, you’ll fit right in! As an iOS Engineer at Fizz, you will:
• Own and ship major product features end-to-end, rapidly taking ideas from 0→1 and iterating based on user feedback
• Build intuitive, high-impact user experiences in SwiftUI/UIKit while collaborating closely with design and product
• Work with backend engineers to ensure seamless functionality across the stack and contribute backend code when needed
• Develop and maintain scalable app infrastructure, including shared components, performance improvements, and reliability efforts
• Set up tools, processes, and engineering systems that improve team velocity and strengthen engineering culture
Qualifications
• 4 to 7 years of experience building and scaling native iOS apps
• Strong experience with Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit
• Demonstrated ability to build and ship production-quality iOS apps from 0 to 1, ideally in a startup or fast-paced environment
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, and comfort collaborating with backend engineers—or contributing directly to backend code when needed
• Understanding of core iOS platform concepts, such as app lifecycle, data persistence, concurrency, and performance optimization
• Awareness of common security and privacy best practices from a developer perspective
• Strong product intuition and a pulse on Gen Z user behavior—able to build features that are both delightful and impactful
This is an onsite role based out of our New York, NY (Soho) office. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate.
The targeted compensation range for this role is between $150,000 - $200,000 a year, based on job related skills and experience. Fizz full-time employees are eligible for company sponsored benefits and equity.
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What We Do
Fizz is a private and authenticated platform designed to revolutionize the social fabric of communities, starting with colleges. After verifying a university email address, students use Fizz to post questions, memes, polls, and chat directly with other verified students, all while maintaining full control of their identity and privacy. Fizz communities are safe, authentic, and inclusive, made possible through community-based moderation.
Launched by two Stanford dropouts, Fizz is currently expanding into colleges all across the US. In a time when social media is plagued by curated highlight reals and lack of authenticity, Fizz is on a mission to redefine the definition of a true social network.
