Senior iOS Engineer

Posted 5 Days Ago
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5 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Information Technology • Mobile • Software • App development
The Role
Build and ship polished iOS app features end to end, contribute product ideas, design and analyze A/B tests, improve development workflows and AI practices, and collaborate closely with design and product. The role requires deep Apple-platform expertise, strong product judgment, attention to detail, startup experience, customer empathy, and ownership in an ambiguous environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

We're looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to build the app that helps millions of people take their attention back.

Role Title: Senior iOS Engineer
Team: Engineering

Location: Remote (EU or UK), with bi-annual global meetups and 1 team meetup

Why Opal
  • Mission-driven impact: We are on a mission to help 1 billion people focus better every day. Our community has saved 500M+ hours and counting.

  • Ownership & flexibility: Structure your work to foster creativity and productivity.

  • Collaborative culture: A small, high-impact team that gathers bi-annually for meetups and learning. Nearly $1M in revenue per employee.

  • Growth & recognition: A top-30 US productivity app, Apple Design Award finalist, 4.8/5 across 60k+ reviews. Competitive compensation and early equity.

  • Well-supported: Backed by world-class investors and the founders of Pinterest, Snapchat and Revolut.

Why This Role and Why Now?

Screen time has become one of the defining issues of our era, affecting more than 5 billion people who carry a smartphone every day. Public awareness is rising fast, regulators are paying attention and Apple has made Screen Time a headline feature of its recent OS releases.

It is also a genuinely interesting moment to be an iOS engineer. The way apps get built has changed more in the last two years than in the previous ten. We want someone who is already living in that change, has built their own way of working with AI, and is improving it while maintaining ownership and a high bar for craft and excellence.

Here's why this is the right moment to join:

  • A small team where your work is visible: You'll own real surfaces of an app that millions of people open every day.

  • Craft is the culture: Polish is not a phase at the end of a project; it's the point.

  • Room to lead: This role is scoped so that it can grow into technical leadership.

What You'll Be Doing
  • Ship features and interactions end to end in the iOS app

  • Bring your own ideas into the product, not just execute specs

  • Design and analyse AB tests, and act on what the metrics say

  • Improve our dev workflows, tooling and how the team works with AI

  • Work directly with design and product in a flat, collaborative structure

  • Support customers and stay close to what they're experiencing

What You Bring
  • 5+ years building iOS apps, with work you can show live in the App Store

  • Deep Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit and Combine. You are comfortable across the iOS toolchain

  • An eye that catches the details other people ship past

  • Your own workflows for working with AI, which you keep sharpening for yourself and your team

  • Experience at an early-stage or fast-growing startup, where you owned more than your job title

  • Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward resolving it yourself

  • A view on what makes a feature succeed, not just what makes it work

Bonus
  • MacOS, WatchOS, WidgetKit and other Apple frameworks

  • Experience training or fine-tuning models

  • AB testing and analytics experience

  • Apps of your own in the App Store, built because you wanted them to exist

  • French

How to apply

The application takes about 15 minutes.

We ask for links to what you’ve shipped, a short video of something you built that you’re proud of, and how you work with AI. We watch every video.

If you want the thing you build to be the reason millions of people get their attention back, we’d like to see your work.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years building iOS applications
  • Live work available in the App Store
  • Deep experience with Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, and the iOS toolchain
  • Strong attention to product and implementation details
  • Established workflows for working with AI and willingness to improve them
  • Experience at an early-stage or fast-growing startup
  • Comfort with ambiguity and independently resolving problems
  • Product judgment regarding what makes features succeed
  • macOS, watchOS, WidgetKit, and other Apple frameworks
  • Experience training or fine-tuning models
  • A/B testing and analytics experience
  • Personally built apps available in the App Store
  • French language proficiency
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The Company
HQ: New York City, New York
32 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Opal is The Focus Company™️ Our mission is to empower humans to focus better every day. We believe in the power of technology for human progress, productivity and happiness.

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