SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.
We are looking for a senior iOS Engineer to join the SoundCloud Creator team, with a mission to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences for Artists on iOS that connect millions of users with the music and artists they love. You’ll play a key role in shaping the SoundCloud Artist mobile experience, helping users discover unique content and interact with the platform wherever they are.
This role offers a great opportunity to grow as an iOS engineer while shaping key parts of the Artist experience at SoundCloud.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain SoundCloud’s Artist experience on iOS, delivering responsive, high-quality user experiences
- Contribute to the modernization of our codebase by refactoring Objective-C and modularizing components using Swift and SwiftUI
- Build and optimize UI components using SwiftUI, with a focus on performance, accessibility, and platform consistency
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including product, design, backend, and analytics—to define, build, and iterate on features
- Support experimentation and data-driven product development by integrating A/B testing and tracking into mobile features
- Take part in architectural decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices to ensure maintainable, scalable mobile development
Background & Experience:
- Professional experience building iOS applications using Swift, with strong knowledge of object-oriented programming, SwiftUI
- Comfortable working in and improving large, existing codebases, including refactoring Objective-C and maintaining clean, maintainable code
- Eager to learn new technologies, experiment, and continuously improve as an engineer
- Skilled at working in cross-functional teams, proactively communicating, and breaking down complex problems into simple, elegant solutions
- Thrives in a collaborative, agile environment, while also capable of working independently and taking initiative
- Passionate about music, mobile development, and building intuitive, high-impact experiences for millions of users
The salary range for this role is $140,000 - $165,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below!
About us:- We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
- We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
- We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard
- We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
- Robust 401k program
- Employee Equity Plan
- Generous professional development allowance
- Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
- Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
- 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
- Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office
SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.
At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.
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SoundCloud is a next-generation music entertainment company powered by an ecosystem of artists, fans, and thriving communities. As one of the world’s most influential cultural platforms, SoundCloud holds a singular market position as both a music-streaming service with the largest catalog of music, and an artist services and distribution business to help artists grow long-term, successful careers.
