Ambitious Founding iOS Engineer — Start Up NYC

AMBITIOUS FOUNDING iOS ENGINEER — Start Up NYCSome products you build. Some you help scale into something huge. Every so often, you get in early enough to do both — and this is one of those.We're after an ambitious iOS engineer who wants real ownership from day one — not "join a team and pick up tickets." This is get in early at one of NYC's fastest-growing start-ups and help build the product from the ground up, at a company still early enough that your decisions actually stick. Massive user volume already. Real backing. The kind of growth curve that gets talked about in years to come.If you're hungry, sharp, and want to be the person who figures out what to build before anyone has to tell you — keep reading.The RoleTheir iOS app is at the center of the creator experience. You'll be one of the core engineers responsible for building and scaling it.This isn't a maintenance role. You'll work directly with the founders, product, design, and backend engineers to turn ideas into polished product experiences, with significant influence over mobile architecture, technical direction, and user experience. You'll own features from idea → iteration.Key ResponsbilitiesBuild and ship high-quality iOS features using SwiftHelp define and evolve the company's iOS architectureBuild interfaces and interactions that feel fast, polished, and nativeDebug production issues and improve app reliability and performanceHelp establish engineering practices and standards as the mobile team growsAbout YouYou're not just here for a paycheck — you're looking for "the thing." Maybe you've interned at a few startups, built side projects late at night, shipped your own apps, or thrown yourself into hackathons because you couldn't help it. You want a flat team where people just get on with it — no layers, no waiting for permission. You're curious by default, move quickly, and would rather solve the problem than wait to be assigned it.What We're Looking ForSolid professional iOS development experience using MVVM or similar architectural patternsYou've built and scaled iOS apps from 0 to 1Strong proficiency in Swift or Objective-CExperience working with REST APIs and asynchronous dataComfortable working in a fast-moving start-up environmentStrong attention to detailAbility to take an ambiguous problem and turn it into a shipped productHigh ownership — you don't need someone telling you exactly what to build every dayNice to HaveExperience at an early-stage or high-growth startupExperience with payments, messaging, or creator productsWhy This Is DifferentThis is a red-hot platform in a niche that's exploding — connecting people with commercial opportunities through authentic content. Already handling massive volume across millions of creators and thousands of brands,. Freshly and heavily backed and scaling at a pace that's hard to find anywhere else.You're not employee #3,000 buried in Slack. You're one of the founding engineers, with the influence that comes with it. Your code ships, your ideas matter, and the line from your work to the company's growth is direct. That's rare this early in a career.The team is small, sharp, and moves with intent — everyone in the office, every day, shipping.The Money Talk 💰$160-225,00 base, plus bonus + equity. Total comp $300-350,000The VibeFinancial District, Manhattan. In-person, 5 days a week — the whole team's there, shipping together.So — You In?If you're an ambitious iOS engineer who wants real ownership and to stop waiting for permission — this is your moment. One of NYC's fastest-growing start-ups is hiring right now, and this timing won't repeat.👉 Send your resume — link's below. Questions? Hit up Initi8 HQ.