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Staff Engineer, iOS

brightai
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/9/2026

We are a high-growth company that is looking for teammates who want to be key contributors to changing the way businesses are run. This is an incredible opportunity to complete work that is disrupting industries. Be a part of scaling a business by increasing the number of devices, events, applications, services, and traffic that result in measurable success for our customers. We have the best and brightest minds in AI, IoT, Cloud and Mobile who have built leading companies in those spaces (Microsoft, Amazon Alexa, SmartThings, Samsung).

We are looking for a Staff iOS Developer who wants to join us in a fast paced setting to build next generation applications and systems that leverage all the latest technologies in iOS, Swift, Swift UI and frameworks like Core Bluetooth for connecting devices to our cloud. Our tech stack is composed of cameras, controllers, sensors, and cloud infrastructure to enable connecting things in real time at a high scale.  As a member of the team, you will play an integral role in shaping the architecture and features required to build a client platform.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cloud developers, product managers, and designers to make informed technical decisions throughout the development process
  • Lead the architecture and design of the iOS client platform, focusing on reusable libraries, SDKs, and module.
  • Mentor other developers and contractors throughout the development lifecycle
  • Prototype new concepts to inform final implementations
  • Stay abreast of mobile trends and topics, especially in the mobile and iOS communities
  • Automate everything possible. Leverage CI/CD to automate repeatable tasks and quality checks

Skills and Expertise

  • Passionate for continuous learning and understanding things in and around iOS development
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 4 years of experience with Swift or Objective-C
  • 3 years of experience in developing native iOS Applications that have shipped to production users
  • Deep experience with Git, Github, Pull Request, and Rebasing
  • Ability to operate in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment
  • Ability to lead projects that are not fully defined with a team of mobile developers
  • Experience working with a highly reactive platform leveraging sockets/live streams, Combine publishers or reactive signals, flows and functional reactive design patterns
  • Experience with establishing, promoting and ensuring best practices in iOS codebases including common architectures and standardized unit testing
  • Deep understanding of iOS Architecture Patterns, Navigation Patterns, Dependency Injection, Reactive or Combine Frameworks, Swift and can easily describe the value they offer
  • Experience building reusable libraries, SDK’s and shared components used by many applications
  • Experience working with designers to implement mobile interfaces
  • Intricate knowledge of REST and/or GraphQL principles
  • Experience with developing and maintaining mobile CI / CD

Bonus

  • Previous startup experience.
  • Experience working with AI, ML or AR
  • Experience with 3D render technologies like Metal, OpenGL, Unity
  • Experience with cloud development using Javascript, Typescript or Python
  • Experience working with other client development platforms like Android or Web
  • Experience with growing large mobile teams
  • Familiarity or experience with Server Driven UI Architectures

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