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Lead iOS Engineer

Remote, Worldwide·Full-time·Added 4 days ago

SimpleStudy

10 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Full-time hours

    Per the ad.

  • Fully remote

    Only from certain places, per the ad: “Remote in Europe (preference: Western/continental Europe)”

  • A relocation package

    Help with the move, per the ad.

  • Visa sponsorship mentioned

    Stated by the employer in the ad.

Requirements

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Polish

    The ad asks for Polish, or counts it in your favour.

  • Have 5+ years of experience

    Lead-level role.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of experience with native iOS development

  • Strong experience leading and mentoring engineering teams

  • Proficiency in Swift

  • Proven experience building and shipping consumer-grade iOS applications

  • Experience with SwiftUI and UIKit

  • Familiarity with iOS frameworks and tools such as Combine, push notifications, and

  • App Store deployment

  • Experience with Xcode, XCTest, TestFlight, and App Store Connect

  • Experience with common iOS architecture and state management patterns

  • Experience with debugging, performance optimization, and crash monitoring

Nice to have

  • Bonus: Objective-C experience

  • Bonus: Android development (Kotlin)

The role

What you'll do

  • Own the mobile app end-to-end - architecture, performance, release process, and roadmap - without needing the problem framed in advance

  • Lead and mentor the two existing engineers already supporting mobile, setting technical direction and raising the bar for mobile craft

  • Partner directly with Affan (engineering manager) on engineering strategy and with Oisin (founder) on product direction where mobile intersects with growth, onboarding, and retention

  • Drive native-feel polish: smooth animations, responsive interactions, platform-specific conventions (iOS/Android)

  • Work in a PLG/A/B testing environment - ship features, instrument, measure impact, iterate fast

  • Own app store presence and release cadence - versioning, store optimization, crash/performance monitoring

  • Potentially help grow a dedicated mobile team as the app becomes a bigger part of the business

Conditions:

  • Remote in Europe (preference: Western/continental Europe)

  • Portugal relocation sponsorship possible

  • Salary: no fixed budget. Flexible.

  • Stock options: yes

  • Contract type: full-time employment, independent contractor

  • Tech Stack: Node.js, React.js, React Native, Next.js, Nest.js, Expo, Prisma, Tailwind, AWS

About SimpleStudy

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EdTech

In their own words

About the company & team

SimpleStudy is a consumer AI platform for students.
We help them stay motivated to study their subjects - everything from Biology and Mathematics to Literature and Art.

Our small team has already helped +1.5 M students worldwide (UK, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, and Australia) study better, and ~40-50k new students join us every week.

We are a remote team with a Lisbon office, having recently raised ~$4M seed round with incredible investors from Strava, OpenAI, and Meta.

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