Staff Software Engineer, iOS (AdTech)

Location: DC-Washington-TWP Headquarters, United States; on-site five days a week

Salary: $131,500–$219,100 annual, with possible bonus or incentive eligibility

Company

hirify.global is a news organization developing digital products and mobile applications for millions of readers.

What you will do

• Define the architectural roadmap for iOS monetization across native ad rendering, programmatic auctions, header bidding, and measurement systems.
• Establish standards for third-party SDK integration, sandboxing, performance profiling, and app stability.
• Lead technical strategy for Apple privacy frameworks including ATT, Private Relay, and SKAdNetwork.
• Translate business goals into resilient, multi-quarter technical initiatives with product and engineering leadership.
• Lead incident prevention and root-cause analysis while optimizing cold start time, frame rates, and render latency.
• Mentor engineers and align backend, data, client, product, and commercial stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 6+ years in native iOS development at enterprise or multi-million-MAU scale.
• Deep expertise in Swift, runtime dynamics, memory management, concurrency, and Apple core frameworks.
• Mobile AdTech experience with client-side header bidding, SSP/DSP ecosystems, server-driven UI for native ads, Google Ad Manager, and Nimbus.
• Experience with platform privacy frameworks, telemetry pipelines, Instruments, LLDB, and metric collection.
• Ability to lead architecture, mentor engineers, influence executive roadmaps, and communicate technical tradeoffs.

Nice to have

• Experience modernizing codebases, removing legacy debt, and introducing next-generation development patterns.
• Experience evaluating vendor SDKs for security, thread safety, and resource efficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site work five days a week in an office with open layouts, modern technology, and transportation access.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus a company-paid pension and 401(k) match.
• Three weeks of vacation, up to three weeks of paid sick leave, nine paid holidays, and two personal days.
• 20 weeks of paid parental leave, mental health resources, backup care, and caregiver concierge services.
• Gender-affirming services, pet insurance, a free Post digital subscription, and leadership development programs.