Lead iOS Developer

TL;DR

Lead iOS Developer: Building and shipping features across hirify.global's apps on iPhone, iPad and macOS, working closely with product and engineers across the company. Focus on building maintainable and testable code bases, API design and unit testing techniques.

Location: In-Person Collaboration with offices across Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, London and more, you'll spend most of your time collaborating face-to-face with people who genuinely care about what they're building

Company

hirify.global builds a better internet where privacy is the default, offering encrypted email, VPN, drive, password management, and calendar tools.

What you will do

• Build and ship features across hirify.global’s apps on iPhone, iPad, and macOS.
• Work closely with product and engineers across the company to define what “great” looks like on Apple platforms.
• Contribute to and maintain our testing stack, including unit tests for business logic, stubbed API tests for pseudo-integration, snapshot tests for UI, and XCUITest for end-to-end user flows.
• Pair deep technical expertise with an obsession for simple, usable interfaces, shipping privacy-preserving products used by millions.

Requirements

• Experience in iOS, particularly with Swift.
• Passion for mentoring other engineers and helping them grow.
• Passionate about user interaction, usability, and providing an excellent user experience.
• Demonstrated experience driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects.
• Extensive experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques.
• Extensive experience with concurrent programming and mobile memory management.

Nice to have

• Rust experience.
• Deep understanding of APNs, UNUserNotificationCenter, and iOS background execution (silent pushes, background app refresh, background URLSession), and how these impact app reliability.
• Experience building offline-first data flows with local persistence (Core Data, SQLite, Realm or similar) and conflict-free sync.

Culture & Benefits

• Strong health coverage, solid retirement options, generous leave, and wellness support.
• Opportunity to be owners of the company with stock options.
• In-person collaboration in offices across Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, London, and more.
• Lunch and snacks are provided daily in the offices.
• Coverage of public transport, bike allowances, or parking.
• Flexible working hours.