Lead iOS Engineer

Remote (
Everywhere
)
|Full Time

Posted: 4 days ago• Recruiter recently active

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About the job

Company:

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.

Responsibilities and key results:

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

Requirements:

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
Bonus: Objective-C experience
Bonus: Android development (Kotlin)

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