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Overtone

Founding iOS Engineer

3mo ago
200000 –250000 USD / yearUSASenior
Overtone

Founding iOS Engineer

3mo ago
200000 –250000 USD / yearUSASenioriosswiftmobile developmentapp storeui designreal-timeai

Founding iOS engineer responsible for building and owning the consumer iOS app with a focus on real-time voice, AI-driven insights in a dating service.

Responsibilities

  • As a founding iOS engineer at Overtone, you'll build the consumer app at the center of a new kind of dating service, one built around real-time voice, AI-driven insight, and trust. You'll own iOS at Overtone end to end: architecture, craft, performance, and direction. You'll partner closely with product, design, and engineering to ship a voice-first app that feels native, intentional, and alive.

Requirements

  • Strong intuition and deeply considered opinions about iOS app design and aesthetics. You've worked on design-forward apps that people noticed.
  • Proven technical leader who has shipped iOS apps or major features to production multiple times, including navigating App Store review and release pipelines.
  • Passionate about UI , specifically the engineering involved in building lightning-fast, ergonomic, and innovative interfaces on iOS.
  • Expert at eliminating latency , particularly across real-time, voice, and AI-driven interactions. Nothing (not the network, not the architecture, not the limitations of the SDK) gets in the way of you finding those extra milliseconds.
  • Tuned in to the Apple release cycle and modern iOS UI/UX patterns, always thinking about how the newest platform features unlock better product experiences.
  • Deep hands-on experience across the full iOS lifecycle: architecture, build trains, test strategy, TestFlight, push notifications, and modern UI architecture patterns.
  • High judgment on performance, security, and reliability in consumer products where users share deeply personal information.
  • 6+ years of experience building beautiful and delightful iOS application
  • 3+ years of experience owning the end-to-end of a production iOS app, from architect, to release manager, to design-engineer

Nice to have

  • Real-time communications : WebRTC, WebSockets, audio codecs, streaming audio protocols.
  • LLM and AI integration : experience bringing AI consumer features to life on the client.
  • Complex UI : experience building interfaces that required stepping off the SDK's golden path.
  • On-device ML, Metal , or other graphics/shader work.
  • Open-source contributions to iOS projects, or a strong personal portfolio of iOS work.
  • Early-stage startup experience, or background in a dating or social product.

Conditions

  • Salary of $200k to $250k.
  • This position will receive meaningful stock options with considerable upside potential. We provide standard benefits such as health insurance, dental insurance, etc.

Other

  • Build and own the Overtone iOS app, the surface where every dater experiences our voice-first, AI-driven product, on a team that holds craft to an extremely high bar.
  • Partner closely with product, design, and engineering to ship complex, voice-led experiences that feel effortless to use.
  • Set the culture for iOS engineering at Overtone: architecture, build and release discipline, code quality, and the playbook for moving from prototype to production.
  • Shape mobile strategy as we scale the team, the platform, and the company.
  • We look for these qualities in everyone we hire at Overtone.
  • Curiosity: You seek to understand before you decide. You ask thoughtful questions, test assumptions, and stay open to changing your mind as new information emerges.
  • Craft: You care deeply about quality and coherence. You simplify complexity, exercise good judgment, and take pride in work that feels intentional, thoughtful, and well-made.
  • Collaboration: You engage with others honestly and generatively. You challenge ideas with respect, listen deeply, and help synthesize perspectives into clearer, better outcomes.
  • Care: You take responsibility for people and outcomes. You act with integrity, follow through on commitments, and protect trust—with users, teammates, and the work itself.
  • Overtone, led by the founder and former CEO of Hinge, is building a new kind of dating service – one that cuts through the noise and helps daters find someone who truly resonates. We’re building a team who are excited to work together in person in our NYC office.
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