We're looking for a
Principal Engineer, iOS to join Procore's
Mobile Innovation team. In this role, you'll have the unique opportunity to drive the next generation of field application platform initiatives in a global SaaS infrastructure.
As a
Principal Engineer, iOS you will be primarily responsible for working on cutting-edge greenfield projects. You will be establish the strategic technical direction, create reference patterns, and will be responsible for helping to actively drive the effective execution of that strategy across many Procore's product areas. We are looking for native iOS experts who thrive at the intersection of mobile and AI. This role isn't just a "UI builder"-they are an engineer who understand how to handle low-latency, high-performance systems. This is a great opportunity to use your leadership, interpersonal, and organizational skills to build highly effective systems and practices, foster collaborative relationships, and measure value delivered to our customers.
This position reports to the Senior Director, Mobile Engineering with the opportunity to work hybrid from either our Austin, TX office or San Francisco, CA office. We're looking for someone to join our team immediately.
What you'll do:- Hands-on development and coding of architecture and systems that meet the test of time for a variety of wireless devices
- Mobile Architecture: Designing scalable and robust architectural solutions for Native iOS applications that align with industry best practices and standards.
- Technical Leadership: Providing technical leadership to cross-functional teams of developers, guiding them in the implementation of mobile solutions and ensuring adherence to architectural guidelines.
- Technology Evaluation: Evaluating emerging mobile technologies, tools, and frameworks to recommend adoption where applicable. Ability to develop POCs hands-on and rapid prototyping to bring new tech to life.
- Performance Optimization: Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks and ensuring optimal mobile application performance across a variety of devices and platforms.
- Security: Implementing and enforcing security best practices to safeguard user data, privacy and application integrity.
- Collaboration: Collaborating closely with product managers, UI/UX designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Partnership: Collaborate with VPs, Directors, and stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and align technology solutions to business goals.
- Documentation: Creating and maintaining architectural documentation, including design specifications and system diagrams.
- Establishing and maintaining our overall technology strategy which supports and enables our multi-year corporate and product strategies, and which embodies our P&T and Engineering Principles.
- Leverage generative tools and agentic workflows (Claude, Cursor, etc) to move faster and work smarter.
What we're looking for:- Masters Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or comparable work experience
- 15+ years experience in software engineering, Test Driven Development and Design principles for web and hybrid enterprise mobile applications for several mobile platforms (iOS/Android/Windows), Distributed Architectures
- Extensive hands-on experience in designing and architecting Native iOS applications, with a deep understanding of their respective ecosystems.
- Deep technical expertiseand mastery of mobile development languages such as Swift and a strong understanding of mobile app architecture patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM, VIPER).
- In-depth knowledge of microservices design patterns, including service decomposition, event-driven architecture, and API gateway implementation
- Time-honed expertise with modern SaaS across the entire lifecycle: development, testing, staging, deploying, and monitoring.
- Experience with voice synthesis, audio streaming, and building "lean" mobile experiences that handle complex backend orchestration.
- Domain experience with AI Note-taking apps (e.g., Granola),
Speech-to-text / LLM interfaces (e.g., Whisper Flow, Voibe etc) or
Real-time communication (VoIP, Zoom, meeting productivity apps) - Strong knowledge of mobile app security best practices, including data encryption, secure coding, and identity management.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and drive change within the organization, promoting innovation and continuous improvement.
- Proven track record of distilling ambiguity to clarity and direction
Additional InformationBase Pay Range:198,240.00 - 272,580.00 USD Annual
This role may also be eligible for Equity Compensation and/or Bonus Incentive Compensation. Procore is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation. Actual compensation will be based on a candidate's job-related skills, experience, education or training, and location.
