Software Engineer - iOS, Standalone Apps Team

Meta

$150K — $200K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering, especially with consumer iOS apps
  • Expertise in Swift (and/or Objective-C) and iOS frameworks
  • Strong knowledge of app architecture and performance
  • Proven track record of shipping and maintaining iOS features
  • Experience leading projects and working independently

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and ship core features of the iOS app from start to finish
  • Own the architecture for major components, establishing coding standards
  • Enhance consumer experience through performance optimizations and reliability measures
  • Collaborate with design, product, and backend teams to plan and execute work
  • Mentor and review the code of other engineers

Benefits

  • Work on a small, focused team with high ownership responsibilities
  • Opportunity to shape a product from its inception
  • Fast-paced, innovative environment with a short path from idea to execution
  • Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams including design and backend engineering
  • Mentorship opportunities to grow and develop skills with others
Full Job Description
We're Meta's Standalone Apps Team - we build new apps to reach new user scenarios and serve needs that aren't well met today. The project we're building right now is an image-and-text community where real people share first-hand experiences and recommendations - what to try, where to go, how to do something. It's where people come to get inspired and to make everyday decisions, learning from others who've actually been there. It's still early - a small team working 01. If you want high ownership, a short path from idea to ship, and the chance to shape a product from its first version, this is that kind of team.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship core features of the iOS app, end to end.
 Own the architecture of major client areas; set conventions and raise the bar for code quality, performance, and reliability.
 Drive a high-quality consumer experience - smooth scrolling, fast load, low crash rate - and instrument it so you can measure and improve it.
 Partner with design, product, and backend engineers to scope and sequence work in a fast 01 environment.
 Mentor other engineers through code review, design review, and pairing.

Minimum Qualifications
 Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time building consumer iOS apps
 Expertise in Swift (and/or Objective-C) and the iOS frameworks
 Strong grasp of app architecture, concurrency, and performance
 Track record of shipping and maintaining iOS features at scale
 Experience leading the technical direction of a project and working independently with limited guidance

Preferred Qualifications
 Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
 Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
 Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
 Experience taking a new app from 01 (early-stage or new-product work)
 Experience with offline support, media-heavy feeds, or client-side performance optimization
 Experience with SwiftUI and modern declarative UI

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