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Lead iOS Engineer.

Remote Mobile Development Full-Time
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Lead iOS Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for an experienced iOS engineering lead building the mobile experience for a consumer AI study platform serving students.
  • The Person:The person will own the app’s architecture, performance, release process, and roadmap, improve its mobile experience, measure feature impact, manage its App Store presence, and help grow the mobile team.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has at least five years of native iOS development experience, proficiency in Swift, experience with SwiftUI and UIKit, and familiarity with Combine, push notifications, Xcode, XCTest, TestFlight, and App Store Connect.

About the role

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

  • 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

  • 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

Published September 29, 2026
Location United Kingdom
Category Mobile Development  
Job Type Full-Time  

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