Founding iOS Engineer

Responsibilities

• 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.

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
• 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.
• Compensation & Benefits
• 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.
• Our Core Qualities
• 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.
• About Overtone
• 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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Additional Information

Your Role 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.

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