iOS Team Lead (Founding Lead)

fully flexible
Work set-up: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
Work from: 
Ukraine

Offer summary

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience building and shipping consumer iOS apps., At least 2 years in a Tech Lead or Team Lead role, managing 2-5 engineers., Proficiency in Swift and iOS SDK, with deep understanding of architecture patterns like MVVM and Clean Architecture..

Key responsibilities:

  • Relaunch and develop the iOS app from the ground up based on a product roadmap.
  • Hire, mentor, and lead a small iOS development team, establishing engineering standards.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, Android, and Backend teams to implement features.
  • Manage project timelines and milestones to ensure timely delivery.

United Tech logo
United Tech Scaleup https://unitedtech.ai
201 - 500 Employees
See all jobs

Job description

Our platform already boasts a thriving Android app and a community that sparks thousands of new conversations every day—yet the iOS experience is still waiting to shine. As our first iOS Team Lead for this app, you’ll take a well-defined product roadmap and core requirements, refine them into a practical engineering plan, and set the standards for quality and scalability. You’ll recruit and mentor a small iOS squad, foster a collaborative engineering culture, and work closely with Product and Design to translate user insights into features that delight. Expect the autonomy of a founding engineer, plus hands-on support from the existing Android and backend teams every step of the way.

In this role, you will
  • Relaunch our iOS app from the ground up, turning a ready-made roadmap into a high-performance, production-ready experience
  • Hire, mentor, and inspire a lean iOS squad, setting the bar for clean, testable code and modern engineering practices
  • Own delivery timelines: break big goals into clear milestones and keep the team laser-focused on hitting them
  • Establish the technical playbook—architecture, CI, code reviews—that will scale with millions of users
  • Partner daily with Product, Design, Android, and Backend leads to turn bold ideas into features that delight users and solve real business challenges

    • It’s all about you
  • 5+ years building and shipping consumer iOS apps, with at least one release that reached 100 k+ active users
  • 2+ years in a Tech Lead or Team Lead role, hiring and coaching 2-5 engineers, running stand-ups, and guiding performance reviews
  • Profound knowledge of Swift and iOS SDK
  • Understanding of architectural concepts (MVVM+Clean Architecture)
  • Deep understanding of Git and best practices (GitFlow, TBD, etc.)
  • Familiarity with reactive programming (Combine)
  • Experience with code signing and provisioning
  • In-depth knowledge of UIKit and SwiftUI
  • Familiarity with Google SDK, Facebook SDK, and Lottie (optional)
  • Thorough understanding of multithreading
  • Testing experience, including Unit/UI/Integration testing
  • Database experience with CoreData/Realm
  • Networking experience, including REST and sockets
  • Proficiency in following a Kanban-like process or Scrumban, with typical Scrum ceremonies
  • Experience with dependency managers such as SPM, CocoaPods, and Carthage
  • Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment tools (Jenkins, Fastlane, Bitrise).
  • Knowledge of UI/UX patterns for mobile
  • Experience with Design Patterns
  • Results-oriented mindset, focusing on outcomes rather than processes

  • Would be a plus
  • Proven history of designing—or completely rebuilding—app architecture and clearly defending your technical choices
  • Hands-on experience with cross-platform sharing layers (e.g., Kotlin Multiplatform)

    • What we offer
  • Care and support: 
  • 20 paid vacation days, 15 sick days, and 6 additional days off for family events
  • 100% medical insurance coverage
  • Sports and equipment reimbursement
  • Team building events, corporate gifts, and stylish merch
  • Financial and legal support
  • Position retention and support for those who join the Armed Forces of Ukraine
  • Participation in social initiatives supporting Ukraine

  • Comfortable working environment:
  • Work from our Kyiv hub or remotely with a flexible schedule 
  • Workspace rental reimbursement in other cities and abroad
  • Modern equipment or depreciation of your own tools

  • Investment in your future:
  • Collaborate with a highly-skilled team of Middle & Senior professionals, sharing practical cases and expertise in the social networking niche
  • 70% of our heads and leads have grown into their roles here – so can you!
  • Performance-oriented reviews and Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
  • Reimbursement for professional courses and English classes
  • Corporate library, book club, and knowledge-sharing events

    • Hiring process
  • Intro call
  • Tech Interview
  • Final Interview
  • Reference check
  • Offer

    •

    Required profile

    Experience

    Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
    Spoken language(s):
    English
    Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

    Hard Skills

    Swift (Programming Language)Apple IOSApple IOSGit (Version Control System)Swift (Programming Language)UIKit (Apple App Framework)MultiprocessingUser Interface TestingArchitectural DesignNetwork SocketsCore Data (Software)Continuous DeliveryContinuous DeliveryContinuous DeliveryDependency AnalysisUnit TestingIntegration TestingAndroid ApplicationsSoftware ArchitectureFacebook API

    Other Skills

    • Mentorship
    • Team Leadership
    • Collaboration
    • Results Focused
    Are you interested?

    Related jobs

    See more jobs