Founding iOS Engineer for a new Collectibles Marketplace

Palermo Advisors•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Trove is looking for a founding iOS Engineer to help launch their first product. As their first iOS Engineer, this isn't just about writing code—it’s about architecting a brand-new experience from the ground up alongside Trove founders. The main goal is to build the iOS application's foundation, own the iOS roadmap and set the engineering standards for everything that follows. They look for design-first engineering skills. This person will partner with product and design to turn bold concepts into a polished, high-performance reality. The ideal candidate will thrive in a high-momentum environment where their work moves from "idea" to "user's hands" in days, not months. They look for someone with a founder’s mindset. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, solve hard problems, and help define the company culture, you're the right fit.

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Swift (SwiftUI and/or UIKit)
Shipping and scaling a highly interactive consumer app
Building complex, stateful interfaces that feel simple
Owning features end-to-end, from design through launch
Collaborating closely with founders, designers, and backend engineers
Moving forward with incomplete information and operating despite ambiguity
Building for marketplace, fintech, gaming, or social apps

Responsibilities

Architect core product systems in that will scale long term
Design and implement high-fidelity, animation-heavy user experiences
Partner with Product and Design to turn ambiguous ideas into clean, intuitive flows
Ship experiments quickly, then iterate and expand on what works
Improve app performance, responsiveness, and reliability at scale
Implement networking layers and real-time updates that power live marketplace activity
Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed and maintainability
Raise the bar on code quality, architecture, and engineering culture