Senior/Lead iOS Engineer - NYC

Medal • New York, NY

94d

About The Position

At Medal, we’re redefining the way gamers connect, share, and relive their greatest in-game moments. Our platform makes it easy to clip, edit, and share gaming content—whether you're capturing a legendary headshot or just hanging with friends in voice chat. Over 2 million gamers use Medal every month to showcase their moments, and we’re just getting started. We're a fast-moving team backed by top-tier investors. Our culture is builder-first: we move quickly, make decisions with creators in mind, and aren’t afraid to challenge conventions when it improves the product. We’re looking for a Senior/Lead iOS Engineer to take our mobile app to the next level. You’ll work alongside a small, talented group of engineers and designers to craft the Medal experience on iOS—from real-time editing tools to content discovery and notifications. You’ll help shape our mobile architecture, influence product direction, and work on experiences that are seen by millions of gamers. If you love shipping polished mobile experiences, obsess over user interaction, and want to work on a product that lives at the intersection of social and gaming, this is for you.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience shipping iOS apps
• Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, and Foundation knowledge
• Swift Concurrency and Reactive programming experience
• Experience working on complex real-time apps, video/media-heavy workflows, or social applications
• Obsession with quality of code and interfaces
• Interest in product and taking ownership of broad product areas (likes to run experiments, talk to users, and use the product avidly)
• Practiced at using analytics, testing, user feedback, bug, and crash reports to inform app development
• Experience using REST APIs and working with backend teams to accomplish product goals
• A love for gaming, however you define it!
• You read and write well and can communicate and collaborate both synchronously and asynchronously

Nice To Haves

• Can develop on both Android and iOS
• History as a Medal user – if so, be sure to share a clip or your profile below
• Experience with other Apple technologies - Objective-C, iPadOS, macOS, etc.
• Experience working with video on mobile (performance, encoding, AVFoundation etc.) a plus
• Maintenance of CI systems – Xcode Cloud is a plus

Responsibilities

• Own major parts of the iOS codebase and contribute to architecture decisions
• Build features used by millions of gamers, from sharing workflows to profile pages and chat
• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, backend, and product to ship fast without sacrificing quality
• Advocate for user experience, performance, and accessibility
• Help mentor junior engineers and uphold a high bar for code quality and engineering culture
• Stay on top of iOS best practices and help us keep the tech stack modern and efficient
• Work on-site at our NYC office 5 days a week

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees