AI First Sr. iOS Engineer (Remote)

OPENLANE•Carmel, IN

1d•$125,000 - $165,000•Remote

About The Position

We are hiring an AI-first Sr. Software Engineer (iOS) to build, evolve, and scale OPENLANE’s digital marketplace mobile experiences. These roles are for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool, not a novelty. You’ll use AI to move faster, ship higher-quality software, and reduce operational and development toil, while still applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking. You’ll work on customer-facing wholesale marketplace apps spanning seller and buyer experiences, partnering closely with Product, Android, backend, and platform teams. AI is an accelerator. Engineering ownership still matters.

Requirements

5+ years professional iOS development (or equivalent depth)
Proficiency in Swift
Experience building apps with SwiftUI
Experience shipping apps via TestFlight / the App Store
Demonstrated ownership of complex features and cross-cutting concerns
AI-first mindset and daily use of AI development tools with critical evaluation of outputs
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience building and operating production iOS applications at scale
Strong fundamentals: architecture, concurrency, networking, performance, and App Store quality
Familiarity with CI/CD (including Mac runners), code review, and production observability
End-to-end ownership from design collaboration through release and follow-up
Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators)
Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems
Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them
Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape
Swift; SwiftUI MVVM (and UIKit/Storyboards in mature codebases)
Modular iOS architecture; SPM; shared internal kits/packages
Protocol-oriented / environment-based DI; coordinators or similar navigation patterns
Feature flags; product analytics; crash reporting; auth (e.g. OIDC/AppAuth)
Snapshot and UI testing
Fastlane-based release automation
Camera / scanning or realtime (e.g. SignalR) features

Nice To Haves

Leading UIKit → SwiftUI migrations
Wholesale, marketplace, auction, or high-volume transactional mobile apps
Cross-reading Android/Kotlin PRs; mentoring experience
BrowserStack or multi-OS snapshot strategies
Familiarity with hybrid WebView / Cordova surfaces

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship iOS features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences
Lead technical direction on iOS: SwiftUI growth alongside UIKit legacy, shared kits, and cross-cutting concerns (auth, flags, analytics)
Raise the bar on unit/UI/snapshot testing and PR gates; partner on TestFlight / App Store release hygiene
Use AI tools to accelerate delivery while mentoring Intermediate engineers
Partner with Android so product behavior stays aligned across platforms
AI-assisted coding and refactoring
AI-generated test coverage and validation
AI-supported debugging and root-cause analysis
AI-assisted documentation and knowledge sharing
Applying AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage

Benefits

Competitive pay
Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)
Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match
Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)
Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)
Robust Employee Assistance Program
Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer
Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs
Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization
Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement