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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** SUNSPACE OF OHIO, LLC - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $300,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Animation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Apple IOS, Architectural Patterns, Sound Recording and Reproduction, Software Quality, Computer Networks, Data Streaming, Uikit, Backend, Build Management, Production Code - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-staff-software-engineer-ios-suno-8026607 ## About the Role * 5+ years (Senior) or 7+ years (Staff) shipping production iOS apps * Advanced expertise in Swift - we use SwiftUI with UIKit where necessary * Deep experience building fluid, polished animations and translating design prototypes into robust, production-grade code * Strong sense for performance: you profile, benchmark, and fix, from UI thread contention to network efficiency * An obsession with great user experience - you care about the details that most engineers skip * Comfort with ambiguity: you can scope work, make tradeoffs, and ship without a fully-defined spec * A collaborative spirit and strong communication - you work fluidly with designers, PMs, and backend teams Strong Plusses * Experience working with audio playback systems, streaming pipelines, or real-time audio * Experience with social product features: feeds, follow graphs, notifications, publishing flows * Background designing or consuming mobile-first APIs in close collaboration with backend engineers * Track record building 0*1 consumer products at a fast-moving startup * Technical leadership or mentorship experience (especially important for Staff candidates) ## Description We're looking for early members of our iOS team at the Senior and Staff levels. These aren't maintenance roles - you'll help define the architecture and experience of a product that's genuinely changing how the world makes music. You'll work directly alongside the founding team, shaping technical and product decisions from the ground up. The Suno iOS app is far more than a music player: it's a real-time AI creation studio, a social platform for sharing and discovering original music, and a showcase for some of the most advanced generative audio technology ever shipped to consumers. At the Senior level, you'll own major features end-to-end, drive engineering quality, and contribute to architectural decisions. At the Staff level, you'll set the technical direction for the iOS platform, mentor the team, and define the foundations that scale us to 10x our current user base and beyond. If you care deeply about performance, polish, and building things that feel magical to use - and you want to do that in one of the most dynamic problem spaces in tech - this is the role for you., * Design and build Suno's iOS app across creation, discovery, playback, and social experiences * Create foundational abstractions and libraries for performant, highly interactive audio and animation * Collaborate closely with product and design to shape the feel, flow, and direction of the app * Optimize for performance, responsiveness, and delight - from frame rates to load times to micro-interactions * Instrument and monitor the app's health, and iterate rapidly post-launch based on real user data * Set the technical direction for the iOS platform and define architectural patterns the team builds on * Mentor engineers and raise the bar for code quality, abstractions, and engineering culture ## Related Videos - [SwiftUI In Production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/134-swiftui-in-production) - [Xcode development redefAIned](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100195-xcode-development-redefained) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Unsolved mysteries between Usability and Accessibility in iOS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/737-unsolved-mysteries-between-usability-and-accessibility-in-ios) - [From Zero to Mobile Developer in 45 Minutes With SwiftUI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/183-from-zero-to-mobile-developer-in-45-minutes-with-swiftui) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 118 - not a total recall](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/452-dev-digest-118-not-a-total-recall) - [Dev Digest 103 - Superb Owl Trafficking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/388-dev-digest-103-superb-owl-trafficking) - [Basic And Advanced Networking in Dart and Flutter](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/112-basic-and-advanced-networking-in-dart-and-flutter)