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# iOS Engineer (Senior-Staff Levels)

- **Company:** Cantina Labs
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Computer Animation, Artificial Intelligence, IOS Applications, Systems Integration, Uikit, Ios Frameworks, Swift (Programming Language), Git, Figma, Speech Synthesis, Objective C++, Restful APIs
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_6b041a7ed36f5af908f0bf7101c1fd64

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience developing iOS applications, or equivalent education.
 * Ability to write code that is readable, maintainable, documented, and thoroughly tested.
 * Fluency in Swift, UIKit, and Objective-C.
 * Experience developing integrations with RESTful APIs.
 * Experience with Git.
 * Basic understanding of Figma, can determine spacing and sizing. Bonus: you can export icons and understand how variables work.
 * Ability to effectively translate Product, UX, and UI requirements into code implementation.
 * Able to evaluate and communicate engineering solutions and trade-offs to teammates and other, potentially non-technical teams
 * Can create scalable and reusable components that are flexible and can be changed without affecting unrelated views
 * Attention to detail, space, and animation

## Description

As a Senior iOS Engineer at Cantina, you'll lead the development of innovative features, from crafting personalized feeds and immersive custom UIs to empowering bots with advanced capabilities like chatting, text-to-speech, voice selection, and image creation. Working closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Sean Parker, you'll influence the direction of a product central to the company's mission, move quickly to deliver impactful updates, and enjoy the autonomy to bring your ideas to life.

We're looking for someone who thrives on pushing the limits of iOS development and has a passion for creating visually stunning, high-performance features. Your expertise in custom graphics will help shape the creative foundation of our flagship app, elevating both user experience and innovation in the social AI space.

A Bit About The Work

 * Work with frameworks and technologies like UIKit, AVFoundation, Combine and more
 * Lead development of new features
 * Be part of an incredibly supportive team that values feedback, both positive and for career growth
 * Work with our cross-functional partners, including Product, Design, and QA teams
 * Participate in Architecture meetings to help ensure our apps meet the highest quality standards
 * Ownership-be part of a small team that ships an application to a large user base