Moonlight is a tarot platform seeking an iOS Engineer to build its first native iOS app. The role involves architecting and optimizing scalable software, connecting the app to the existing backend (Node.js, AWS, React, SQL, Stripe / Stripe Connect), and collaborating with the product designer on user experience. The engineer will build the iOS version of the app, reimagining it for mobile with card interactions and animations, ensuring the app can handle many users. This is an opportunity to join a small team and contribute to a project aimed at helping millions of people navigate their daily lives.

Must Have

• 5+ years building consumer products for mobile
• Shipped multiple iOS apps to the App Store
• Excited about rapid experimentation at an early-stage startup
• Values collaborative product design and building user experiences
• Comfortable with autonomy on technical decisions and mobile architecture
• Up-to-date with latest iOS technologies
• Can work in-person in San Francisco 2 days/week

Good to Have

• Experience in wellness or gaming apps
• Cares about perfecting animation details and micro-interactions
• Curious about tarot

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Hybrid remote and in-person with flexible hours
• A collaborative startup environment where you'll probably end up learning tarot
• Personal "Tower days" off (mental health days)
• The chance to build something that genuinely helps people navigate their daily lives

About Moonlight

We’re the tarot platform Moonlight! We started as a marketplace and platform for collaborative tarot readings, supporting 25,000 people across the globe—from curious newcomers to seasoned readers and everyone in between.

We make tarot approachable, playful, and empowering for a generation that embraces it as a ritual for personal growth and daily reflection. Now we're building the mobile app that will bring this same supportive experience to millions of users as they navigate everyday decisions and moments of uncertainty.

We're looking for our first iOS Engineer to help us scale the magic of tarot from thousands to millions of users.

Who we’re looking for

• 5+ years experience building consumer products for mobile 

• Shipped multiple iOS apps to the App Store

• Excited about rapid experimentation at an early-stage startup (A/B tests, data-informed decisions, integrating user feedback)

• Values collaborative product design and building delightful user experiences

• Comfortable with autonomy on technical decisions and mobile architecture

• Up-to-date with latest iOS technologies

• Can work in-person in San Francisco 2 days/week

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in wellness or gaming apps (we’re in both worlds!)

• Cares about perfecting animation details and micro-interactions

• Curious about tarot

About the role

• Building the first native iOS version of Moonlight, reimagined for mobile with beautiful card interactions and animations

• Architecting and optimizing scalable software that can handle hundreds of thousands of concurrent users

• Connecting the app to our existing backend to deliver a cohesive cross-platform experience (Our stack: Node.js, AWS, React, SQL, Stripe / Stripe Connect)

• Working closely with our product designer on technical decisions and user experience

You'd be our third team member and first mobile engineer.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity

• Hybrid remote and in-person with flexible hours

• A collaborative startup environment where you'll probably end up learning tarot

• Personal "Tower days" off (mental health days)

• The chance to build something that genuinely helps people navigate their daily lives

How to apply

If building everyday tarot for millions of people resonates with you, fill out the form below and share some things you've worked on! If you have any questions you can email our founder Danielle at danielle@moonlight.world.

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