Software Engineer, iOS

Mirage is a leading AI short-form video company building full-stack foundation models and products for video creation, production, and editing, used by over 20 million creators and businesses. This role is for an iOS Software Engineer to join a rapidly growing team in NYC, focusing on end-to-end product experiences for creative workflows, pushing the boundaries of the iOS ecosystem with sophisticated tools for user interfaces, graphics rendering, and audio/video processing. The position offers high ownership and agency within a small, collaborative team.

Must Have

• Push the boundaries of iOS and build products that shape the future of video software
• Collaborate with designers and the broader team to conceptualize and ship incredible experiences directly to users
• Operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end
• Instrument, A/B, and iterate rapidly with production data
• 5+ years of professional industry experience
• A track record of shipping high‑impact, native mobile products in production
• Excellent engineering taste combined with a strong sense of practicality and time-management
• Experience with SwiftUI, Combine, RxSwift, ReactiveSwift, AVFoundation, Core Animation, and Realm
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (algorithms and data structures)

Good to Have

• Experience with OpenGL or Metal
• Grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win
• Been a startup founder or an early engineer at one

Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401K with employer match
• Commuter Benefits
• Catered lunch multiple days per week
• Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
• Grubhub subscription
• Health & Wellness Perks (Talkspace, Kindbody, One Medical subscription, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc)
• Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
• Generous PTO policy

Mirage is the leading AI short-form video company. We’re building full-stack foundation models and products that redefine video creation, production and editing. Over 20 million creators and businesses use Mirage’s products to reach their full creative and commercial potential.

We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC. As an early member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to have an outsized impact on our products and our company's culture.

Our Products

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Mirage Studio

Our Technology

AI Research @ Mirage

Mirage Model Announcement

Seeing Voices (white-paper)

Press Coverage

TechCrunch

Lenny’s Podcast

Forbes AI 50

Fast Company

Our Investors

We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.

\*\* Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)

We do not work with third-party recruiting agencies, please do not contact us\*\*

About the role

Our iOS team owns end-to-end product experiences for creative workflows—pushing the boundaries of the iOS ecosystem by building sophisticated creative tools that span delightful user interfaces, graphics rendering, and audio/video processing. As a small, collaborative team, our product engineers are trusted with a high degree of ownership and agency.

Responsibilities

• Push the boundaries of iOS and build products that shape the future of video software
• Collaborate with designers and the broader team to conceptualize and ship incredible experiences directly to users
• Operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end
• Instrument, A/B, and iterate rapidly with production data

What makes you a great fit

• 5+ years of professional industry experience
• A track record of shipping high‑impact, native mobile products in production
• Excellent engineering taste combined with a strong sense of practicality and time-management
• Experience with (ideally a few) SwiftUI, Combine, RxSwift, ReactiveSwift, AVFoundation, Core Animation, and Realm
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (algorithms and data structures).

Even better if…

• You have experience with OpenGL or Metal
• You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win
• You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at one

Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401K with employer match
• Commuter Benefits
• Catered lunch multiple days per week
• Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
• Grubhub subscription
• Health & Wellness Perks (Talkspace, Kindbody, One Medical subscription, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc)
• Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
• Generous PTO policy

Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.