Lead iOS Engineer
Rogo
Location
New York City
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Remote
Department
Engineering
We're building AI thought partners to make people smarter and more creative, accelerating the creation and sharing of knowledge in financial services. We're unabashedly ambitious, and we're dead set on building the biggest Financial AI company in the world. Our team is lean, smart, and endlessly curious.
We’re looking for a Founding iOS Engineer to lead the development of Rogo’s native iOS app. You’ll play a foundational role in building out our mobile experience—from setting development standards and processes to launching user-facing features used daily by finance professionals. You’ll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and customer teams to shape the future of how users interact with AI on mobile.
You’ll own core features end-to-end: designing intuitive UX, implementing high-performance Swift code, and optimizing app performance. This is a high-impact role where your work will ship quickly, be used immediately, and drive meaningful value for our customers.
What You’ll Do
Architect, build, and maintain Rogo’s iOS application using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit
Establish and refine mobile development practices: planning, testing, releasing, and monitoring
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and domain experts
Own major product features from concept to launch
Work closely with users and Customer Success to iterate quickly and ship improvements
Contribute to the overall architecture and direction of our mobile and frontend platforms
What You'll Need
5+ years of professional iOS development experience
Strong command of Swift, SwiftUI (iOS 16+), and UIKit
Experience building polished, high-performance apps with a focus on great UX
Comfortable working across concurrency, threading, and performance optimizations
Excited about crafting elegant interfaces and reusable, testable components
Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments
Passionate about building delightful AI-powered experiences
Bonus
Experience integrating with backend services (REST APIs, gRPC, Server-Sent-Events)
Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
Experience deploying apps in an enterprise context (Microsoft Intune, enterprise App Store etc)
Previous experience at a fast-growing startup
Background at a design-forward product company (e.g. Notion, Figma)
Strong interest in AI and how it can shape modern mobile workflows
Who You Are
You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup
You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible.
You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance
You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity
You are collaborative, organized, and thoughtful.
Why Join Rogo?
Exceptional traction: strong PMF with the world's largest investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms.
World-class team: we take talent density seriously. We like working with incredibly smart, driven people.
Velocity: we work fast, which means you learn a lot and constantly take on new challenges.
Frontier technology: we're developing cutting-edge AI systems, pushing the boundaries of published research, redefining what's possible, and inventing the future.
Cutting Edge Product: Our platform is state-of-the-art and crazily powerful. We're creating tools that make people smarter, reinventing how you discover, create, and share knowledge.