Senior iOS Engineer

Location:
Dallas/Austin or Remote (US)

Compensation:
$150-185K + Bonus + Equity

Reports to:
CTO ·
Type:
Full-time

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ABOUT VELLA

Vella is building the execution layer for home services, starting with cleaning.

We make work inside the home deterministic by defining
duration and execution
—replacing arrival windows, variable scope, and "it depends" with certainty.

Our advantage compounds: the reliability system is learned through real in-home execution and encoded into software. The result is a service customers trust, and a data advantage competitors can't shortcut.

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HOW WE WORK

Everyone at Vella operates inside an AI-native operating system. AI handles briefings, task management, and synthesis. You bring judgment, product intuition, execution, and speed.

We move fast and we work hard. Expect long hours, nights, and weekends. If you're optimizing for work-life balance, this isn't the place for you. If you want to build a category-defining company, you'll love it here.

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THE ROLE

You own the customer experience surface — the native iOS application that translates a complex logistics backend into a simple, trustworthy, high-conversion mobile experience.

Booking flows, repeat scheduling, real-time status, trust signals — all of it runs through what you build. You own this end-to-end: architecture, performance, release process, and ongoing iteration.

This is a long-term ownership role. Not a pixel-perfect implementer, not someone who waits for Figma specs.

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OUTCOMES IN FIRST 6 MONTHS

→ Ship MVP customer app (or significantly upgrade existing version)

→ Establish scalable mobile architecture

→ Reduce onboarding friction measurably

→ Improve booking completion and repeat usage metrics

→ Implement analytics instrumentation for experimentation

→ Establish clean release cadence and QA process

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WHAT YOU'LL OWN

→ End-to-end development of the native iOS app (Swift)

→ Architecture and maintainability of the mobile codebase

→ Integration with backend APIs and contract discipline

→ Onboarding, booking flows, repeat scheduling, and trust UX

→ App performance, stability, and App Store release process

→ Offline handling, background states, and push notification flows

→ Instrumentation for analytics, experimentation, and growth

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MUST-HAVES

→ Strong production experience building and shipping native iOS apps (Swift)

→ Deep understanding of app lifecycle, state management, async networking, background tasks, push notifications, offline-first

→ Experience integrating with typed APIs (GraphQL or REST)

→ Strong debugging skills in production environments

→ Familiarity with instrumentation and analytics frameworks

→ Experience shipping and maintaining apps in the App Store

→ AI-native mindset: you already use AI to accelerate your engineering — code generation, debugging, prototyping, documentation

WHAT MAKES SOMEONE EXCEPTIONAL

→ Built customer-facing apps with real transaction flows (bookings, payments, logistics)

→ Thinks deeply about performance and perceived speed

→ Builds trust through UI clarity and system transparency

→ Strong product intuition without needing a PM to define every detail

→ Comfortable working closely with backend engineers to refine contracts

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HOW TO APPLY

Apply via LinkedIn. To be considered, include:

• An app you built or shipped that had real users and real transaction flows
• How you think about building trust and reliability into a mobile experience

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*Vella is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate candidates based on capability and mindset, not pedigree.*