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iOS Engineer (Senior-Staff Levels)

Cantina· Engineering
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Hybrid (California)$180k - $240kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Senior iOS engineer role at Cantina Labs, focusing on high-performance iOS features, AI-driven capabilities, custom graphics, animation frameworks, and real-time media pipelines within a hybrid-California workplace.

Responsibilities

  • Work with frameworks and technologies like UIKit, AVFoundation, Combine, Core Animation, and more.
  • Lead development of new AI and media-driven features.
  • Build and optimize video/audio pipelines, real-time media effects, and AI-powered visual features.
  • Participate in Architecture meetings to help ensure our apps meet the highest quality standards.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA teams to deliver polished, scalable experiences.
  • Take ownership of features — be part of a small team that ships an application to a large user base.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience developing iOS applications, or equivalent education.
  • Fluency in Swift, UIKit, and Objective-C, with a strong foundation in custom graphics and animation frameworks.
  • Ability to write readable, maintainable, documented, and thoroughly tested code.
  • Experience developing integrations with RESTful APIs.
  • Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
  • Basic understanding of Figma — able to determine spacing and sizing; bonus if you can export icons and understand variables.
  • Experience with video editing, real-time media effects, or AI-driven media features is a plus.
  • Ability to effectively translate Product, UX, and UI requirements into code.
  • Skilled at evaluating and communicating engineering solutions and trade-offs to teammates and potentially non-technical stakeholders.
  • Can create scalable and reusable components that are flexible and modular.
  • Attention to detail, motion, and animation.

Skills

Required:SwiftUIKitObjective-CCore AnimationAVFoundationRESTful APIsGit
Nice to have:Figma

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and generous company equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina
  • 42 days of paid time off, including: 15 PTO days, 10 sick days, 15 company holidays, 2 floating holidays
  • Generous parental leave & fertility support
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like
  • Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees
  • One Medical membership, and more!
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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