Swift Engineer
United States - Remote
R&D
Remote
We're seeking a Swift Engineer to join our growing team to design, develop, and implement new features for
Littlebird
, our AI teammate for Mac and Android. We’re building personal AI; a thought partner that connects dots in your work and helps you think. We're a small, global, async-first team that values craft and ownership.
Littlebird is remote-first; we speak a few languages, love to collaborate, and like to build things that we enjoy using. Our co-founders have experience building data, consumer hardware, and interactive products, including selling a previous venture for ~$250m.
Key Responsibilities
Work closely with R&D leads to design scalable architecture
Prove out AI feature ideas, iterate on them and integrate them into the product when they're ready for prime time
Build systems with a focus on performance, accuracy, security and scale
Contribute to new voice and transcriptions features
Build and own features that will produce value for our customers
Required Skills
Minimum 5 years of hands-on software development experience with at least a few years focus on Swift or Objective-C.
Proven ability to build complex, responsive user interfaces in MacOS, iOS and/or Android
Comfortable handling concurrency, multi-threaded programming, and performance tuning in complex systems.
Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve front-end performance bottlenecks—from slow rendering times to memory management issues. Familiarity with profiling tools (e.g., Chrome DevTools, Instruments, Lighthouse).
Proficiency in using modern build and development tools like Webpack, Babel, Git, CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with macOS development tools and data persistence frameworks
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desired Experience
Prior startup experience, shipping products 0-1 and/or owning major parts of a production-grade codebase
Experience leading architectural discussions, discussing tradeoffs, designing integrations and test plans
Experience with assistive technologies like screen readers and voice recognition software
Proficiency in Rust and/or python
Benefits
Remote-friendly work environment
Collaborative team culture
Opportunity to shape infrastructure decisions
Competitive compensation packages including stock and health/dental/vision/life benefits, paid time off, 401k, and parental leave
Flexible working hours across multiple time zones