Software Engineer, iOS

Mirage

Union Square +1 more

On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior iOS engineers who have experience building native mobile products with a focus on creative workflows and AI integration.

Best fit for

Candidates with experience in creative video tools and AI-native product development
— “pushing the boundaries of the iOS ecosystem by building sophisticated creative tools”
Individuals who have delivered production-ready mobile apps with high impact
— “a track record of shipping high‑impact, native mobile products in production”

Things to consider

In-person presence is required at the NYC HQ, which may not suit remote-preference candidates
— “most of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ”
The role demands ownership of end-to-end projects, which may require high autonomy and initiative
— “our product engineers are trusted with a high degree of ownership and agency”

How to stand out

Highlight experience with AI integration in mobile applications during interviews
— “rethink how people collaborate with AI that can actually do creative work with them”
Demonstrate technical versatility with iOS frameworks like SwiftUI and AVFoundation
— “Experience with (ideally a few) SwiftUI, Combine, RxSwift, ReactiveSwift, AVFoundation, Core Animation, and Realm”
Emphasize your ability to work in fast-paced environments and deliver end-to-end projects
— “operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

Pushed the boundaries of iOS and built products that shape the future of video software
Collaborated with designers and the broader team to conceptualize and ship incredible experiences directly to users

Typical background

2+ years of professional industry experienceA track record of shipping high-impact, native mobile products in production

Skills & requirements

Required

Ios DevelopmentSwiftuiAvfoundationCore Animation

Preferred

OpenglMetal

Stack & domain

Ios DevelopmentSwiftuiCombineRxswiftReactiveswiftAvfoundationCore AnimationRealmProblem-solvingTime-managementCollaborativeVideo EditingAI

About the role

Original posting from Mirage via Ashby

Mirage is an AI video company focused on making creation dramatically easier. Our team tackles some of the hardest creative and technical challenges in generative media.
We get to rethink how people collaborate with AI that can actually do creative work with them—defining entirely new interaction paradigms for AI-native video tools. We make that possible by building multimodal agents that turn creative direction into edits, rendering engines that composite multiple layers of video and graphics, and generative video models trained from the ground up that create new media when needed.
All of this comes together in Captions, our creative workspace for generating, editing, and designing video. The technology behind Captions is now available more broadly: Tesseract gives any AI agent native video-editing capabilities, while developers can integrate our models into their own products through APIs.
Explore our work
Captions https://apps.apple.com/us/app/captions-ai-edits-your-video/id1541407007 — Our flagship creative workspace
Tesseract https://x.com/trymirage/status/2102429594804429138 — Our professional video engine for AI agents
Research https://mirage.app/research?utm_source=chatgpt.com — The foundation models we build in-house
Updates https://x.com/trymirage — The latest from Mirage
TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions/, Forbes https://www.forbes.com/companies/captions/?list=ai50, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91270234/video-most-innovative-companies-fast-company-2025-youtube-roku-tubi-vimeo-captions-descript-cour-procreate-synthesia-beeble — Press
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, General Catalyst, 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 most of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)
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
2+ 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
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.

Source: Mirage careers (Ashby)