Senior iOS SDK Engineer, Canary Technologies
$100-200k
Providing hospitality technology
Job no longer available
Providing hospitality technology
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$100-200k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help hoteliers thrive through innovative software solutions.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years building mobile applications or SDKs, with deep expertise in iOS and Swift
- Proven experience designing, shipping, and supporting public SDKs consumed by external developers
- Strong grasp of API design, modular architecture, semantic versioning, and backward‑compatibility strategies
- Proficiency with iOS fundamentals: networking, concurrency, persistence, security, and performance optimization
- Experience with package managers and build systems: Swift Package Manager, CocoaPods, Xcode Cloud or similar CI
- Quality mindset: unit and UI testing, automation, crash analytics, and observability best practices
- Excellent written communication skills to produce samples and docs that make integration fast and painless
- Self‑starter who thrives in ambiguity and partners closely with Product to deliver business impact
Desirable
- Kotlin/Android experience or cross‑platform frameworks (React Native, Flutter)
- Backend familiarity in Python and cloud services such as AWS
- Experience building for enterprise customers and handling release management at scale
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior iOS SDK Engineer to build mobile SDKs enabling large hotel brands and enterprise customers to embed Canary’s platform into their own apps
- You’ll also contribute to our first‑party mobile apps used daily by hotel staff across the globe
- The role blends product-minded engineering, excellent developer experience design, and hands-on ownership of performant, reliable mobile code at scale
- You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Customer teams to ship high-quality experiences that are easy to integrate, secure, and delightful to use
- Own the design, development, and maintenance of Canary’s iOS SDKs that power guest and staff experiences for large hotel brands
- Create best‑in‑class developer experiences: clear APIs, robust samples, documentation, and upgrade paths
- Build features and UI components for our first‑party staff apps with a focus on reliability and performance
- Partner with Product and Design to scope, sequence, and ship customer‑impacting work
- Collaborate with Backend and Platform teams to define mobile‑server contracts and observability
- Establish SDK versioning, release processes, and semantic change management
- Improve code quality through testing, automation, and thoughtful architecture
- Participate in code reviews and mentor other engineers
- Drive operational excellence including monitoring, logging, crash analytics, and on‑call readiness
Our take
Embracing the modern era, Canary Technologies is dedicated to revolutionising the hotel industry through digital transformation. Pioneering the field with its mobile web-based Guest Management System and Digital Authorisation solutions, Canary aims to rid hotels of outdated technology, enhancing revenue streams by boosting staff productivity and delivering superior guest experiences.
Co-founders Harman and SJ, childhood friends turned business partners, bring a unique blend of expertise to the table, drawing from their extensive background in both hospitality and technology sectors. With the industry already on an upward trajectory, the post-pandemic landscape has further fueled the demand for their solutions, particularly their contactless check-in and checkout offerings.
Despite competition in the sector, Canary has secured significant funding led by Insight Partners, enabling rapid expansion and talent acquisition to meet the burgeoning demand for its innovative solutions.
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Insights
59% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2025
$80m
SERIES D
Jun 2024
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $175.2m
Company benefits
- Our health insurance has you covered on day 1
- Flexible working hours
- Training and career development
- Regular team building events
- A travel stipend for when you stay at Canary hotels
- Internal promotions from within the team
- Kitchen stocked with fruit, snacks, coffee, and more
- We're a diverse and global team
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Harman Singh Narula
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded a custom printed apparel company, The Shirt Guys, LLC. Worked in strategy for Citigroup and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc, and as a Management Consultant for Bain & Company.
Satjot "SJ" Sawhney
(Co-Founder & President)Previously co-founded Mobibolt, Inc and Tapfame before serving as Head of Product at the hospitality technology startup, Stayful.
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