Senior iOS Engineer, Ladder
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Strength training app
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Strength training app
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide the world's best strength training plan from the world's best coaches, every single day.
Role
Who you are
- You’re a top-tier Engineer — experienced, hungry, and obsessive about building world-class product experiences
- You’re a Senior iOS engineer who blends relentless pursuit of quality with a pragmatic, product-focused mindset
- You thrive in small teams, love to sweat the details, and are energized by building tools and platforms that empower both users and fellow engineers
- 5+ years of iOS development experience with deep expertise in Swift and the iOS ecosystem
- Strong grasp of app architecture, performance optimization, and modern build systems
- Startup experience preferred - you thrive in fast-paced, high-agency environments
- Craftsperson – You care deeply about product quality, elegant code, and getting the details right
- Builder’s mentality – You’re energized by ownership, autonomy, and moving fast with a small, talented team
- Pragmatic Engineer – You balance the “perfect” solution with realism for shipping a product
- High agency - you don't wait for permission to solve problems
Desirable
- Fitness/wellness industry experience or passion
- Passion for education, productivity, or tool-building
- Passion for code
What the job involves
- We are redefining how people get stronger and are hiring for a critical role to expand our Engineering team
- Architect, develop, and ship high-performance iOS features in Swift (SwiftUI/UIKit)
- Work to build a modular design system to keep development fast and scalable
- Build for the latest OS’s and utilizes the latest frameworks and platform capabilities
- Engage in architectural discussions to improve codebase health
- Work closely with designers to craft delightful user experiences
- Work together to build thoughtful, scalable solutions
- Move fast without sacrificing quality
Our take
Ladder is a fitness app tailored to strength training, which supplies new, ready-to-use training plans from expert coaches every day. Each workout provides movement videos, in-ear coaching, and precise pacing, helping users to workout more consistently without having to plan their own routines.
With 4.9 stars across over 40,000 reviews, it is clear that the fitness community has responded well to what Ladder is offering. The value of the app has also been recognised by investors, with the company raising several strong funding rounds. The latest will support Ladder's existing growth strategy which includes developing enterprise wellness offerings and an Android app.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2024
$90m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Nov 2024
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $123.5m
Company benefits
- We are hybrid office culture, with the team working from Austin HQ 3-4 days per week
- We have a great content studio, which doubles as a high performance training facility (aka our private gym for use by our team and friends)
- Equity and benefits package
- New equipment including a laptop, monitor, and accessories/tools required for you to do your best work
Company HQ
East Congress, Austin, TX
Leadership
Gregory Stewart
(CEO)Member of YPO. Previously SVP and Head of Product Management (Software and Data) at Amherst Residential, COO at Bungalo and CEO at REthink CRM.
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