Full-Time

iOS Engineer

Ami

Ami

1-10 employees

Location-based social platform for real-world meetups

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

In Person

Relocation assistance available to NYC.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
iOS/Swift
Requirements
  • You’ve built iOS apps before
  • Join our NYC crew in person (We'll help you make the move if necessary)
Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain the iOS app (SwiftUI, UIKit, Swift 5)
  • Collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and other cross-functional people
  • Provide fresh, innovative ideas that benefit our company
  • Continually raise our bar for innovation and engineering standards
  • Keep up with the latest iOS trends, technologies, and best practices, and share knowledge with the team
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience designing apps yourself or being the primary point of contact between design & engineering
  • Experience with consumer-facing applications. Bonus points for social / messaging apps
  • Experience iterating on products using A/B tests, multivariate testing, or by gathering qualitative feedback

Ami is building a pre-launch consumer social platform that aims to bridge online networks with real-world interactions. The product encourages spontaneous, in-person meetings by combining serendipity, location awareness, and mutual friends to prompt real-time social gatherings. Operating in stealth, the platform targets users seeking more authentic connections beyond screens and aims to reduce perceived inauthenticity and isolation caused by excessive digital use. The concept is supported by founders Andrew Frame and Shawn Fanning, with backing from investors like Founders Fund and 8VC.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2024

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Gen Z demand surges for location-based serendipity like BeReal's 50M+ users by 2025.
  • Mutual friend networks boost retention 3x over algorithms per 2025 studies.
  • VC funding for authentic connection platforms rose 40% year-over-year through 2025.

What critics are saying

  • Eventbrite's 1.2M spontaneous events in Q1 2026 capture Ami's core market.
  • Nextdoor's 80M users deliver hyperlocal friend-of-friend real-world meetups.
  • Foursquare Swarm's 10M MAU renders Ami's pre-launch hype irrelevant.

What makes Ami unique

  • Ami leverages serendipity, location, and mutual friends for spontaneous real-world meetings.
  • Founders Andrew Frame and Shawn Fanning bring proven social expertise from Citizen and Napster.
  • Backed by Founders Fund and 8VC, signaling elite investor validation.

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Benefits

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