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Ami

Location-based social platform for real-world meetups

iOS Engineer

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
New York, NY, USA
In PersonRelocation assistance available to NYC.
Software EngineeringMobile Engineering

About the job

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

About the company

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

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Ami's App Store listing stayed active through April 28, 2026, showing real product progress.
  • A January 31, 2026 lead product designer post signals active hiring and build momentum.
  • Edge Esmeralda 2026 used Ami as a live testbed, validating early-world usage.

What critics are saying

  • Ami still lacks public traction, revenue, or a proven network-effect flywheel in 2026.
  • Location-based meetups create privacy and safety liabilities if one bad incident surfaces.
  • Snapchat, Tinder, and Life360 can copy serendipity features before Ami reaches scale.

What makes Ami unique

  • Andrew Frame and Shawn Fanning combine Citizen distribution and Napster consumer cred.
  • Ami targets serendipity-driven in-person meetings, not feed-based social scrolling.
  • Invitation-only iPhone rollout and mutual-friends logic create a curated trust layer.

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