Founding iOS/MacOS App Developer (AI)

Job Description: Founding iOS/MacOS App Developer (AI)

Company: Wellness at Work AI Pte Ltd, Singapore

Product: Lumina an AI wellness companion for people who spend long hours on laptops.

Location: Remote

Type: Full-time (3-month probation period) Path to founding team

Compensation: 6 - 15 LPA (50% fixed monthly stipend + 50% meaningful equity)

Who Can Apply: Candidates with min +2 years of production grade Apple app development

About Us

We are a Singapore-based AI-native startup on a mission to transform wellness for professionals and students. By harnessing cutting-edge, on-device technology, we track user habits, deliver actionable insights, and empower users to build healthier routines.

At our early-stage startup, your ideas matter, your work will have a real impact, and you'll play a pivotal role in shaping a product that genuinely improves lives. You'll collaborate closely with an experienced founding team from institutions like IIT Madras, NTU, Amazon, Delivery Hero and Singtel. If you're passionate about technology, health, and solving meaningful challenges, join us in redefining how the world approaches wellness at work.

What You'll Build

This is not a standard app development role. You will be working on the frontier of on-device AI and user wellness. You will gain experience in:

1. Computer Vision on the Edge: Integrate cutting-edge vision technologies directly within app using native Apple libraries.
2. OS Integrations: Build background services, and hooks into core OS APIs to create a seamless experience.
3. High-Performance Engineering: Master async video loops, multiprocessing, and memory/CPU profiling to ensure our application is both powerful and efficient.
4. LLMs & Agent Workflows: Prototype and integrate local and remote LLMs to build intelligent automations that genuinely help users manage their well-being.

Your Day-to-Day

• Ship Features: Take ownership of features from design to deployment in our native Swift codebase.
• Create Efficient Architecture: Produce clean, modular, and well-tested code, participating actively in pull requests and code reviews.
• Optimize Performance: Profile and optimize video pipelines, threading, and UI performance to deliver a fluid user experience.

Minimum Qualifications (Must-Haves)

• Academic Foundation: A degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• Experience: 2+ years in software development with expertise in building applications for either iOS or macOS.
• Native iOS Mastery: Proven experience in architecting, building, and shipping high-quality native iOS/Mac applications to the App Store using Swift.
• Architectural Competence: Experience designing modular and testable codebases with CPU efficient architecture.
• AI Implementation: Hands-on experience with Vision, Core ML, CreateML, and others.
• Strong CS Fundamentals:Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, multi-threading (GCD/Swift Concurrency), and OS-level processes.
• Backend: Experience integrating third-party libraries and building cloud APIs on GCP. Experience with Firebase is a must.
• Modern Development Practices: Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), and Agile methodologies.
• Testing & Automation:Experience writing Unit, Integration and UI Tests (XCTest/Swift Testing). You know how to integrate tests into a CI/CD pipeline, GitHub.
• Portfolio: A portfolio of live apps on the App Store that you can share and discuss.

Preferred Qualifications (Good-to-Haves)

• You code regularly in Python and C++
• Performance Tuning: Understanding of GPU/CPU optimization and advanced memory management.
• Monetization Models: Familiarity with implementing subscription-based or in-app-purchase models.

What We Offer

• Ownership: A significant, equity-heavy package as part of the founding team.
• Flexibility: A fully remote schedule.
• Impact: Your work will directly shape how thousands of people feel every single day.
• Growth: Collaborate directly with the founders and have a real seat at the strategy table.
• Global Exposure: Build a world-class product, from anywhere.

How to Apply

Preferred: Via LinkedIn Easy Apply

Must include:

1. Your Resume/CV, should include,
2. A link to your portfolio or live apps on the App Store
3. A link to your GitHub profile