Senior Software Engineer, iOS

🌍 Redefining how people live

At Blueground, we believe that when your base is reliable, the world opens up. That’s why we’re building the world’s leading platform for living.

Every year, over 350 million people move between cities — yet today’s housing options haven’t kept up with the needs of a modern, mobile generation. Blueground was created to change that.

With 60,000+ homes around the world, available for stays from a few days to a year or more, we’re only just getting started. We’re on an ambitious growth path to redefine living and create an entirely new category. Our edge? Powerful proprietary technology, operational excellence, and a team that moves with speed and discipline.

Our Culture Is Anchored In Five Principles 

✨ Guests First – Every decision starts with their experience.

⚡ Move Fast – We value momentum and action.

🔍 Dive In – The magic is in the details, and we go deep.

🔄 Embrace Change – Change isn’t disruption; it’s how we grow.

🤝 Keep It Honest – Transparency accelerates progress and strengthens relationships.

If you’re ready to do the best work of your life and help reshape how the world lives, we’d love to meet you.

🔑 About the Role

We're looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to join Blueground's Client-Facing Mobile team and help shape the future of the guest experience.

Our mobile app is one of Blueground's most strategic products, accompanying guests throughout their entire journey—from discovering and booking their next home to managing every aspect of their stay. As we continue to invest heavily in our technology platform, we're redesigning our post-booking experience from the ground up while expanding the app to cover the complete booking journey, making it the primary touchpoint for thousands of guests every day.

As part of the team, you'll build high-quality native iOS experiences using modern technologies and engineering practices, collaborating closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Backend Engineers to deliver features that are intuitive, reliable, and delightful to use. You'll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, improve the architecture of our mobile platform, and contribute to a product that directly impacts our guests every day.

We're looking for product-minded engineers who care as much about the user experience as they do about clean architecture and code quality. You'll thrive here if you enjoy taking ownership, collaborating across disciplines, and building polished experiences that solve real customer problems.

We're also embracing AI as part of our engineering culture—both in the products we build and in the way we work. We actively use modern AI-assisted development tools to help us move faster, automate repetitive work, and focus on delivering meaningful value to our users.

Our Stack

• Swift & SwiftUI
• Design System & Design Tokens
• Accessibility-first development (iOS Accessibility)
• Internationalization (i18n) & Localization
• Offline-first architecture powered by Core Data
• MVVM-C architecture with Dependency Injection (DI)
• CI/CD with Fastlane, Bitrise & GitHub Actions
• Payment integrations including Stripe, Adyen, and Revolut
• Mobile observability & analytics with Datadog, Firebase, Bitly, and Braze
• Automated regression testing with Unit, Functional, and End-to-End (E2E) tests
• AI-assisted development using Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot

Our code sits on GitHub, is built, tested, and packaged via GitHub Actions, and runs on Kubernetes. We manage projects in JIRA, our prototypes and mockups in Figma, and monitor our systems and performance in Datadog, with the help of Resolve.ai.

What you'll do

• Work on services supporting our customer-facing web and mobile apps
• Work mostly on the backend but with a full-stack mindset.
• Use AI tooling for most, if not all, of your tasks
• Write your unit tests
• Automate stuff. Like a lot.
• Be religious with Git
• Depend on a CI pipeline and world-class telemetry.
• Experiment, learn, and have fun

What to expect

• To work in a small, agile, data-driven, customer-obsessed, multi-cultural team
• To roll up your sleeves and dive into the details
• To fully embrace the AI change
• To enjoy some quality engineering on a multitude of technologies
• A rapidly growing company
• Cool and helpful colleagues :)

Interview Process

• Dialogue with Talent Acquisition Team (30m)
• Live Coding: Evaluating Coding skills (90m)
• Tech Dialogue: CS skills (90m)
• System Design & Executive Dialogue (60m)

Requirements

• 3+ years of full-time industry experience working on iOS
• A deep understanding of the iOS SDK
• Strong platform fundamentals (SwiftUI, CoreData, Xcode instruments)
• Strong CS background
• Strong Swift skills
• Testing mindset and an eye for clean code
• An eye for good UX
• Really comfortable with Git
• Excellent communication in English
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or a related subject

Pay, Perks, and Such

• Competitive salary
• Blueground Stock Option Plan
• Flexible paid time off
• Comprehensive group health insurance
• Access to training budget and resources
• Access to premium AI-powered productivity tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT)
• Mobile data plan
• Enhanced parental leave
• A dynamic, collaborative environment with talented people
• Flexibility to work remotely through our Blueground Nomads mobility program
• Complimentary accommodation at Blueground locations
• A culture that embraces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at its core

Learn more about Blueground at https://theblueground.com. To keep up with Blueground news, follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok! To get a feeling of how we think about tech, make sure you check our Engineering Blog!