We believe that communication belongs to everyone. TextNow is redefining how people connect by combining simplicity, intelligence, and accessibility. We’re a team of curious builders using technology to make communication more affordable and powerful for millions of users every day.
As a
Software Developer - iOS, you won’t just build apps—you’ll shape the systems, architecture, and tooling that make them possible. At TextNow, Members of Technical Staff combine leadership and hands on coding to enable the highest leverage opportunities possible. Being able to operate strategically, as well as diving into the lowest level details is a must. You’ll take technical ownership of key mobile domains and work across mobile, backend, and data to create faster, smarter, more reliable products. As well, AI and automation are at the core of how we build. You’ll use them to accelerate development, improve performance, detect and resolve issues faster, and continuously raise the bar for mobile development excellence. We’re hiring Members of Technical Staff across multiple levels (intermediate/senior/staff+). Whether you’re an experienced developer looking to lead complex systems, or an early-career developer eager to grow, we’ll align your title and scope based on experience and impact.
This role is about impact at scale. You’ll shape how TextNow builds and operates its backend systems—using AI and automation to make development faster, decisions smarter, and experiences more seamless for millions of users worldwide.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and sustain high-performance iOS applications using Swift, SwiftUI, and Objective-C.
- Lead architectural modernization and modularization to improve scalability and cross-platform reuse.
- Define and own the entire lifecycle of your systems: feature ideation, API design, instrumentation, deployment (CI/CD), live-traffic monitoring, unit/UI/e2e testing, user telemetry & data analysis, experiment design (A/B tests), and continuous iteration.
- Influence and evolve our architecture: propose and lead initiatives to decompose monoliths, build shared libraries and frameworks, improve modularization, enable reuse across iOS, Android, Web; evaluate new Apple platform capabilities (e.g., new OS releases, device types, form factors, architectures) and lead their adoption.
- Apply AI-driven tools and automation frameworks to speed up development, code analysis, testing, and reliability.
- Leverage intelligent telemetry, analytics, and optimization pipelines to improve app performance and user experience.
- Define observability standards, telemetry pipelines, and fault-tolerance strategies for production-grade systems.
- Partner closely with product, design, backend, and data teams to deliver seamless, high-quality user experiences.
- Drive technical discussions, mentor developers, and influence strategic direction across mobile platforms.
Who You Are
- A technical leader with the ability to create and lead roadmaps/initiatives that align to high-level business objectives
- Deep expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, and modern concurrency (async/await, actors).
- Proven track record of architecting modular, maintainable systems that balance speed and reliability.
- Strong background in performance optimization, observability, and system-level debugging.
- Experience using AI and automation to improve developer velocity, reliability, or product intelligence.
- A collaborative technical leader who thrives in fast-moving environments and mentors others to excel.
- Passionate about creating elegant, high-performance mobile experiences across Apple’s ecosystem.
- You architect for observability, reliability and production-readiness: you understand instrumentation, SLOs/SLIs, fault-tolerance, runbooks, incident triage, scalable telemetry pipelines, and production diagnostics for mobile clients.
- You have been a technical leader (not just an individual contributor): you’ve influenced roadmap decisions, contributed to multi-team initiatives, mentored/led developers, driven culture/process improvements, and interfaced with senior developer/product leadership.
$136,300 - $273,900 a year
CompensationThe expected base salary range for this role is:
United States (NYC, CT, NJ, Seattle, LA, San Diego): USD $136,300 - $273,900 United States (San Francisco / Bay Area): USD $148,700 - $298,800 United States (All other areas not listed above): USD $123,900 - $249,000 Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Our goal is to offer a competitive package that reflects the impact and expertise you bring to the team.
This posting is for a current, active vacancy.
More about TextNow Our culture We’re proud of the culture that we’ve built at TextNow, but one of the most common questions we hear is ‘how do you continue to sustain it as the world and the company continues to change?’ The reality is that we’re only able to keep up because each and every TextNovian contributes to our culture through being involved, by living our values, sharing feedback, embracing change and more!
Our values Customer Obsessed We strive to have a deep understanding of our customers.
Do Right By Our People We treat each other with fairness, respect, and integrity.
Accept the Challenge We adopt a "Yes, We Can" mindset to achieve ambitious goals.
Act Like an Owner We treat this company like it's our own... because it is!
Give a Damn We are deeply committed and passionate about our work and achieving results.
Our benefits and more This is a brief overview of the benefits that TextNow offers its employees. More complete details can be found in TextNow’s Benefit Guide and legal plan documents, which are available to employees on or shortly after their start date with TextNow. The benefits listed herein are for illustrative purposes only and may change from time-to-time in TextNow’s sole discretion. Free phone service Strong work life blend Flexible work arrangements (work-from-home, remote, or access to one of our office spaces) Employee stock options Unlimited vacation 12 paid holidays per year Competitive pay Health, dental, and vision benefits Short-term & long-term disability $750 annual wellness benefit or healthcare spending account 401(K) matching Parental leave for eligible employees Learning & Development opportunitiesWe travel a few times a year for various team events, company-wide off-sites, and more More information about our total rewards package will be available during the hiring process.
Dogfooding & Customer Obsession At TextNow, every employee gets to actively use our app for calling and texting. Dogfooding helps us experience what customers do, to spot issues early, and drive better design, developer, and user experiences.
Diversity and Inclusion Our aim is to make every person who joins TextNow feel like they belong, that they’re valued, and that they’re able to be their authentic selves at work. We’re all accountable for creating an inclusive culture and a sense of belonging for one another. By doing this together, we’ll make TextNow better for everyone.
Equal opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may contact our Talent Team.
TextNow Candidate Policy By submitting an application to TextNow, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with the
TextNow Candidate Policy AI usage We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact our Talent Team.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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