Software Engineer (Founding iOS)

Highbeam is building the future of business banking and cash management.

Our platform combines AI agents, automated financial workflows, and integrated financial products that save brands time and money.

Customers have generated billions in sales and include well-known brands such as Cuts, Tushy, NYON, Sabah, Still Here, Alice Mushrooms, Original Grain, birddogs, and more.

Our team includes alumni of Shopify, Square, Toast, Rippling, and McKinsey.

We’ve raised $42M in equity from Acrew, FirstMark, Mayfield, and Two Sigma Ventures.

We’re looking for a founding iOS engineer to join us in building the future of business banking and cash management.

You’ll be responsible for bringing Highbeam’s products to life on mobile—from foundational architecture to beautiful user-facing features. This is a critical role in shaping how our customers interact with their finances daily, with a focus on speed, reliability, and delightful UX.

What you’ll do

• Own the architecture, implementation, and launch of Highbeam’s iOS app

• Build intuitive, high-performance user interfaces that reflect complex financial data in a simple way

• Set best practices for mobile engineering—code quality, testing, CI/CD, analytics, crash reporting

• Collaborate closely with design to deliver polished, on-brand user experiences

• Work across the stack when needed, and coordinate with backend engineers to define API needs

On AI use

A strong Highbeam engineer uses AI as a powerful tool — for exploration, design, and implementation — while maintaining full ownership of the outcome. AI can accelerate thinking and execution, but it does not replace judgment, taste, or accountability.

We expect engineers to use AI extensively and still care deeply about code quality. That means reviewing outputs carefully, refining them, understanding the trade-offs, and ensuring the final result meets a high bar for clarity, correctness, and maintainability.

Shipping working code is not enough. You should understand what you ship and be able to defend the decisions behind it.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building and maintaining iOS applications in production

• Fluency in Swift and modern iOS development frameworks (e.g. SwiftUI, Combine, or UIKit)

• Understanding of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and a strong product sense

• Comfortable setting up mobile CI/CD pipelines and using tools like Xcode Cloud, Fastlane, or TestFlight

You'll thrive at Highbeam if...

• You love working in-person with a high-performing team

• You enjoy working in an idea-meritocratic, low-ego environment

• You are proactive and self-directed, and you excel in ambiguous, fast moving environments

• You care about delivering a polished customer experience

• Bonus: You have experience working in fintech, AI or early-stage startups

What we offer

• Chance to join the founding team of a well-funded startup chasing a huge opportunity

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity

• Great location: Our NYC office is in NoHo, a short walk from the A,C,E · B,D,F,M · N,Q,R,W · 1 · 6 trains. Our Toronto office is downtown near Osgoode Station.

• Generous PTO

• Comprehensive health & benefits package

• Stipends for lunch, commute, wellness, and purchasing customer products

• Yearly offsite—last year we went to Mexico City!