Founding Full-Stack iOS Engineer at Clera
San Francisco, CA
$150,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A small seed-stage wearable startup needs a sole iOS engineer to build and own its consumer companion app from the ground up. The core work involves architecting the mobile experience, integrating real-time emotional-state outputs (mood, energy, focus) from a backend inference model, and crafting UI that makes those signals accessible to everyday users. The role suits an experienced Swift developer with a track record of shipping polished consumer apps who is comfortable working autonomously at founding-team level.
Senior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,150 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 860–1,500
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title 'Founding Full-Stack iOS Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the requirements ('a few years minimum; not a role for recent graduates', end-to-end ownership, high autonomy) clearly support a Senior classification.
The role is primarily iOS/mobile but explicitly requires full-stack capability including backend/API integration — the iOS layer is the dominant day-to-day focus, so 15-1252 is the right code.
Compensation is quoted as ~$150,000 USD (San Francisco) or ~£75,000 GBP (London). Only the USD figure is captured here; the London/GBP figure is a separate geography and currency not representable in a single comp range.
Location is listed as primarily San Francisco, CA, with flexibility for London or remote 'depending on experience and fit' — remote is not guaranteed, so remote is set to false. The London option makes this role potentially non-US for some hires, but the primary/anchor location is San Francisco.
HealthKit, CoreMotion, and Bluetooth LE appear under the 'Nice to Have' section and are preferred, not required.
Backend/API integration is required ('full-stack capability') but no specific backend language, framework, or platform is named — no concrete technology skill could be extracted for that requirement.
Equity of 1–2% is offered; visa sponsorship is not available for new sponsorships (transfers welcome).
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