Senior Software Engineer, iOS

Description

This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro areas.

Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help architect and evolve the iOS experiences that support Keeper’s security platform.

About Keeper

Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, iOS, you will design, build and maintain secure, scalable and high-performance features across Keeper’s native iOS applications. You will work primarily in Swift, with exposure to Objective-C where needed, and collaborate closely with Product, Design, QA and backend engineering teams to deliver reliable and intuitive mobile experiences. This is a hands-on engineering role with ownership across architecture, implementation, performance, debugging and release quality. You will contribute to technical direction, review code, improve engineering practices and help ensure Keeper’s iOS applications remain secure, maintainable and performant as the platform continues to grow.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain secure native iOS applications and features using Swift
• Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions across Keeper’s iOS codebase
• Maintain and modernize existing Objective-C components where appropriate
• Build scalable, reusable and maintainable mobile components that support long-term product growth
• Integrate mobile applications with backend services, APIs, authentication flows and secure data storage
• Optimize application performance, responsiveness, memory usage and battery efficiency
• Troubleshoot complex application issues using logs, profiling tools and runtime diagnostics
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to other engineers
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA and backend teams to define requirements and deliver high-quality features
• Strengthen automated testing, build reliability and release quality across the iOS development lifecycle
• Support App Store release processes, beta testing and validation of new iOS platform capabilities
• Maintain clear technical documentation for architecture, features and development workflows
• Evaluate emerging iOS technologies, frameworks and platform capabilities where they can improve Keeper’s applications
• Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms to improve coding, debugging, technical research, testing and documentation

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional iOS software development experience
• Strong hands-on experience developing production applications using Swift
• Working knowledge of Objective-C and experience maintaining or integrating with existing Objective-C code
• Experience designing and shipping large or complex iOS applications to the Apple App Store
• Experience with AI as it relates to iOS development. Good prompting skills and troubleshooting with AI.
• Strong understanding of iOS application architecture, lifecycle, concurrency and state management
• Experience integrating mobile applications with backend APIs and distributed services
• Strong understanding of mobile performance, memory management, debugging and profiling
• Proficiency with Xcode and Apple development, debugging and diagnostic tools
• Experience with automated build and CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of Git-based development workflows, code review and issue tracking
• Experience writing maintainable automated tests for mobile applications
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on code quality, security, architecture and maintainability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across Engineering, Product, Design and QA teams
• Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted development tools effectively to improve coding, debugging, testing and documentation
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Due to this role’s involvement in GovCloud environments, qualified candidates must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience developing cybersecurity, identity, password management or other security-sensitive mobile applications
• Experience with encryption, key management, secure storage or cryptographic APIs
• Familiarity with Keychain Services, Secure Enclave, biometrics or passkeys
• Experience with Swift Concurrency, async/await or modern iOS concurrency patterns
• Experience with SwiftUI in addition to UIKit
• Experience implementing or evaluating beta iOS APIs and new Apple platform capabilities
• Familiarity with mobile accessibility, performance and reliability best practices

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (Inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401k (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
• Above market annual bonuses
• The company, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal
• Classification: Exempt
• This notice explains how the company processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be the company Inc. (US), the company EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or the company APAC K.K (Japan).
• Data We Collect
• Information You provide:
• Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter
• Employment history, qualifications, work eligibility
• Application responses and uploaded documents
• Information We generate:
• Interview notes, assessments, communications
• Scheduling information
• Information From Others:
• Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile
• References (with your consent, before final offer)
• Public professional profiles
• Background verification (post offer)
• Voluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information
• We may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar requirements
• How We Use Your Data
• Assess your application and suitability
• Manage interviews and recruitment workflow
• Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)
• Comply with employment law obligations
• Legal Basis
• Legitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)
• Contracting steps (for progressed candidates)
• Legal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required
• Who We Share Information With
• Internal:
• HR, hiring managers, interviewers, IT support for system administration
• Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.
• Third Parties:
• Service providers who assist with:
• Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers
• Background verification vendors (post offer)
• Recruitment agencies (where applicable)
• Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data
• Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.
• International Transfers
• Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws.
• Security
• We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.
• Retention
• We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it.
• Exceptions:
• You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)
• You're hired (transfers to employee records)
• Your Rights
• You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:
• Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements
• Object to or restrict processing
• Withdraw consent (where applicable)
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority
• When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.
• Automated Decisions
• Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.
• Contact - Candidates can send privacy questions to: the company's site