Founding Mobile Engineer (iOS)
About this role
This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).
We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 70 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.
Founding Mobile Engineer (iOS)
€85K – €160K | Offers Equity
At Almedia, you’ll:
Own way more, way earlier — you’ll be trusted with responsibility fast.
Push harder, get further — this isn’t a 9–5. We highly reward intensity.
Join a rare environment — you will work with ambitious high-speed, high-ownership people.
Fully present — we’re 5 days a week in the office to build the energising momentum we need.
We’re launching our next big bet to revolutionize AdTech after the massive success of Freecash.com. As our Founding Mobile Engineer for this project, you’ll own the entire mobile architecture and build this product—and the team—from the ground up.
What You'll Do 🎯
Build high-performance, scalable mobile applications from scratch, using Swift, benefit from AI enablement.
Architect the mobile experience for a brand-new project, owning the entire lifecycle from coding to production deployment.
Optimize system responsiveness and performance while managing external services for split-testing and feature flagging.
Lead the technical standard through rigorous code reviews and weekly syncs to drive priority and speed.
What You’ll Bring 💡
5+ years of heavy-hitting experience in mobile and software development.
Expert Stack: Deep mastery of Swift.
AI Enabled: you had deep expertise deploying agents to do the heavy lifting, focussing on system design, architecture and deep technical topics.
SDK knowledge: you have developed or implemented SDK's yourself.
Bonus
Background in the AdTech space.
Objective-C.
What Makes You a Great Fit 🌟
A high-ownership builder with an intense, intrinsic motivation to win.
A solution-driven engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, non-9-to-5 startup culture.
Comfortable with ambiguity, fast decisions, and a high bar for quality.
Product-minded: you care about impact, not just code.
A clear communicator in English, both written and spoken.
Why Almedia? 🚀
Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success.
Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has been profitable from day one.
Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.
Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.
We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Company at a glance
Almedia is defining the new standard in the $1T advertising market by rewarding user engagement. We believe that the user’s time and attention should be a compensated asset, not an exploited resource, making advertising better for both sides. To achieve this, we build the world’s most intelligent platform to discover and engage with games and brands. According to the Financial Times’ FT1000, Almedia is already the fastest-growing advertising company in Europe.
Our gamified reward system motivates users to try games or apps, but unlike traditional UA, our players continue engaging long term. Consumers receive rewards for purchases via cashback, while gamers are rewarded for completing levels with real-money rewards. Through Almedia products, app developers and brands are able to acquire new customers, promote customer loyalty, and strengthen their brand.
With a growing user base of over 80 million users, our products Freecash.com and Link drive unparalleled returns to over 1200 advertisers through our data-driven, rewarded User Acquisition approach. For the first time, consumers receive rewards purely for interacting with advertising and spending time on products, such as games and apps. With a 4.8* rating from over 250,000 reviews on Trustpilot, Almedia products, notably Freecash, are trusted by advertisers and consumers alike.
Contact us at [email protected] to learn more about how Almedia is reshaping the way businesses connect with their audiences.
If you want to join us, visit https://almedia.co/careers. To truly redefine this market, we need a team that operates at an elite level. We expect super-high ambitious builders who thrive on tackling massive, complex problems and want to learn in 2 years what others do in 20.
Top Benefits
- Equity
- Bonus
- Transport subsidy
- Breakfasts and lunches
- Language learning
- Urban Sports Club
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