Software Engineer, iOS

About the role

Mirage is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language. Our models leverage contextual awareness to execute the same creative decisions a professional editor would — dramatically improving productivity for experienced teams, while making video creation accessible to anyone.

We’re an interdisciplinary team addressing some of the most difficult technical and creative challenges in generative media. As an early member of our team, you’ll tackle foundational problems that remain largely unsolved across the industry, driving an outsized impact on the future of creative expression.

More about us

Product https://mirage.app/captions (Captions by Mirage)

Research https://mirage.app/research (Our Models and Agents)

Updates https://x.com/trymirage (Mirage on X / twitter)

TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/mirage-raises-75m-to-continue-building-models-for-its-ai-video-editing-app-captions/, Forbes AI 50 https://www.forbes.com/companies/captions/?list=ai50, Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/91270234/video-most-innovative-companies-fast-company-2025-youtube-roku-tubi-vimeo-captions-descript-cour-procreate-synthesia-beeble (press)

Our Investors

We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.

Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square)

About the role
Our iOS team owns end-to-end product experiences for creative workflows—pushing the boundaries of the iOS ecosystem by building sophisticated creative tools that span delightful user interfaces, graphics rendering, and audio/video processing. As a small, collaborative team, our product engineers are trusted with a high degree of ownership and agency.

Responsibilities

- Push the boundaries of iOS and build products that shape the future of video software

- Collaborate with designers and the broader team to conceptualize and ship incredible experiences directly to users

- Operate effectively in an extremely fast-paced environment as well as scope and deliver projects end-to-end

- Instrument, A/B, and iterate rapidly with production data

What makes you a great fit

- 2+ years of professional industry experience

- A track record of shipping high‑impact, native mobile products in production

- Excellent engineering taste combined with a strong sense of practicality and time-management

- Experience with (ideally a few) SwiftUI, Combine, RxSwift, ReactiveSwift, AVFoundation, Core Animation, and Realm

- Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (algorithms and data structures).

Even better if…

- You have experience with OpenGL or Metal

- You are grounded, collaborative, and willing to do whatever it takes to help the team win

- You have been a startup founder or an early engineer at one

BENEFITS:

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

- 401K with employer match

- Commuter Benefits

- Catered lunch multiple days per week

- Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!

- Grubhub subscription

- Health & Wellness Perks

- Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month

- Generous PTO policy

Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.