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title: 'Founding iOS Engineer at Doji'
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# Founding iOS Engineer at Doji

- **Company:** Doji
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-05-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/doji/2bcd86e7-d352-4d2d-be5a-b40e08796e2a

## Job description

## THE OPPORTUNITY

We're reimagining fashion shopping with AI avatars. To do this we're developing cutting-edge diffusion models and designing novel, personalized interfaces.

We're a small team of creative builders in NYC with a rare combination of taste and deep AI expertise. Previously we've shipped consumer products to millions at Apple, DeepMind, Meta, and startups. Backed by the investors behind OpenAI, Cursor, and SKIMS, our company is positioned at the intersection of AI, technology, and culture.

## THE ROLE

We're looking for an iOS Engineer to craft a category-defining avatar fashion shopping experience. This role is in-person from our office in NYC.

As Founding iOS Engineer you will…

- Develop a native iOS app for our evolving product
- Work with the founders to design and implement novel mobile experiences
- Build and maintain high-quality, reusable, and testable code
- Define mobile development processes - including planning, testing, releasing, and monitoring
- Collaborate effectively in a shared codebase while upholding high coding standards
- Optimize app performance and speed
- Stay up-to-date with the latest iOS developments and best practices
- Contribute to the overall product strategy and user experience

You’re a great fit if you…

- Have built consumer apps at scale
- Have strong fundamentals and experience with the modern iOS stack (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit)
- Take pride in crafting intuitive user experiences, polished UI and maintainable, high-quality code
- Understand low-level intricacies (Swift 6.0 concurrency) and know how to profile and measure app performance and speed
- Apply Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
- Work with Git and Git flow methodology
- Evaluate different design patterns and tradeoffs, specifically MVVM
- Are self-driven, high-agency, and can master new skills quickly and deeply
- Thrive on rigorous, fast-paced teams (startups or big tech)
- Have genuine interest in fashion, avatars, or creative expression

Bonus if you…

- Have experience with WebSockets, HTTP, concurrency and multithreading
- Have experience building complex, fluid UX animations in iOS
- Have worked in fashion or consumer e-commerce

## About Doji

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Doji is an AI-powered mobile app that lets users create personalized photo-realistic avatars to virtually try on and discover fashion items, blending shopping with social inspiration.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; $14M raised)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Dorian Dargan (CEO) & Jim Winkens (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Technology / Fashion (AI-powered virtual try-ons and shopping)
- **Target customers**: B2C, primarily fashion-conscious consumers interested in online apparel shopping and self-expression
- **Mission**: “Reimagine fashion shopping from the ground up – not as something to buy, but something to become.” (via careers page)

## Products & Services
- **[Doji App]**: Free invite-only mobile app that creates a personal AI avatar from user selfies and full-body images, then renders realistic try-ons of real luxury and brand-name clothing. Users can scroll curated looks, share outfits, and explore new styles. Currently in beta with plans to integrate in-app purchasing (instead of redirecting to external sites).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (seed-stage startup)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $14M seed round (May 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Thrive Capital (lead), Seven Seven Six (participation). Investors behind OpenAI, Cursor, and SKIMS are also involved (per careers page).
- **Growth Signals**: Team grew 71.4% YoY to 8 employees; app available in 80+ countries; early adopters reportedly impressed; the company is actively hiring (Founding iOS Engineer, Design Engineer, Social Media Intern).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Advanced AI technology**: Proprietary diffusion models deliver photo-realistic avatars and clothing try-ons, built by a team with deep AI research experience (DeepMind, Google).
- **Founder domain expertise**: Dorian Dargan previously worked on Apple VisionOS and Meta Quest; Jim Winkens was an AI researcher at DeepMind and Google. They emphasize both technical chops and “taste” to make avatar representations feel inspiring rather than uncanny.
- **Social & fun approach**: Unlike utilitarian try-on tools, Doji gamifies fashion exploration – users scroll endless looks on their avatar, making shopping discovery playful.

## Strategic Focus
- **Improve AI models**: The $14M funding is primarily dedicated to making avatars and try-ons faster, more accurate, and higher quality.
- **Integrate purchasing**: Currently users tap out to external retailers; the roadmap includes in-app buying.
- **Scale from invite-only to public**: The app remains in invite mode; removing that barrier will drive adoption.
- **Expand luxury & brand partnerships**: Onboarding emphasizes favorite brands; deeper retail partnerships are likely.

## Why Work Here
- **Small, tight-knit team**: Based in NYC with just 8 people, offering outsized impact and ownership.
- **Backed by elite investors**: Thrive Capital, Seven Seven Six – same backers as OpenAI and Cursor, indicating strong funding runway and network.
- **Cutting-edge work**: Daily involvement in advanced diffusion models, real-time avatar generation, and consumer AI.
- **Culture of craft**: “We go deep where others don’t – beyond surface. We lead with craft, curiosity and the courage to envision an entirely new paradigm.” (careers page)
- **Open roles**: Current openings include Founding iOS Engineer, Design Engineer, and Social Media Intern – all with referral bonuses ($10k for successful engineer hires).
- **Perks**: Not explicitly detailed, but startup environment typical of early-stage NYC tech companies; likely equity, flexible remote/hybrid, and direct collaboration with founders.

## Sources
1. [careers.doji.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/doji) – Doji Careers Page
2. [linkedin.com/company/doji-com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/doji-com) – LinkedIn Company Profile
3. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/doji-raises-14m-to-make-virtual-try-ons-fun-through-ai-avatars/) – TechCrunch: “Doji raises $14M to make virtual try-ons fun through AI avatars”
4. [tracxn.com](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/doji/__y8P67k-NrPfCpkrgSN32R5_Pf5xcM84xlMmARQmAhK8) – Tracxn Company Profile
5. [doji.com](https://www.doji.com/) – Doji Homepage

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