iOS Developer at Proto-Town (Lockhart)
Proto-Town· Lockhart·
Role details
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time
Job description
iOS Developer (Part-Time / Contract) We're building a minimal photo sharing app that is free of the usual social media clutter and are looking for an iOS developer to help take it from concept to App Store.
What you'll do
- Build core features: camera/photo picker, upload, feed, profiles
- Work in Swift and SwiftUI against a Firebase/Supabase backend
- Handle image compression, caching, and offline states
- Ship to TestFlight and the App Store
What we're looking for
- 3+ years of native iOS development, at least one app you've shipped publicly
- Strong Swift and SwiftUI; comfortable with async/await and URLSession
- Experience with PhotoKit/AVFoundation and image handling
- Have shipped an app backed by Firebase or Supabase: auth, storage, and realtime queries
- Good instincts for simple, restrained UI; this app is defined by what we leave out
- Self-directed; you'll be the only iOS person early on
Nice to have
- Push notifications, deep linking, App Store Connect experience
- Comfort setting up storage rules and a CDN in front of image delivery
Why work at Proto-Town
- Culture: Described as a “resurrected spirit of experimentation” with a “frontier” mentality. The environment is deeply hands-on, hardware-first, and driven by builders rather than software optimizers. One employee described it as “not just LinkedIn and fake buttons that you’re clicking.”
- Work environment: On-site living is common (retrofitted shipping containers, old school buses, inflatable office buildings). The remoteness fosters deep focus and rapid iteration. Safety gets high attention (security checkpoint, emergency protocols).
- Remote/hybrid policy: Not explicitly stated, but the nature of the work (physical hardware, on-site testing, nuclear reactors) heavily implies on-site, hands-on presence is required. Likely not remote-friendly.
- Notable perks: Access to cutting-edge hardware infrastructure, proximity to elite founders and investors, ability to influence the physical build-out of an entire new town from scratch, and the chance to be part of a project that has been compared to the Manhattan Project in its speed and ambition.
- Engineering culture: Direct, gritty, and high-autonomy. You’ll likely be working on real physical systems—robots, reactors, drones, energy storage—rather than web dashboards. The talent pool includes ex-Waymo, Neuralink, and Tesla engineers.