AI First Sr. iOS Engineer (Remote)

Who We Are:
At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.
We’re a technology company building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles.
We’re a data company helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use.
And we’re an innovation company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Our Values:
Driven Waybuilders. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.
Relentless Curiosity. We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience.
Smart Risk-Taking. We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.
Fearless Ownership. We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.
We’re Looking For:
We’re hiring AI-first Sr. Software Engineer (iOS) to build, evolve, and scale OPENLANE’s digital marketplace mobile experiences.
These roles are for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool, not a novelty. You’ll use AI to move faster, ship higher-quality software, and reduce operational and development toil, while still applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking.
You’ll work on customer-facing wholesale marketplace apps spanning seller and buyer experiences, partnering closely with Product, Android, backend, and platform teams.
AI is an accelerator. Engineering ownership still matters.
Why OPENLANE:
Work on real-time, high-value marketplace systems at scale
Be part of a major platform modernization and AI transformation
Use AI as a first-class development tool—not an experiment
Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and platform teams
Grow in an environment that values learning, ownership, and impact
You Are:
AI-forward. You already use AI tools to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, and you continuously adapt as tooling evolves.
Product-minded. You think beyond code and understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes.
Ownership-driven. You take responsibility for systems end-to-end, including reliability and operational health.
Technically curious. You enjoy learning new technologies and thoughtfully evaluating emerging approaches.
Quality-focused. You value clean, maintainable code, strong testing practices, and production-ready engineering standards.
You Bring:
Core Engineering Skills
Experience building and operating production iOS applications at scale
Strong fundamentals: architecture, concurrency, networking, performance, and App Store quality
Familiarity with CI/CD (including Mac runners), code review, and production observability
End-to-end ownership from design collaboration through release and follow-up
AI-First Mindset
Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators)
Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems
Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them
Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape
Technical Experience
Swift; SwiftUI MVVM (and UIKit/Storyboards in mature codebases)
Modular iOS architecture; SPM; shared internal kits/packages
Protocol-oriented / environment-based DI; coordinators or similar navigation patterns
Feature flags; product analytics; crash reporting; auth (e.g. OIDC/AppAuth)
Snapshot and UI testing
Fastlane-based release automation
Camera / scanning or realtime (e.g. SignalR) features
You Will:
Design, build, and ship iOS features across seller and buyer marketplace experiences
Lead technical direction on iOS: SwiftUI growth alongside UIKit legacy, shared kits, and cross-cutting concerns (auth, flags, analytics)
Raise the bar on unit/UI/snapshot testing and PR gates; partner on TestFlight / App Store release hygiene
Use AI tools to accelerate delivery while mentoring Intermediate engineers
Partner with Android so product behavior stays aligned across platforms
How You’ll Use AI in This Role:
AI-assisted coding and refactoring
AI-generated test coverage and validation
AI-supported debugging and root-cause analysis
AI-assisted documentation and knowledge sharing
Applying AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage
Who You Will Work With:
Reporting to an Engineering Manager (Mobile), this role collaborates closely with Product Managers, designers, backend and platform engineers, QA, and the sibling Android mobile team on a daily basis.
Must Have’s:
5+ years professional iOS development (or equivalent depth)
Proficiency in Swift
Experience building apps with SwiftUI
Experience shipping apps via TestFlight / the App Store
Demonstrated ownership of complex features and cross-cutting concerns
AI-first mindset and daily use of AI development tools with critical evaluation of outputs
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have’s:
Leading UIKit → SwiftUI migrations
Wholesale, marketplace, auction, or high-volume transactional mobile apps
Cross-reading Android/Kotlin PRs; mentoring experience
BrowserStack or multi-OS snapshot strategie