AI First iOS Software Engineer (Remote)

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: North America, United States, Canada

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 Software Engineers (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, partnering closely with Product, Senior iOS engineers, Android, and backend 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 shipping production iOS features in a team codebase
  • Solid Swift and SwiftUI skills; willingness to navigate UIKit where it still exists
  • Comfort with CI, tests, and code review
  • Growing end-to-end ownership of features with guidance from Senior engineers

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 views and ViewModels
  • Basic networking and app architecture (MVVM or similar)
  • Familiarity with feature flags and mobile analytics
  • Unit and/or UI testing
  • Willingness to grow snapshot testing

You Will:

  • Implement iOS features primarily in modern SwiftUI across seller and buyer marketplace experiences
  • Ship flag-gated work; write unit/UI tests; meet dual-OS PR gate expectations with support
  • Use AI tools daily to accelerate coding, tests, and debugging—then verify before merge
  • Collaborate with Product/design; learn shared platform concerns under Senior guidance
  • Pair with Android counterparts on shared product behavior

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, Senior iOS engineers, and the sibling Android mobile team on a daily basis.


Must Have’s:

  • 3+ years professional iOS development (or equivalent depth)
  • Proficiency in Swift
  • Experience building apps with SwiftUI
  • Experience shipping at least one App Store app
  • AI-first mindset and active 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:

  • Snapshot testing experience
  • Exposure to SPM modules and shared UI component libraries
  • Marketplace / e-commerce mobile experience
  • Interest in growing into auth, flags, and analytics ownership over time
  • Familiarity with hybrid WebView surfaces


What We Offer:

  • Competitive pay

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)

  • Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match

  • Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time

  • Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)

  • Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)

  • Robust Employee Assistance Program

  • Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer

  • Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs

  • Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization

  • Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement

Sound like a match? Apply Now - We can't wait to hear from you!
 

Compensation Range of

Annual Salary: $85,000.00 - $125,000.00 USD

(Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)

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