IOS Developer (Nigeria) - Talent Hackers

About The Role:

Our client is an evidence-first AI platform for disaster restoration and insurance claims. They capture field evidence (photos, video, moisture logs, LiDAR scans, voice notes) via a mobile-first guided inspection app, build a graph-backed digital twin of the property loss, and use agentic AI to generate carrier-ready claim packets with full audit trails. The iOS app is the primary entry point for all field data and the most critical user-facing surface of the entire platform.

This is NOT a generic consumer app. This is a professional field-operations tool used by contractors on active job sites: water-damaged basements, fire-loss walkthroughs, mold remediation inspections. The mobile experience must work flawlessly in hostile conditions (poor lighting, no connectivity, one-handed operation, wet/dusty environments) and produce structured, auditable evidence that feeds directly into an AI pipeline.

Core Responsibilities:

iOS Development & UI/UX (Primary)

• Design, build, and maintain the iOS application in Swift (SwiftUI primary, UIKit where needed) as the primary field-capture interface for restoration contractors
• Own the end-to-end mobile UI/UX: guided inspection workflows, structured photo/video capture with metadata tagging (GPS, timestamp, room/area labels), moisture reading input, voice-to-text notes, and document scanning
• Implement offline-first architecture using Core Data or SwiftData for local persistence, with reliable background sync and conflict resolution when connectivity is restored
• Design for field conditions: one-handed operation, large touch targets, high-contrast interfaces for poor lighting, gloved-hand input tolerance, and rapid capture workflows that minimize taps per evidence item
• Build real-time camera integration with custom capture flows (guided photo angles, overlay templates for consistent documentation, multi-shot sequences per room/area)
• Implement push notifications, background processing, and local scheduling for inspection reminders, sync status, and evidence completeness alerts

Cloud & AI Integration (Critical)

• Integrate the iOS app with our backend services via RESTful and GraphQL APIs (Node.js/TypeScript backend)
• Connect mobile evidence capture to the NVIDIA NIM inference pipeline: upload photos/video that trigger AI classification, damage detection, and scope generation on the backend
• Integrate NVIDIA VSSS (Video Search and Summarization) outputs into the mobile review experience, allowing field techs to verify AI-generated scope items against video evidence
• Consume and display outputs from the agentic AI pipeline: scope suggestions, confidence scores, evidence gap alerts, and citation-linked packet previews
• Integrate with cloud storage (Nebius/S3/MinIO) for evidence upload with progress tracking, resumable uploads, and metadata preservation
• Implement secure authentication (OAuth2/JWT), role-based access control per project and tenant, and PII-safe data handling throughout the mobile layer

Collaboration & Product

• Work directly with the CTO and founding engineering team to translate product requirements into polished mobile experiences
• Collaborate with design (if/when hired) to maintain and evolve the design system; in the interim, own UI/UX decisions informed by Apple Human Interface Guidelines and field-user research
• Participate in weekly design-partner feedback sessions to understand how restoration contractors actually use the app on job sites and iterate accordingly
• Write clean, tested, well-documented Swift code; participate in code reviews and architectural discussions
• Manage App Store submission, TestFlight distribution for pilot partners, and release management

Must-Have Requirements:

iOS / Swift

• 3+ years of production iOS development in Swift with published App Store applications
• Experience with LiDAR scanning (ARKit, Polycam SDK), 3D measurement capture, or AR overlay features on iOS
• Strong proficiency in Swift UI (primary) and UI Kit; ability to build custom UI components and complex navigation flows
• Hands-on experience with iOS camera APIs (AV Foundation), GPS/Core Location, local storage (Core Data or Swift Data), and background processing
• Proven offline-first mobile architecture: local persistence, background sync, conflict resolution, and reliable data upload on reconnection
• Deep understanding of iOS UI/UX principles, Apple Human Interface Guidelines, and accessibility standards
• Experience with App Store submission, TestFlight distribution, certificate management, and release processes

API & Cloud Integration

• Experience integrating iOS apps with RESTful APIs and managing asynchronous network calls (URLSession, Combine, or async/await)
• Familiarity with cloud storage integration (AWS S3 or equivalent) for large file uploads (photos, video) with progress tracking and resumable transfers
• Experience implementing secure authentication flows (OAuth2, JWT) and role-based access control on mobile
• Comfortable consuming and displaying AI/ML model outputs in a mobile interface (confidence scores, classification results, suggested actions)

Working Style

• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment, ideally as a founding or early-stage engineer
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills for daily async collaboration (WhatsApp, GitHub, Loom)
• Ability to work EST-aligned hours for overlap with US-based leadership team
• Proficiency with Git, pull request workflows, and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Fastlane)
• Agile/Scrum methodology experience; comfort with weekly sprint cycles and rapid iteration
• High autonomy: you set priorities, unblock yourself, propose solutions, and communicate proactively when stuck

Nice-to-Have:

NVIDIA & AI Stack

• Experience integrating NVIDIA NIM (NVIDIA Inference Microservices) or NeMo Retriever outputs into mobile applications
• Familiarity with consuming LLM/RAG pipeline outputs in a mobile context (structured JSON responses, streaming results, confidence thresholds)
• Experience with on-device ML (Core ML, Vision framework) for real-time photo classification, damage detection, or OCR

Graph & Data

• Exposure to Neo4j or property graph concepts (understanding how entities, relationships, and provenance flow through the app)
• Experience with PostgreSQL/ pgvector or vector search concepts as they surface in mobile search/recommendation features

Domain & Platform

• Experience building technology for insurance, construction, restoration, or regulated field-operations industries
• Android development skills (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose) for future cross-platform expansion
• Experience with Flutter or React Native as a complement to native iOS (for rapid prototyping or shared logic layers)