iOS Engineering Manager

Our approach to privacy

• As part of your job, you will be working on tools that process personal data relating to Yubo users.
• As a social media platform, we require our employees to have a strong awareness and understanding of privacy issues, and in particular of children's online safety, privacy and well-being.
• Every employee at Yubo is expected to participate in compliance with data protection regulations as well as the continuous improvement of our Privacy & Safety By Design measures.

Your responsibilities

• As the iOS Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for driving both day-to-day execution and long-term excellence within the iOS team, ensuring we ship high-quality features at scale while creating a culture of ownership, learning, and collaboration.
• You will act as a key enabler for the team, helping engineers navigate ambiguity, remove blockers, and make fast yet thoughtful decisions that balance short-term outcomes and long-term goals.
• You will play a central role in promoting a data-informed engineering culture: defining and tracking quality metrics, improving delivery workflows, and embedding visibility tools that support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• You will lead technical and organizational initiatives to ensure the long-term scalability and reliability of our mobile stack, including managing technical debt, aligning on architecture with Tech Leads, and enforcing performance and maintainability standards across the board.
• You will align the team with Yubo’s values and strategic direction, fostering a strong sense of purpose and shared ownership within the iOS team and across functions (Product, Design, Backend, QA...).
• You will actively contribute to process improvement and team efficiency, using feedback and best practices to scale a high-performing engineering organization.
• You will grow, retain and recruit top talent, ensuring each team member is supported through clear expectations, constructive feedback, and tailored career development.
• Finally, you will take part in managing the full lifecycle of your team: from onboarding and ramp-up to internal mobility and performance coaching,  helping each team member thrive while we scale our mobile ambitions.

Our technical stack

• CLEAN architecture
• 100% Swift codebase
• Ongoing migration to SwiftUI and Swift 6
• Asynchronous programming with Swift Concurrency
• Backend communication through REST APIs
• Dependency management via Swift Package Manager
• Real-time communication with WebRTC
• CI/CD workflows powered by Bitrise
• Firebase for release monitoring and analytics

Who you are

• You have at least 8 years of experience with a minimum of 3 years as a manager.
• You have experience in start-up or scale-up
• You have a significative native iOS app development background
•  You are experienced in working in remote environments

The recruitment process

• Phone screen with a TAM
• First interview with Head of Mobile 
• Technical test and debrief 
• Culture Fit interview

What we offer :

• A highly competitive salary range as well as equity in the company
• A highly flexible remote work policy, 2 days at the office per month, with monthly team events.
• We also cover fees for external professional events and meetups (API days, etc…)
• Great health insurance coverage for both you and your family by Alan, fully paid for by Yubo !
• Numerous benefits for parents: additional parental leave, easy access to nurseries in France.