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Mobile Developer - Instawork Robotics

12/19/2025

The Mobile Developer will own the end-to-end development of the Instawork Pro Capture app, implementing features such as new computer vision capabilities and integration with the data pipeline. They will also collaborate closely with various teams to ensure alignment from concept to deployment.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

501-1,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
At Instawork, we’re driven by our vision to create economic opportunity for local businesses and skilled hourly professionals in communities around the world. Our accomplished and dedicated team is passionate about our mission and committed to creating products that bring together businesses and skilled hourly workers together in a meaningful way.
About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><p>Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AI-powered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works.</p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Instawork’s on-demand labor marketplace is uniquely valuable for robotics and physical AI training. We’re working with leading frontier labs to create the highest-quality, highest-diversity dataset for training robotics foundation models. Instawork Robotics is the human advantage in the robotics revolution.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Instawork Robotics Mobile Developer will own the custom, AI-enabled app we use for distributed robotics data collection.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Who You Are:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>An experienced mobile app developer,</strong>&nbsp;with at least 5 years of iOS and Android development experience, excluding internships.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>An iOS expert,</strong>&nbsp;with at least 2 years of native Swift programming experience.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Scalability-focused,</strong>&nbsp;you’ve published apps used by a distributed, global user base.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>CX-obsessed,</strong>&nbsp;with a bias towards continuously improving the app experience based on user feedback and app analytics.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Nice-to-haves:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience with ARKit, XR apps, and/or data collection apps.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience shipping production code at an early-stage or mid-stage startup</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cross-platform development experience, ideally including Android and Unity</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>App Development</strong>&nbsp;- own the end-to-end development of the Instawork Pro Capture app, implementing features including new CV capabilities, internationalization, analytics, and integration with our data pipeline.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration&nbsp;</strong>-<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Work closely with robotics leadership, data ops, QA, and other engineering teams to ensure alignment from concept to deployment.</span></li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our Values&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Empathy, Trust &amp; Candor</span><br></strong>We put ourselves in the shoes of our colleagues and customers and don’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations, instead building trust through honest and direct feedback.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bias for Action</span><br></strong>We practice high-velocity decision-making, clear-eyed that we often operate with incomplete information. Growing quickly means it’s OK to be wrong, so long as we learn from our mistakes and course correct!</p> </li> <li> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Always Be Learning</span><br></strong>We’re a curious bunch, and with AI transforming our workplace we encourage everyone to learn from each other, compounding our knowledge and experience to help us change an entire industry.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Act Like an Owner</span><br></strong>We work long, hard, and smart, building products that delight our users and drive growth. Your ability to impact Instawork is limited only by your courage and conviction, not your job description.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">About Instawork</span></strong></p> <p>Founded in 2015,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instawork.com">Instawork</a> is the nation’s leading online labor marketplace for food services, hospitality, light industry, and logistics, connecting more than 7M skilled workers with local restaurants, hotels, warehouses, stadiums, and more. Our AI-powered platform serves thousands of businesses across more than 50 major markets in the United States and Canada. We're not just helping fill shifts, we're supporting local economies—and we're just getting started!</p> <p>Instawork has been featured by CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Forbes included us on their Next Billion Dollar Startups list; RetailTech Breakthrough named us Workforce Hiring Solution of the Year for 2025; and Inc. 5000 recognized us as one of the country's top 10% fastest-growing companies two years in a row. But what matters most is our impact. We're solving real problems for real people, and we’re doing it at scale.</p> <p>Join our team to help us build something that matters! We’re looking for superstars who want to help us shape the future of work. With hubs in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Chicago, city offices in New York, Phoenix, and Singapore, we're back to working together in-person five days a week because we believe the best ideas happen when great people collaborate face-to-face. We also value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.<br><br>Ready to make an impact? Learn more at <a href="http://www.instawork.com/about">www.instawork.com/about</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://info.instawork.com/legal/california-personnel-privacy-policy">Personnel Privacy Policy</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>
Key Skills
Mobile App DevelopmentiOS DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentSwift ProgrammingUser ExperienceCross-Functional CollaborationData CollectionARKitXR AppsProduction CodeScalabilityAnalyticsInternationalizationRoboticsAICV Capabilities
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