Chess.com iOS Jobs in the USA

About the Company

Chess.com is one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess. The company supports over 200 million chess players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools. Chess.com is a team of 600+ fully remote people in 60+ countries. The company has been ranked #1 in the App Store and has served more than two billion chess games. Chess.com operates as a tech company, gaming company, and content company with a mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture.

Industry

• Mobile Gaming
• EdTech
• Social Gaming
• Online Platforms
• Digital Entertainment

iOS Engineering at Chess.com

The iOS engineering team at Chess.com works on the main iOS app (iOS + watchOS) as well as the rest of the ecosystem including Events, Chess Clock, iMessage apps, and ChessKid (an age-appropriate learning platform for young players). Engineers write high-quality, high-performance code that can be easily shared between apps, improve quality for millions of players with automated testing and modular architecture, and collaborate cross-functionally with designers, managers, analysts, coaches, and titled players.

The team has recently focused on modernizing the legacy codebase to adopt SwiftUI and Swift Concurrency, implementing new monetization and ad delivery systems integrating Google Ads, Liftoff, and other networks, and migrating dependency management to Swift Package Manager (SPM) for improved maintainability.

Mobile development at Chess.com focuses on real-time gameplay (WebSocket for live matches), watchOS companion app development, iMessage app integration, subscription management (StoreKit), ad tech integration, internationalization (i18n) for global users, accessibility (a11y) compliance, and offline support for learning content.

Products and Platforms

• Chess.com Main App – iOS and watchOS app for playing, learning, and enjoying chess
• ChessKid – Age-appropriate chess learning platform for children
• Chess Clock – Dedicated timing app for over-the-board games
• Events App – Tournament and event management
• iMessage Apps – Chess games and challenges within Messages
• Chess: Kingdom World – Gamified chess experience with narrative layer and meta-features (100M+ downloads across platforms)

Work Opportunities for iOS Developers

A global gaming and edtech company like Chess.com hires:

• iOS Engineers – For main app and ecosystem development (100% remote worldwide)
• Mobile Engineers (iOS) – Focusing on real-time WebSocket gameplay, watchOS, and iMessage extensions
• Software Engineers – For backend services supporting multiplayer and matchmaking
• Gaming iOS Engineers – With knowledge of real-time networking and game state synchronization
• EdTech iOS Engineers – For ChessKid platform with safety and privacy focus for children
• Monetization Engineers – For subscriptions, payments, and ad tech integration

These roles focus on building and maintaining high-performance iOS applications for over 200 million global chess players, integrating real-time gameplay via WebSockets, supporting multiple Apple platforms (iOS, watchOS, iMessage), implementing subscription and ad monetization, and creating engaging learning experiences for both casual players and serious chess enthusiasts. The team is 100% remote and values mission-driven, collaborative culture.