iOS Engineer

2 Months ago • All levels • Mobile Development • $175,000 PA - $280,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Sesame is seeking an iOS Engineer to build their standalone companion app, the foundation for a new consumer product category. The role involves collaborating with multiple teams across engineering, design, and product to deliver complex projects and delight users. The engineer will also contribute to building the iOS team at Sesame by providing leadership on best practices and modern iOS app design, and collaborating with other engineers to define the mobile and web strategy. The ideal candidate will have a strong intuition for iOS app design and aesthetics, experience shipping great products, and a passion for building fast, ergonomic, and innovative iOS UI. Expertise in eliminating latency and staying updated on the latest iOS UI/UX design patterns and Apple release cycles is crucial, along with hands-on experience in the software development lifecycle of iOS apps.
Must have:
  • Strong intuition for iOS app design and aesthetics.
  • Experience shipping great products.
  • Passionate about building fast iOS UI.
  • Expert in eliminating latency in iOS apps.
  • Up-to-date on latest iOS UI/UX patterns.
  • Experience with iOS app development lifecycle.
Good to have:
  • Experience with real-time communications (WebRTC, Websockets).
  • Expertise in managing battery drain in complex apps.
  • Experience integrating BLE peripherals on iOS.
  • Metal or other graphics/shader experience.
  • Contributions to open-source iOS projects.
  • Experience building AI consumer products.
Perks:
  • 401k matching
  • 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Flexible spending account matching

Job Details

About Sesame

Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike - with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel natural and human. With this vision, we're designing a new kind of computer, focused on making voice companions part of our daily lives. Our team brings together founders from Oculus and Ubiquity6, alongside proven leaders from Meta, Google, and Apple, with deep expertise spanning hardware and software. Join us in shaping a future where computers truly come alive.

Responsibilities:

  • Build Sesame’s standalone companion app — the foundation for a new consumer product category — on a team that highly values craft and quality.

  • Work with multiple teams across engineering, design, and product to ship complex projects that delight users.

  • Help build the iOS team at Sesame by providing leadership on best practices and modern iOS app design.

  • Work together with other iOS, Android, and web engineers to define the mobile and web strategy for Sesame going forward.

Required Qualifications:

  • Strong intuition and deeply considered opinions about iOS app design and aesthetics, you can point to a portfolio of beautiful, useful apps that you either created yourself or were deeply involved in.

  • Experienced in shipping great products and highly motivated by understanding what makes users tick and finding ways to delight them.

  • Passionate about the complex engineering involved in building lightning-fast, ergonomic, and innovative iOS UI.

  • Expert in eliminating latency in complex iOS apps; nothing— from the network to the architecture or the limitations of the iOS SDK— will get in the way of you cutting those few extra milliseconds off of an interaction.

  • Always up to date on the latest iOS UI/UX design patterns; tuned into the Apple release cycle and always thinking about how the latest features can help the team produce an even more incredible experience.

  • Lots of hands-on experience with the software development lifecycle of iOS apps: build trains, test strategy, and the latest UI architecture patterns.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with real-time communications, including WebRTC, Websockets, audio/video codecs, compression protocols, etc.

  • Expertise in managing battery drain in complex applications, including media or graphics-intensive applications.

  • Experience integrating BLE peripherals on iOS.

  • Metal or other graphics/shader experience.

  • Contributions to open-source iOS projects or a strong personal portfolio of iOS applications.

  • Experience building AI consumer products.

Sesame is committed to a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome all qualified applicants, embracing diversity in race, gender, identity, orientation, ability, and more. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities—contact careers@sesame.com for assistance.

Full-time Employee Benefits: 

  • 401k matching

  • 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits 

  • Unlimited PTO and sick time 

  • Flexible spending account matching (medical FSA) 

Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers

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