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SesameSesameSan Francisco, CA

iOS Engineer

Builds and leads development of a standalone iOS companion app for voice agents, focusing on design-forward, low-latency UI and complex features. Ships production apps with expertise in modern iOS patterns, real-time comms, and performance optimization.

175k – 280k
On-siteiOS Engineering

About the role

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 iOS, Android, and web engineers to define the mobile and web strategy for Sesame moving forward.

Required Qualifications

  • Strong intuition and deeply considered opinions about iOS app design and aesthetics.
  • Worked on delightful, design-forward apps.
  • Proven technical leader who has taken primary responsibility for shipping apps or major features to production multiple times.
  • Passionate about shipping great products and understanding users.
  • Passionate about complex engineering for lightning-fast, ergonomic, and innovative iOS UI.
  • Expert in eliminating latency in complex iOS apps.
  • Always up to date on the latest iOS UI/UX design patterns.
  • Lots of hands-on experience with the software development lifecycle of iOS apps: build trains, test strategy, and latest UI architecture patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building complex or advanced UI that required stepping off the golden path of the SDK.
  • Experience with real-time communications, including WebRTC, Websockets, audio/video codecs, compression protocols.
  • 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 strong personal portfolio of iOS applications.
  • Experience building AI consumer products.

Benefits

  • 401(k) max employer match: 3.5% of compensation
  • 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650/year (medical FSA)
  • Guardian Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Competitive stock options

Skills

SwiftIos SdkUikitSwiftUIWebrtcWebSocketsBleMetalCore AnimationXcode

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