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# iOS Engineer

- **Company:** SESAME, INC.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, IOS Applications, Apple IOS, IOS SDK, Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Video Codec, WebSocket, Web Strategies, WebRTC
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/ios-engineer-sesame-8105942

## About the Role

* Strong intuition and deeply considered opinions about iOS app design and aesthetics.
 * You've worked on some delightful, design-forward apps over the course of your career.
 * Proven technical leader who has taken primary responsibility for shipping apps or major features to production multiple times
 * Passionate about shipping great products. You're 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., * Experience building complex or advanced ui that required you to step off the golden path of the SDK.
 * 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.

## Description

* 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.