# Member of Technical Staff: iOS Engineer at ego

- Company: ego (YC W24)
- What the company does: AI applied research lab building synthetic sapience; human-like AI. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://egoai.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (Tokyo, JP; SG)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $100K to $160K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ego/jobs/0Gwm3fO-member-of-technical-staff-ios-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ego-member-of-technical-staff-ios-engineer/

## About the role

Ego AI is a YC-backed applied AI research lab building the behavioral infrastructure for AI companions and agents. We work at the intersection of real-time conversational instincts, memory, and persistent identity; the layer that makes AI feel genuinely alive. We're a small, fast-moving team and we're defining a new category of human-AI interaction.

## What they're looking for

- Shipped at least one consumer iOS app with real users
- Strong SwiftUI fundamentals and comfort owning a codebase end-to-end
- Ability to implement high-fidelity designs faithfully — pixel precision matters
- Always-ship mindset: you close loops, don't leave things in draft, and take pride in getting things out the door

Tags: Engineering