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iOS Engineer

Sesame AI · San Francisco · On-site

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About Sesame AI

Sesame builds personal agents for curious people. Follow a thought. Work out an idea. Discover something new. Preview available now on iOS. Coming to intelligent eyewear in 2027. Backed by Sequoia and Redpoint.

About the role

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.

What they're looking for

  • 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
More about this role

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 agents 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.

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.

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...

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