Sesame · 1 day ago
iOS Engineer
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $280K/yrSesame is a company focused on designing a new kind of computer that integrates voice companions into daily life. They are seeking an iOS Engineer to build a standalone companion app and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver high-quality projects that enhance user experience.
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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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
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
Benefits
401k matching
100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Flexible spending account matching (medical FSA)
Company
Sesame
Sesame is a voice tech startup focused on developing AI voice assistants that create natural and emotionally resonant conversations.
Founded in 2022
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Sesame has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$307.62MKey Investors
Andreessen Horowitz
2025-10-21Series B· $250M
2023-11-01Series A· $47.5M
2023-09-12Seed· $10.12M
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