Read AI · 2 days ago
Senior Software Engineer - Mobile
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $210K/yr
8+ years expRead AI is an innovative company focused on leveraging AI technology to enhance productivity. They are seeking a Senior Mobile Engineer to take ownership of their mobile apps, driving the development of AI-powered features and ensuring a seamless user experience across platforms.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareMachine LearningMeeting SoftwareSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own major feature areas end-to-end across iOS (Swift, SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) - from technical design through implementation, testing, rollout, and iteration
Help lead the development of new mobile features and product improvements, driving execution and aligning partners on scope, tradeoffs, and timelines
Build and enhance real-time audio capture and processing across platforms, leveraging AVFoundation (iOS) and Android audio frameworks to ensure high-quality recordings and accurate transcription
Optimize app performance, reliability, battery usage, and latency to deliver smooth, real-time AI-powered transcription and summarization
Design and implement AI-powered mobile interactions, including chat-based experiences that let users explore, query, and take action on meeting reports and insights
Partner closely with product, design, and ML teams to prototype and ship novel mobile UX patterns for conversational AI, making complex information feel intuitive, fast, and useful
Evolve mobile architecture patterns, state management, and shared engineering standards to support rapid iteration and maintainability at scale
Establish and uphold best practices for code quality, testing, release hygiene, observability, and performance profiling across both platforms
Implement strong security, privacy, data handling, and offline-first support to ensure user trust and reliable cross-device experiences
Mentor and support other engineers through design reviews, pairing, and code review, helping grow technical skills and product instincts across the team
Contribute to hiring by defining role expectations, participating in interviews, and helping raise the overall bar for the mobile team
Qualification
Required
8+ years of development experience
Strong experience building and shipping production mobile apps on iOS (Swift/SwiftUI) and/or Android (Kotlin/Jetpack Compose)
Proven ability to own complex features end-to-end, including technical design, execution, rollout, and iteration
Solid understanding of mobile architecture patterns, state management, and building maintainable UI at scale
Experience with real-time audio capture and processing, using AVFoundation (iOS) and/or Android audio APIs
Familiarity with background execution, offline storage, and syncing data reliably across devices and network conditions
Experience integrating mobile apps with RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and event-driven backends
Strong product instincts - you care deeply about customer workflows and build experiences that are fast, intuitive, and reliable
Strong communication skills - the ability to collaborate across product, design, and other engineering teams and drive alignment on tradeoffs
Preferred
Prior experience with real-time audio processing or speech-to-text applications is a bonus
Backend development experience in Python, FastAPI, or Node.js
Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, and Celery for handling real-time data and background jobs
Experience working with AWS, GCP, or Azure for cloud-based infrastructure and services
Prior experience in a startup or fast-growing environment
Benefits
Equity
Low deductible health plans
Flexible time away
Family leave programs
Company
Read AI
Read AI is a productivity AI company that enhances workflows with meeting analytics, scheduling, and summaries across messages and email.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$81MKey Investors
Smash CapitalGoodwater CapitalMadrona
2024-10-28Series B· $50M
2024-04-02Series A· $21M
2021-09-29Seed· $10M
Leadership Team
David Shim
Co-Founder, CEO
Elliott Waldron
Co-Founder & VP Data Science
Recent News
Business Insider
2025-11-10
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2025-09-29
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