Mobile iOS Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We’re seeking an exceptional iOS engineer to join a small, high-impact team dedicated to creating the world’s most valuable AI application, judged by the impact it delivers to users. You’ll shape cutting-edge mobile experiences, blending technical mastery with product brilliance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Dream up and craft delightful, intuitive user experiences that redefine how people interact with AI on mobile.
• Obsess over every pixel, animation, and interaction, ensuring the experience feels magical and seamless.
• Build blazing-fast, highly performant systems where every millisecond counts.
• Drive technical and product decisions, collaborating with AI researchers and engineers to deploy state-of-the-art models globally.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expert in Swift, with deep knowledge of UIKit and SwiftUI.
• Proficient in performance optimization—memory, CPU, GPU—using low-level tools to deliver blazing-fast systems.
• Experienced in designing and shipping intuitive, pixel-perfect mobile UIs that redefine how users interact with AI.
• Skilled in concurrency and reactive programming (Combine) for responsive, real-time apps.
• Built high-throughput integrations with APIs (REST, gRPC) or AI model outputs, ensuring seamless data flow.
• Capable of owning complex features end-to-end, from architecture to App Store deployment, with a focus on speed and scalability.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Deep expertise in the Apple ecosystem and related development tools.
• Rust for working with our backend components.
• AVFoundation for real-time audio processing.
• Track record of shipping standout apps or standout features within apps.
• Deep expertise in iOS development, particularly with Swift. We seek individuals who operate at the highest levels of their craft.
• Excel at delivering results swiftly, often in a fraction of the time others require. Speed is a core value at xAI—we must act decisively to succeed.
• A sharp product sense, with an ability to empathize with users, anticipate their needs, and translate that into features that delight and deliver value.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.