Founding iOS Engineer - Build a Memory AI App (Equity)

a16z-speedrun; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 190 000 - 240 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Founding equity

Seed-stage salary

Health, vision, dental

Direct founder collaboration

Resumo da oferta

TAYA is seeking a founding engineer to own the software core: the iOS app people use daily to capture, search, and relive memories. You’ll take the existing app from functional to indispensable, directly with Elena, without layers or process, shaping the product for years to come.

This software-first role demands a product-minded approach, strong Swift skills, and a track record of shipping end-to-end consumer apps. Join a mission-driven team building private, wearable-connected memory tech.

Qualificações

• 3+ years building and shipping consumer iOS software.
• Strong Swift engineer; SwiftUI, AVFoundation, and the iOS platform feel like home.
• Shipped at least one consumer app end-to-end, from empty project to App Store.
• Taste: a strong point of view on how software should look and feel, and a track record of shipping work that shows it.
• Has owned product metrics, not just features: you've moved retention, activation, or engagement and know how.
• Comfortable across the stack: APIs, managed services, and frontend.
• Track record of 0-to-1 building under ambiguity.
• Strong opinions on privacy and data minimization.
• Excellent attention to interaction detail.
• AI-native: you build with Claude Code, Codex, and similar tools daily and get more done because of it.
• Audio-heavy or real-time app experience is a plus.
• CoreBluetooth / BLE hardware integration is a plus.
• On-device ML or Core ML is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Own and evolve the iOS app, the daily driver for someone's entire memory archive.
• Own onboarding and the first-run experience: get people to their first real memory fast.
• Own retention: define the metrics that matter, then build the features and loops that move them.
• Build AI-powered search and retrieval that surfaces the right moment.
• Improve the capture experience: tap-to-capture, backgrounding, audio handling.
• Own sync between the wearable and the app over BLE.
• Integrate AI services and a managed backend (Supabase or similar).
• Own a privacy architecture users can trust, on-device wherever possible.
• Work with Elena across product, design, and GTM to ship, learn, and iterate.

Conhecimentos

Swift

SwiftUI

iOS development

App Store rollout

Product metrics

Privacy by design

AI-enabled search

BLE integration

On-device ML

Real-time audio

Ferramentas

Supabase

Claude Code

Codex

Descrição da oferta de emprego

TAYA is seeking a founding engineer to own the software core: the iOS app people use daily to capture, search, and relive memories. You’ll take the existing app from functional to indispensable, directly with Elena, without layers or process, shaping the product for years to come.

This software-first role demands a product-minded approach, strong Swift skills, and a track record of shipping end-to-end consumer apps. Join a mission-driven team building private, wearable-connected memory tech.