<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">About xAI</span></strong></h3> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.</span></p></div><h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3> <p>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. </p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Dream up and craft delightful, intuitive user experiences that redefine how people interact with AI on mobile.</li> <li>Obsess over every pixel, animation, and interaction, ensuring the experience feels magical and seamless.</li> <li>Build blazing-fast, highly performant systems where every millisecond counts.</li> <li>Drive technical and product decisions, collaborating with AI researchers and engineers to deploy state-of-the-art models globally.</li> </ul> <h3>Required Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>Expert in Swift, with deep knowledge of UIKit and SwiftUI.</li> <li>Proficient in performance optimization—memory, CPU, GPU—using low-level tools to deliver blazing-fast systems.</li> <li>Experienced in designing and shipping intuitive, pixel-perfect mobile UIs that redefine how users interact with AI.</li> <li>Skilled in concurrency and reactive programming (Combine) for responsive, real-time apps.</li> <li>Built high-throughput integrations with APIs (REST, gRPC) or AI model outputs, ensuring seamless data flow.</li> <li>Capable of owning complex features end-to-end, from architecture to App Store deployment, with a focus on speed and scalability.</li> </ul> <h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>Deep expertise in the Apple ecosystem and related development tools.</li> <li>Rust for working with our backend components.</li> <li>AVFoundation for real-time audio processing.</li> <li>Track record of shipping standout apps or standout features within apps.</li> <li>Deep expertise in iOS development, particularly with Swift. We seek individuals who operate at the highest levels of their craft.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>A sharp product sense, with an ability to empathize with users, anticipate their needs, and translate that into features that delight and deliver value.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Annual Salary Range</strong></h3> <p>$180,000 - $440,000 USD</p> <h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <p>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.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our </em><em><a href="https://x.ai/legal/recruitment-privacy-notice" target="_blank">Recruitment Privacy Notice</a>.</em></p></div>