Member of Technical Staff (ios Software Engineer, Comet)

Perplexity Perplexity · AI Frontier · San Francisco, CA · Mobile

Experienced iOS Engineer to build and expand Perplexity's new browser app (Comet). Responsibilities include developing a performant native iOS app, ensuring high craft and quality in UX/UI, collaborating with design, and working with data science/ML teams to improve the end-to-end experience. Requires 5+ years of industry experience with Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit, strong understanding of app performance, and comfort in a fast-moving team environment. Bonus for browser development experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop a performant native iOS app that millions of users around the world enjoy using.
  2. Ensure a high craft and quality bar, both in the user experience and the developer experience.
  3. Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
  4. Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience.
  5. Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.

Skills

Required

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • UIKit
  • iOS development
  • app performance profiling
  • app performance measurement

Nice to have

  • browser development

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years industry experience
  • strong Swift fundamentals
  • proven track record of working with a modern iOS stack built with Swift, SwiftUI (iOS16+) and UIKit
  • Understands low-level intricacies, and knows how to profile and measure app performance and speed
  • must be willing to dive in and take ownership