Senior iOS Engineer - Poe (Remote)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not specified

Quora is a privately held, "remote-first" company. This position can be performed remotely from multiple countries around the world. Please visit careers.quora.com/eligible-countries for details regarding employment eligibility by country.

About Quora: Quora’s mission is to grow and share the world’s knowledge. To do so, we have two knowledge sharing products:

• Quora: a global knowledge sharing platform with over 300M monthly unique visitors, bringing people together to share insights on various topics and providing a unique platform to learn and connect with others.
• Poe: a platform that lets people ask questions, get instant answers, and have back-and-forth dialogue with various AI language models (bots). As AI capabilities rapidly advance, Poe provides a single platform to instantly integrate and utilize these new models.

Behind these products are passionate, collaborative, and high-performing global teams. We have a culture rooted in transparency, idea-sharing, and experimentation that allows us to celebrate success and grow together through meaningful work. Join us on this journey to create a positive impact and make a significant change in the world.

This role will be working on our Poe product.

About the Team and Role: We are seeking a talented iOS Engineer to join us in building Poe, an exciting new platform at the forefront of AI. You will work at the cutting edge of technology to design, develop, and maintain the Poe iOS app. This includes collaborating with our product team to build new AI-driven user features, crafting a scalable mobile architecture, and creating tools to speed up iteration. As a founding member, you'll have a direct influence on the product roadmap and plenty of opportunities to shape the future of AI and mobile platforms.

Poe has experienced awesome growth so far, and as an iOS Engineer for Poe, you can build the future of AI and technology while gaining invaluable experience with complex problems and systems. If you have a passion for AI, emerging technologies, and mobile development, this role offers an invaluable opportunity to spearhead progress.

Responsibilities

• Work within a small team of mobile engineers to design, build, and maintain the Poe iOS app
• Build new user-facing features and help drive the Poe product roadmap
• Create tools and infrastructure to enable rapid development of the Poe mobile experience
• Collaborate with the Poe product team and other engineers to enhance the overall user experience
• Own the entire software development process from timeline estimation to coding, testing and release

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• 6-7+ years of experience developing consumer-facing iOS applications, preferably with some in AI or ML
• Expertise in Swift, iOS frameworks, and mobile engineering best practices
• A strong creative mindset to design simple but powerful user experiences
• High attention to detail in all aspects of development from performance to UI
• Demonstrated critical thinking, adaptability to new technologies, proficiency in handling ambiguity, and a track record of delivering results
• A desire to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment and learn continuously
• Technical skills to build a scalable mobile architecture and infrastructure

Preferred Requirements:

• A passion for AI and emerging technologies
• Experience with SwiftUI
• Experience with Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or other languages is a plus
• Experience with GraphQL

Company Culture and Values

At Quora, we value diversity and inclusivity and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including marginalized or underrepresented groups in tech, to apply for our job openings. We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact.