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iOS Engineer, Applied Foundations

OpenAI· Applied AI
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San Francisco$230k - $385kFull-timePosted 8mo ago

About the role

Senior iOS engineer role on OpenAI’s Applied Foundations team, building core mobile experiences for sign-up, account management, payments, safety, and interactions with OpenAI products; focus on high-quality, reusable iOS foundations used across OpenAI apps with strong emphasis on security, reliability, and user trust.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship new experiences on iOS that showcase the power of AI.
  • Optimize app performance, reliability, and responsiveness at global scale.
  • Design and maintain shared iOS frameworks and primitives for account, trust, and commerce flows that are used across OpenAI’s mobile apps.
  • Establish robust testing frameworks and refine app architecture for long-term maintainability.
  • Collaborate with product, design, research, and backend teams to deliver high-impact features.
  • Provide technical leadership to shape the future of OpenAI’s iOS platform.

Qualifications

  • Have 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Have a proven track record of building high-quality iOS applications in production, especially for systems that need to be reliable and resilient at scale.
  • Have owned complex, business-critical mobile systems end-to-end.
  • Have experience making deep architectural tradeoffs on iOS.
  • Are fluent in Swift and familiar with the Apple development ecosystem (Xcode, UIKit, SwiftUI).
  • Care deeply about performance, security, and user experience.
  • Enjoy working cross-functionally to bring ambitious product ideas to life.

Skills

Required:SwiftiOS Architecture

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Jul 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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