Senior iOS Engineer, Volley
Tech Lead
$164-220k
2-3 days a week in office (Hayes Valley, SF)
Voice AI games
Open for applications
Voice AI games
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$164-220k
2-3 days a week in office (Hayes Valley, SF)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make everyday life a little more entertaining.
Role
Who you are
- Proven leadership in developing exceptional native iOS applications
- Agility in fast-paced environments, adept at delivering high-quality features in an ambiguous environment
- Familiarity with cross-platform development, especially Kotlin Multiplatform
- A strong passion for gaming and innovation in the game development space
- 6-9 years of native iOS engineering experience, with expertise in Swift, UIKit, and SwiftUI
- At least two years of experience in a tech lead role, guiding projects and mentoring engineers
- Proven ability to produce high-quality, maintainable code and scalable app architecture
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional partners
What the job involves
- Join Volley's mobile games team as a Senior iOS Engineer to lead the development of groundbreaking games and robust architectures. Utilizing Swift, UIKit, and SwiftUI, you'll be pivotal in delivering innovative features and shaping our core apps for the future of voice-controlled gaming
- Lead the development and set the technical direction of innovative Swift, UIKit, and SwiftUI games focusing on speech recognition and voice interaction
- Architect and implement maintainable, high-quality apps that set the industry standards
- Work closely with the product and design teams, ensuring partnership and on-time feature development
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand user impact and make scope tradeoff decisions for successful partnerships
- Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews fostering a culture of collaboration and growth
- Analyze and optimize the stability and performance of our apps
- Your first 90 days
- Integrate with the mobile team, contributing to our codebase and culture
- Lead feature deployment, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction
- Propose technical and architectural improvements to our roadmap
- Collaborate with the product team to drive key performance metrics
Application process
- Stage 1 (Preliminary Phone Screen) with our Senior Recruiting Lead
- Stage 2 (Mobile Engineering Panel) with members of our Mobile Engineering team
- Stage 3 (Onsite Interview) with various partners and teammates. This is a mix of iOS development, systems design, and collaboration with partners interviews
- Stage 4 (Founder Chat) with our Co-Founders
- Stage 5 (Offer)
Our take
Volley is carving a niche in the gaming industry by developing voice-enabled games. By leveraging advanced AI capabilities, Volley provides a gaming experience where players interact with games purely through voice commands.
The success of Volley's games underscores its appeal across diverse demographics, with over 5M people playing its games monthly. Recognizing the transformative potential of AI in gaming, Volley continues to push boundaries by enhancing its AI technologies.
This feat hasn't gone unnoticed by investors, with the company recently securing substantial funding. This infusion of capital will fuel the creation of new voice-controlled games and expand its portfolio to captivate new customers.
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Company benefits
- Healthcare, dental, and vision plans are fully covered by Volley for both employees and dependents
- Reimbursements for One Medical memberships
- 16 paid holidays
- 4 week vacation, with a 2 week minimum
- Parental Leave: 24 weeks at 100% pay for birthing parent, 12 weeks at 100% pay for non-birthing parent
- 40 hours bereavement leave per year
- Unlimited sick days
- Up to 8 weeks unpaid leave per year
- 4 weeks remote work per year
- Up to $250 per month for commuting (Lyft, BART, muni, gas, parking, etc). You may also use this towards WFH supplies
- Lunch in office M, T, W, & F
- $150 a month to cover Thursday lunches/lunches for other days you are not in the office. For permenetly remote employees, the stipend is $250
- $500 per year to help you grow your career
- You will recieve a Macbook Pro (or computer of your choice) upon starting
- Matched 401k plan through Guideline
Company values
- Best-in-Class: At Volley, we make the best products in the categories we choose to enter
- Play Together: Our products are designed to bring friends and families closer together. We also care deeply about nurturing this same spirit of togetherness in our work
- Shoot Your Shot: At Volley, we take calculated risks in new markets with the potential for massive rewards. We’re betting that the revolution enabled by voice technologies is just getting started and we want to lead the way forward
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Child
(CEO)Previously co-founded Streak Trivia where they served as an iOS Developer. They also worked at The Infatuation as a Writer and iOS Developer.
James Wilsterman
(CTO)Previously co-founded Streak Trivia. Prior to that, they were a Senior Analyst at First Manhattan Consulting Group.
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