Member of Technical Staff, Mobile Engineer

About the Role

Our vision is to give everyone a personal AI assistant in their pocket. We’re looking for outstanding Mobile Engineers to own and lead the development of the next wave of capabilities for our personalized AI, Pi. The right candidate will have a balance of creativity, curiosity, technical expertise, and ability to drive challenging projects to successful completion.  We’re looking for engineers who can work collaboratively with our Designers, Product Managers, and AI Researchers to take ambiguous projects and mold them into amazing experiences that delight and help Pi’s users. This role is specifically focused on UI development and the ideal candidate will have a passion for building pixel perfect UIs with a track record to support it.

This is a good role for you if you:

• Care deeply about building outstanding consumer-grade applications, working closely with product, design, and AI researchers
• Have an eye for great design and are opinionated about UX. You can speak extensively about pros/cons of specific app features
• Show up to work every day with lots of energy and enthusiasm to take on challenges that have never been solved before
• Like working in a fast-paced environment and getting your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively
• Have extensive experience building lightweight, fast-loading and high performing iOS or Android apps
• Have experience with animation frameworks and crafting UI

We do not require a specific university degree or years of experience. Instead we’re excited to see what you’ve been building. Please send us examples of your best work, including but not limited to links to open source contributions, personal projects or a cover letter describing past projects that you are proud of.

What is Pi's take?

Here’s what Pi said about the ideal candidate after we asked.

The ideal candidate for a Mobile Engineer at Inflection AI would have the following qualities:

1. Strong technical background: Extensive experience in developing mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms using languages like Swift, Objective-C, Java, or Kotlin. Knowledge of mobile app architecture, design patterns, and UI/UX principles.
2. Expertise in AI integration: Familiarity with integrating AI and machine learning technologies into mobile applications, with a focus on natural language processing. Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs is a plus.
3. Problem-solving skills: Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience.
4. Attention to detail: Dedication to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code. Strong focus on app quality, performance, and security.
5. Collaboration and communication: Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers. Can clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
6. Curiosity and innovation: Passion for learning new technologies and staying up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in mobile development and AI.
7. Adaptability: Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.
8. Team player: Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.

Employee Pay Disclosures

At Inflection AI, we aim to attract and retain the best employees and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contributions to the company. The pay range for this position in California, is estimated to fall in the base range of approximately $150,000 - $250,000. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting annual base salary may be above or below this range.

Where We Work

We have offices in Palo Alto and London. We’re currently hiring into our brand new office in Palo Alto. We’re in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (and some of us are in five days a week). Inflection believes in building a strong in-person work culture with the flexibility of focus time at home.

We work on a 6 week cycle. Every 7th week, we convene together in person as a company to brainstorm, bond and build.