# Founding iOS Engineer

Sekai is building the TikTok for mini apps - an AI-driven consumer platform where people create, remix, share, and play interactive content instantly. We are a Series A company backed by Khosla, a16z, Mayfield, and A*, with $30M raised to date. We are remote-first across all positions and are looking for ambitious, AI-native builders who want to help shape the next generation of consumer social products. Here are Sekai’s download links: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=chat.sekai.app&hl=en_US iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sekai-create-remix-play/id6504506653 About the Role We are looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to own Sekai’s iOS app and help us build a fast, polished, AI-native consumer experience. This role is for someone with strong iOS experience, good consumer product taste, and the ability to move quickly in a startup environment. You should keep up with the latest Apple platform updates, understand what great mobile apps feel like, and be excited to use AI to rethink how fast a small team can build. You will work closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Mobile engineers to improve the iOS app experience, ship new features, and help define our

- **Id**: 680655
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sekaiapp-founding-ios-engineer>
- **Role**: Mobile
- **Role family**: Mobile
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-10T02:06:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T08:53:20Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 126
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3186
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mobile Games, Consumer & Utility Software

## Company

- **Id**: 720617
- **Name**: Sekai
- **Domain**: sekai.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sekai>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 156000
- **Max usd**: 278000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 213

## Technologies

- **iOS SDK** — Optional: no
- **Swift** — Optional: no
- **Dart** — Optional: yes
- **Flutter** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **React Native** — Optional: yes
- **React.js** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 126

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T23:27:04Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.273
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 125
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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