iOS Engineer

Who We Are Sauron protects your family and home, bringing the innovations of autonomous robots and self-driving cars to residential security. Our team is led by veteran operators and engineers, alumni of Sonos, Paypal, Tesla, Apple, and Google. Sauron has raised an $27M seed round led by A* and Atomic with participation from other leading venture capital firms. The Role The ideal candidate is creative, detail-oriented, and passionate about user experience. They should be strategic in building for the long-term and enjoy collaborating with teammates to architect beautiful, reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications. Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining the mobile application built using SwiftUI and bridges interactivity with its 3D counterparts You Will Contribute By Architecting and writing both Swift and Objective-C code for innovative mobile interfaces that delight our users Working closely with designers and AI engineers to continuously improve on the user experience Optimizing performance for mobile devices, ensuring smooth operation and responsiveness Your Background Includes Minimum 3 years of practical experience building iOS engineers Proficiency with native iOS engineering experience using Swift, Objective-C and C++ Developed user facing applications involving custom components using SwiftUI and UIKit Experience with iOS frameworks such as CoreAnimation, Core Media (namely AVFoundation) Solid understanding of mobile application architecture and design patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM) Solid understanding of network protocols such as gRPC and websockets Published mobile apps Nice to Haves Knowledge on supporting tools like Figma and Postman Understanding of 3D graphics pipelines Worked with Unity3D or Unreal Engine in some capacity Worked with real-time video delivery frameworks like WebRTC We Value 1. The Power of "We": “Align, then Accelerate” We celebrate as a team and troubleshoot as a team. The goal is the mission, not the credit. 2. High Challenge, Low Ego: "Respect the person, debate the idea." Be ruthless with problems, but kind to people. Raise the bar, lower the shield 3. Speak up: "Silence is a setback." Your perspective is a requirement, not a suggestion. Speak the hard truths early so we can fix them fast. 4. Integrity in Motion: "Own the outcome, not just the task." Do what you say you’ll do. If it breaks, fix it. If it works, make it better. 5. Humanity at the Core: "Relationships over transactions." Earn trust through empathy and consistency. Anticipate needs before they become requests. Compensation: $155-190k base + equity + benefits. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. ----- Sauron is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Please review our CCPA policies here .