iOS Product Engineer

Tolan is an Embodied Companion — a cute AI alien you talk with naturally, like a friend. Tolans have their own personality and preferences, and over time form memories about you, your life, and your shared friendship.

We're an experienced team that previously founded Even, acquired for $300M in 2022. Tolan is backed by the designers and founders behind Instagram, Retro, Behance, Vimeo, and Notion. Our team works hard, with an emphasis on autonomy and ownership. We're building together in-person in downtown SF.

The Role

We're hiring an iOS Product Engineer to build the Tolan iOS app. You'll work closely with the design team to own a substantial part of the product, from prototyping through to production.

What You'll Do

• Own a substantial part of the Tolan iOS app end-to-end, from prototyping through to production.

• Partner closely with a designer to shape and ship features that define the Tolan experience.

• Build and maintain complex audio/video systems that are core to the product.

• Talk with users and review metrics after shipping to evaluate impact and inform next steps.

• Iterate rapidly, treating nothing as real until it's in users' hands.

Who We're Looking For

• iOS-first engineer. You primarily work as an iOS engineer, even if you've spent time on other platforms or up and down the stack.

• Audio/video experience. You've built products with complex audio/video stacks.

• Small team operator. You do your best work on a small team or solo.

• Pattern breaker. You know when to follow patterns and when to break them to make something entirely new.

• Prototype-to-production mindset. You build by prototyping, iterating, and shipping — it's not real until it's in users' hands.

• AI-native. You've deeply integrated AI into how you work.

• Bias to ship. You love to ship quickly and make contact with reality as often as possible.

Compensation: $200,000-300,000 base salary + equity + benefits