Software Engineer, iOS

ABOUT US

Pickle is building the future of human connection, starting with your AI clone.

In a world where reach is abundant but depth is rare, we're rethinking how people express themselves and form meaningful relationships. Our goal is ambitious : to give everyone a living, human-like digital clone that can think, speak, and feel like you, so you can scale who you are, not just what you do.

To make this real, we are training our ultra-low latency interactive avatar model, and building products that capture your personal context across devices. Your clone learns your voice, knowledge, preferences, and workflows, then acts with good judgment on your behalf.

We're a small team of builders, designers, and researchers backed by Y Combinator, NFX, Krew Capital, and BASS Ventures. We move fast, work hard, and care deeply. Our culture is built on intensity, imagination, and long-term craftsmanship. We believe this is the start of a new era where the digital self becomes an extension of the human self, and we're here to shape it from first principles.

Our mission is to help people scale strong ties by scaling the self.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Pickle is hiring founding iOS engineers to ship a human-like AI clone that runs in real time and persists across voice, video, and memory. You will build with Swift / SwiftUI, AVFoundation, Core Audio, and WebRTC, wiring the app to our multimodal models and identity systems. Your work will deliver sub-second interactions, on-device presence that feels live, and production-grade safety.

ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the macOS / iOS client in Swift / SwiftUI. Design, build, and ship meaningful updates weekly.
• Stream ultra-low-latency audio and video from our NeRF and diffusion models via WebRTC and LiveKit into virtual camera and mic drivers.
• Talk to users, read usage data, and remove friction daily to push the product to a new local maximum.
• Build a hardened, production-ready experience with auto-reconnect, silent updates, crash telemetry, and avatar onboarding in under two minutes.
• Do whatever it takes on product and in code to make greatness happen.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

FULL-TIME BENEFITS

Benefits do not apply to contingent / contract workers