Senior Software Engineer (iOS)
Company: Navan
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $113.4k - $252k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-07-23
About this role
- We’re building the next generation of travel and expense (T&E) technology using AI and large language models
- Our mobile platform blends cutting-edge AI with strong product and UX so travelers get an intelligent companion, not just another booking app
- The app should understand needs, anticipate requests, and deliver personalized help through conversational UI and rich, immersive interactions
- You’ll work at the intersection of AI and mobile, helping define how travelers interact with this kind of product on iOS
- Design and ship innovative UX patterns for conversational interfaces and AI-driven experiences on iOS
- Architect and build Swift-first, production grade features using async/await, structured concurrency and modern iOS APIs
- Lead implementation of context-aware experiences using behavior, preferences, and app state with an emphasis on performance and privacy
- Use metrics, experimentation, and validation (analytics, A/B tests, logging) to iterate on features and improve quality over time
- Turn complex AI/ML capabilities into simple, intuitive mobile interactions
- Use AI tools (e.g., Claude Code / LLM‑based coding assistants) to accelerate development while maintaining a high‑quality, well‑tested codebase
- Collaborate across product, design, and backend in a fast-moving environment
### Benefits
- Parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Healthcare
- Flexible Vacation
- Health and Wellness
- Fuel for Connection
- Pet Friendly
- IATAN (travel-related discounts)
- 401k (retirement plan)
- Connectivity Allowance
- Learning & Development- 5+ years of professional development experience with strong Swift skills, building high quality iOS apps
- Familiarity with LLM‑driven features (prompt design, integrating LLM APIs, handling latency, fallbacks, guardrails) and/or conversational UX
- Strong grasp of iOS architecture (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularization) suitable for AI‑powered, stateful, and real‑time features
- Experience with offline storage...