Senior Engineer II - React Native (REMOTE)

Who We’re Looking For

The Senior Engineer II is a high-impact technical role responsible for designing, building, and maintaining complex systems while fostering a culture of engineering excellence. This engineer serves as a bridge between high-level architectural vision and practical product delivery, creating high-performance applications within the Discogs Mobile squad. You will shift from pure execution to empowerment, co-creating quality standards and providing technical guidance that enables squads to be self-sufficient.

What You’ll Accomplish

Technical Strategy

• Communicate across multiple squads to identify blockers, mitigate architectural risks, negotiate data contracts, and drive systematic improvements to mobile development practices.
• Ensure all technical work aligns with long-term Architectural Vision and business outcomes rather than just output.

Mobile Development & Execution

• Take full responsibility for the technical development of large, complex features from concept to deployment with minimal guidance.
• Maintain and adapt existing legacy codebases while simultaneously driving the modernization of the technology stack.
• Utilize native iOS experience to develop and incorporate native modules into React Native environments.
• Implement comprehensive test coverage (unit, end-to-end, and integration) and manage CI/CD pipeline automation, including hotfixes.
• Utilize tools such as Datadog, Firebase, and Luciq for effective debugging, monitoring, and performance optimization.

Process Improvement & Collaboration

• Drive the use of standardized tools to reduce development friction ("Time to First Commit") and establish faster feedback loops to reduce "Blocked Time" per ticket.
• Partner with Product, UX, and QA to examine ticket feasibility, simplify features, and deliver high-quality products that align with user needs.
• Coach junior engineers by providing technical oversight, detailed documentation, code reviews, and "Lightning Talks" to champion best practices.

Requirements

Required Skills & Abilities

• Core Stack: Proficiency in JavaScript, React, React Native, TypeScript, Redux, and Native iOS (Swift or Objective-C).
• Languages & Scripting: Working knowledge of Python and additional mobile languages (Java/Kotlin) is required.
• API & Data: Deep understanding of HTTP APIs, REST, GraphQL, and JSON data integration.
• Tooling & DevOps: Proficiency with Git, VSCode, Android Studio, XCode, Apple Store Connect, Google Play Console, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Architecture: Expertise in modern software architecture, including microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud-native systems.
• Product Thinking: Ability to treat internal platforms as products and understand how code affects business outcomes.
• Communication: Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and build consensus without direct authority.
• Problem Solving: Demonstrated initiative to research technical discussions independently and seek data to support ideas.

Education & Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in a Math/Computer Science related field or equivalent work experience.
• Software Experience: 4+ years of experience developing software solutions, including building and optimizing production systems under load.
• Mobile Specialization:
  • 4+ years of mobile development experience.
  • 3+ years of experience with React Native.
  • 2+ years of experience with native iOS development.
• Agile Leadership: 4+ years of experience in agile development (Scrum/Kanban), leading projects from requirements to delivery without guidance.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Experience with Native Android (Java/Kotlin).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance benefits for you and your dependents.
• 4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure.
• 18 weeks paid leave for birth mothers.
• 8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoption.
• Monthly wellness allowance.
• Annual professional and personal development allowance.
• Work from home office set-up and expense allowances.
• Flexible work location opportunities.
• Employer matching toward charitable contributions.

About the Company

Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Millions use the Discogs Marketplace daily to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. The company values quality, critical thinking, continuous improvement, and collaboration across its distributed team.

Location

Remote (Hiring restricted to OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, IL)

Salary

$120,000 - $127,500 yearly

Category

Software Dev / Web3