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. As a vital member of the Discogs Mobile squad, this engineer serves as a bridge between high-level architectural vision and practical product delivery, creating high-performance applications. In this capacity, you will shift from pure execution to empowerment, co-creating quality standards and providing technical guidance that enables squads to be self-sufficient. You will champion best practices in React Native development and collaborate closely with other squads to develop scalable, optimized mobile features.
Location
While we are remote we are only hiring within the following areas: OR, WA, CA, CO, TX, IL
Compensation - $120,000 - 127,500 yearly
Who We Are
Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to serve the music fan in everyone. We are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large impact. High value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to who we are and how we work. We value the experiences and skills each team member contributes to helping us serve our music community.
What You’ll Accomplish
Key Responsibilities:
- Cross-Squad Influence: Communicate across multiple squads to identify blockers, mitigate architectural risks, negotiate data contracts, and drive systematic improvements to mobile development practices.
- Strategic Alignment: Ensure all technical work aligns with long-term Architectural Vision and business outcomes rather than just output.
- Mobile Development & Execution
- Full Lifecycle Delivery: Take full responsibility for the technical development of large, complex features from concept to deployment with minimal guidance.
- Modernization: Maintain and adapt existing legacy codebases while simultaneously driving the modernization of the technology stack.
- Native Integration: Utilize native iOS experience to develop and incorporate native modules into React Native environments.
- Quality Assurance: Implement comprehensive test coverage (unit, end-to-end, and integration) and manage CI/CD pipeline automation, including hotfixes.
- Observability: Utilize tools such as Datadog, Firebase, and Luciq for effective debugging, monitoring, and performance optimization.
- Process Improvement & Collaboration
- Operational Excellence: 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.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, UX, and QA to examine ticket feasibility, simplify features, and deliver high-quality products that align with user needs.
- Mentorship: Coach junior engineers by providing technical oversight, detailed documentation, code reviews, and "Lightning Talks" to champion best practices.
Requirements
What You’ll Contribute
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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:
- Required
- 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/Beneficial Skills
- Experience with Native Android (Java/Kotlin)
Benefits
What We Provide
- 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 moms
- 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
What We Believe In
Discogs’ mission is to serve the music fan in everyone. We represent a diverse and inclusive community, and we are committed to serving our community with innovative and creative solutions. We know that innovation happens best when varying perspectives are embraced and integrated. Our global team reflects our global community.
Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Applicants needing accommodation to apply should contact us at 503-597-6340
Discogs does not promote job openings through text messaging. If you receive a text message claiming to offer a position at our company, please disregard it as fraudulent. For a list of our actively open positions and to apply, please visit the official Careers page on our website: https://www.discogs.com/about/careers
If you apply for this role, you will be required to upload a resume, cover letter, and fill out a few questions regarding your application. Once submitted, our hiring team will review your application and contact you if you are selected for an interview. Whether you are successful or not, we will store your application and data in our system for a maximum period of one year from the application date in case another role becomes available that you are suitable for. If you have any questions or concerns about us storing this data and/or the period of time, please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond to you within 30 days.
