Senior Engineer II - React Native; REMOTE

Overview

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, 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:

• Technical Strategy
• 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, Type Script, 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, Graph
  
  QL, and JSON data integration
• Tooling & Dev Ops:
  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…