Software Engineer II, Mobile

Going; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company helps people travel better and seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Mobile. In this role, you will leverage your experience in mobile development to enhance their app, collaborating with teams to innovate and improve features.

Benefits

Equity options

Open vacation policy

Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance

401(k) with a 5% match

$750/quarter stipend for remote work and wellness

Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave

Annual team retreats

Qualifications

• 4+ years in professional software engineering.
• 3+ years of hands-on expertise with TypeScript and React Native.
• Experienced in mentoring and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine features in our mobile app.
• Collaborate across teams to design and implement APIs.
• Advocate for engineering best practices and tool improvements.

Skills

TypeScript

React Native

Performance

Usability

Accessibility

Mentoring

Communication

Flexibility

Tools

Expo

PostHog

Datadog

Ruby on Rails

GoLang

NextJS

Postgres

Redis

GitHub

Notion

Jira

Figma

Job description

About the Role

At Going, we're passionate about helping people travel and experience the world. As our member base grows, we're thrilled to expand our team with a Senior Software Engineer, Mobile to help us build, launch, and iterate on our recently released mobile app.

With your experience in mobile development, you'll play a crucial role in creating new ways for our travelers to experience Going. You'll collaborate closely with our product and design teams to build innovative features, squash bugs, and craft future functionality. Additionally, you'll work with our other engineering teams to implement cross-functional features and ensure a seamless user experience across all platforms.

This is a highly impactful role. You'll transform how our members interact with Going and, ultimately, how they travel and explore our world.

In the short term, you will

• Become familiar with our code base, code style, tech stack, development and deployment process, and project management process.

• Partner with designers and product specialists to develop and refine a feature roadmap.

• Collaborate with service engineers to establish APIs that support our data needs.

• Engage with mobile engineering peers to gain context on current and future technical direction.

In the long term, you will

• Be an expert with our tooling: Expo/EAS, PostHog, Braze, Datadog, and more. Identify and introduce new tooling to support our mobile ecosystem.

• Take ownership of end-to-end features. Propose technical work breakdown, prioritization and effort estimation. Collaborate throughout the company.

• Propose technical and product improvements. Grow our ability to experiment and scale our mobile application.

• Advocate for engineering best practices and help the team explore and implement new technology.

What you know

• 4+ years in professional software engineering.

• 3+ years of hands-on expertise with TypeScript and React Native.

• You care about performance, usability, and accessibility across platforms and devices. You have written and maintained automated tests.

• Experience mentoring other engineers on a team or are looked to as an expert in components of your work.

• You approach challenges through a customer lens, with empathy and a passion for quality.

• Clear and earnest written and verbal communication skills.

• High standards for yourself and the code you write.

• Flexibility, open-mindedness, and willingness to learn.

• You’re legally authorized to work in the United States and can work US hours.

Nice to Have’s:

• Native iOS/Android module development experience with Objective-C, Swift, or Kotlin.

• Experience building highly-available, scalable and modern JavaScript web applications.

• Experience in a startup or small company environment, with rapid prototyping and experimentation.

Technologies we use

• TypeScript + React Native + Expo being our language and mobile frameworks.

• Expo Application Services (EAS) for builds, deployments, and infrastructure.

• Ruby on Rails and GoLang are our primary service technologies.

• NextJS is our primary frontend web development framework.

• Postgres and Redis are our primary storage engines.

• GitHub is our choice for source code management and continuous integration.

• Notion is for documentation and collaboration.

• Jira is our project management tool.

• Figma is our design tool.

Why you might love working here

• The salary for this role starts at $140,000 + equity.

• 100% remote work environment

• Annual team retreats, with past destinations including Washington D.C., Vancouver, Punta Cana, and Mexico City.

• Open vacation policy, with a 15-day minimum

• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance

• 401(k) with a 5% match

• $750/quarter remote work, wellness, and wisdom stipend

• Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave

• Meetup stipend when you cross paths with a co-worker

• Challenging problems to solve and an awesome team to collaborate with every single day

We want you to bring your authentic self to work every single day. We accept you for who you are and consider everyone on an equal opportunity basis without regard to ancestry; age; appearance; color; gender identity and/or expression; genetics; family or parental status; marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status; mental, physical, or sensory disability; national, social or ethnic origin; past or present military service; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status; race; religion or belief; hair length; organ donor status. Going is an E-Verify employer.

If you require a reasonable accommodation or assistance for any part of the interview and employment process, please contact us at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request.

Compensation Range: $140K - $150K

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