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 [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request.
