Vsco39
Staff iOS Engineer (React Native)
San Francisco, California · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$260kDetected 5 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactReduxReact NativeiOSAndroidDatadogGraphQLRESTPhotographyMentoring
About the role
- If you are passionate about React Native development and excited to join a dynamic team of creators, we encourage you to apply for this position and help us empower creators worldwide.
- Join us in shaping the future of mobile, desktop and web technology and making a meaningful impact on the global creative community.
- As a Staff Engineer, you are first and foremost a technologist.
Responsibilities
- For years, we've helped photographers create their work.
- Now we're building what comes next.
- work closely with Product, Design, and business stakeholders.
- At VSCO, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented individuals who share your passion for innovation and creativity.
- Collaborate on and own decision making on forward-thinking architectural decisions.
- Mentor and elevate the team: guide engineers through tricky bugs, design decisions, and architectural trade-offs. Coach, teach, and create space for others to grow.
- Drive code quality through PR reviews, pushing work toward completion in an encouraging way. Your critical feedback motivates authors to improve their work and reach approval.
- Collaborate across the organization: work closely with Product, Design, and business stakeholders. Translate complex technical concepts into clear language for non-technical audiences.
- Regular in-person events events to connect and collaborate
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software development experience with at least 4+ years focused on mobile iOS development using React Native.
- Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern front-end technologies including Expo.
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and third-party services.
- Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g., Redux) and asynchronous programming.
- Experience owning projects end-to-end from initial prototypes to customer roll out.
- Track record of mentoring engineers and raising team-wide code quality.
- Experience with feature flagging, release management, and observability tools (Datadog, Crashlytics, etc.).
- Comfort with AI-assisted development workflows and a desire to push what's possible.
- Experience shipping React Native applications on macOS.
- Experience leading platform expansion initiatives from mobile to desktop.
- Proven experience in building and maintaining complex, high-performance mobile applications.
- Strong knowledge of mobile design principles, patterns, and best practices.
- Cross-functional experience collaborating closely with designers and product managers.
- Nice to haves
Skills
- from creating and editing your work, to delivering it to clients, to running your business.
- All of it built thoughtfully, with photographers leading the way.
Compensation
- The base salary for this position will vary based on several factors, such as relevant experience, location and your approved internal leveling assessed during the interview process.
- The base salary range for this role is $230,000 - $260,000.
- Salary is one component of our total compensation package.
Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
- Flexible Time Off
- Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave
- Other perks including mental health resources and tech reimbursements
- This is a crucial role for someone who will help define and drive that vision forward, shaping the way our users create, connect and earn.
- This position also qualifies for equity (i.e. stock options) and is eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance.
- Additional benefits and perks contained in our standard employee benefits package are also offered for this position.
Company info
- Champion AI-assisted development. You've used AI tools extensively in your own workflow and actively mentor others to adopt them. You see AI as a multiplier for the team's velocity and quality.
- Align technical choices with company goals, and be pragmatic enough to choose the faster path when the business demands it.
- We build the connected system photographers rely on, and we've spent over a decade earning the trust of a global creative community that takes the craft seriously.
- AI is reshaping what's possible for creative work, and that's where our mission shines.
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