Mobile Engineer - ElevenMusic

Accountabilities:: Mobile Application Development: Own the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the mobile application across iOS and Android, ensuring a consistent, high-quality experience on both platforms. End-to-End Product Ownership: Take responsibility for mobile features from initial concept and technical planning through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. User Experience and Product Design: Build intuitive, visually polished, and engaging mobile experiences tailored to musicians, creators, and music enthusiasts, with a strong focus on usability and product quality. Cross-Platform Engineering: Develop and maintain robust mobile architectures using suitable technologies such as React Native, Swift, or Kotlin, adapting technical choices to the needs of the product. Systems and Backend Collaboration: Consider the broader technical ecosystem when developing mobile features, ensuring effective integration between mobile applications, backend services, and supporting systems. Product Innovation: Help define the mobile product roadmap by identifying opportunities to improve music discovery, creation, remixing, sharing, and overall user engagement. Rapid Development and Delivery: Work within a fast-paced engineering environment to prototype ideas, iterate quickly, and release improvements efficiently while maintaining high standards of reliability and performance. Independent Problem-Solving: Translate high-level product goals into actionable engineering solutions, make informed technical decisions, and take ownership of outcomes with minimal supervision. Continuous Improvement: Monitor the quality of the mobile experience, identify opportunities for technical and product enhancements, and contribute to the long-term scalability and maintainability of the application. Requirements: Mobile Engineering Experience: Demonstrated experience building and shipping a well-designed, production-ready mobile application used by real customers, with clear examples of your contributions and ownership. iOS and Android Expertise: Strong mobile development capabilities across both iOS and Android, with experience in one or more relevant technologies, including React Native, Swift, or Kotlin, and the ability to work across platforms. Systems Thinking: A solid understanding of mobile architecture, backend integration, and the technical considerations involved in building reliable, scalable mobile applications. Exceptional Product Judgment: Strong product intuition and a clear understanding of what makes a mobile experience intuitive, engaging, visually appealing, and genuinely useful to its users. End-to-End Ownership: A highly self-directed approach, with the ability to turn ambiguous requirements into clear plans, deliver production-ready solutions, and take responsibility for the results. Technical Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and debugging skills, with the ability to make sound architectural decisions and balance development speed with quality and maintainability. Adaptability and Initiative: Comfortable working in a small, autonomous team with rapid development cycles, minimal bureaucracy, and the freedom to shape both technical implementation and product direction. Interest in Music and Creativity: A genuine interest in music, creative tools, or digital music experiences is a plus, particularly an intuitive understanding of how musicians and creators interact with music products. Open-Source Contributions: Contributions to open-source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio demonstrating technical skills and initiative are advantageous. Remote Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a distributed environment and collaborate across time zones, with availability to operate within the GMT-5 to GMT+1 time-zone range. Benefits: Remote-First Flexibility: Work remotely from Canada or another eligible location, with the option to work from offices in London, New York, Warsaw, or Amsterdam. Professional Development: Receive an annual discretionary stipend to support learning, technical development, and career growth. Social Travel Opportunities: Access an annual discretionary stipend to meet colleagues in person and strengthen professional relationships. Annual Company Offsite: Participate in an annual company-wide gathering at an international destination, creating opportunities for collaboration and team building. Co-Working Stipend: Receive a monthly co-working allowance if you are not located near one of the main office hubs. High Ownership and Autonomy: Take responsibility for a core consumer product and have a direct influence on its technical architecture, user experience, and future direction. Fast-Paced Innovation: Work in a lean engineering environment where rapid experimentation, efficient development workflows, and quick releases help bring ideas to users faster. Meaningful Product Impact: Help shape how people discover, create, remix, and share music through innovative AI-powered technology. Career Growth: Explore opportunities to expand your responsibilities and influence beyond your immediate role within a dynamic, globally distributed team. Inclusive Work Environment: Join an equal opportunity workplace committed to fair employment practices and a culture that values talent, creativity, and impact.