Lead Mobile Engineer

Chicago, IL, United States

Gaming? Check. Esports? Check. Hardware? Check. Software? Check. We could go on and on. The point is we've been helping gamers get better since 2001. In fact, Esports pros have won more money using SteelSeries products than any other brand and we're just getting started. Esports and Gaming are multi-billion-dollar industries, and we're going to continue supporting them through innovative gear and software gamers need and love. We believe in being true to the gaming community, which means being true to ourselves. We create products that help the best of the best be better, and products that help the not-so-good feel not-so-bad. Most of us are gamers, but you don't have to be, we promise! Just don't be surprised if you become one within a few weeks of starting!

Want to see what we're up to? Find us on social media, where we're highlighting our community, amazing partners, and products!

Our engineers are driven by the challenge of solving a seemingly endless stream of difficult technical problems and are constantly seeking to expand our skillset. We take pride in our work and cherish the unique opportunity to create products that we ourselves enjoy using in our daily lives. We are passionate about testing and refining our products to ensure they meet the highest quality. As our own toughest critics, we constantly push ourselves to deliver the best possible products for ourselves and other like-minded gamers.

ABOUT YOU:

We are looking for people that believe in collective code ownership, prioritize writing tests for every story, and are open to mentoring and being mentored. Our mobile team is in its infancy, and we are searching for someone to get in at the ground floor and kick it into high gear. If you are eager to expand your skills, engage in collaborative discussions with other engineers, designers, and product managers, and contribute to the improvement of our products and code, then this opportunity may be a great fit for you.

As a Lead Mobile Engineer, you will be responsible for working closely with our hardware and software product teams to ensure our products are designed and engineered to deliver a best-in-class audio and mobile app experience. An ideal candidate is a detail-oriented engineer that can make a huge impact on our product development, has experience developing native iOS (Swift) and/or Android (Kotlin) applications, and has a serious passion for technology.

NECESSARY SKILLS:

7+ years software development experience.

3+ years experience in a senior engineering role focusing on mobile app development.

3+ years experience working with native iOS and/or Android hardware platform libraries (Bluetooth APIs, etc.).

Experience building native mobile apps with Swift/Objective-C and/or Kotlin/Java.

Excellent communication and documentation skills.

A desire to mentor and elevate fellow engineers.

Eagerness to continuously learn and excel in the craft of mobile app development.

WITHIN 1 MONTH YOU WILL:

Come up to speed with our tech stack. Our iOS and Android apps are written in Swift and Kotlin.

Ship a new feature for our iOS or Android app.

WITHIN 3 MONTHS YOU WILL:

Evaluate the architecture of our mobile apps, suggest potential areas for refactoring, and work with product management and engineering to plan any desired changes.

Continue to innovate and add features to our native iOS and Android apps.

Play with and give feedback on unannounced hardware products coming out next year.

WITHIN 9 MONTHS YOU WILL:

Work very closely with our hardware and software product teams to align on the vision for our upcoming products. Help define hardware and web APIs to ensure our mobile apps can seamlessly interact with our hardware and cloud services to provide an amazing user experience for our customers.

Proactively refactor code to achieve a perpetually clean design that has adequate test coverage.

Evaluate new programming languages, frameworks, and tools and propose when they should be integrated and/or migrated to.

Work across software teams to educate others on best practices for code, test, and documentation quality.

FUN STUFF:

We offer competitive pay, great benefits, and an awesome workplace with people who love gaming and technology. Other benefits include:

10% time (slack day) policy. Spend 1 day every two weeks learning new a skill, spiking out a new feature, taking a training course, or putting together a Lunch & Learn presentation for your colleagues.

Continuous education stipend. We are looking for engineers who continually want to learn and grow, and we will support them in their ongoing training.

Early access to SteelSeries gear such as headsets, keyboards, mice, and controllers. Test out and provide feedback on tons of SteelSeries devices before they hit the street.

Employee discount on all SteelSeries hardware. We’ll provide you with all the hardware you need, but the employee discount is nice for friends and family.

About Us Gaming? Check. Esports? Check. Hardware? Check. Software? Check. We could go on and on.

The point is we've been helping gamers get better since 2001. In fact, Esports pros have won more money using SteelSeries products than any other brand and we're just getting started. Esports and Gaming are multi-billion-dollar industries, and we're going to continue supporting them through innovative gear and software gamers need and love. We believe in being true to the gaming community, which means being true to ourselves. We create products that help the best of the best be better, and products that help the not-so-good feel not-so-bad. Most of us are gamers, but you don't have to be, we promise! Just don't be surprised if you become one within a few weeks of starting!

Want to see what we're up to? Find us on social media, where we're highlighting our community, amazing partners, and products!

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