Senior Software Engineer (React-Native, Mobile)

What is Kick?

Kick is a global live-streaming platform for all types of entertainment content. Our mission is to empower content creators, event organisers, and content rights holders by providing them with the tools and revenue-sharing structures they need to monetise and grow their audiences. 

As a result, we are quickly becoming a household name, attracting top-tier creators and expanding rapidly worldwide. You may have seen us in the UFC octagon or on the side of an F1 car, as we seize every opportunity that comes our way. 

We’re the newest players in a well-established industry, and we’ve already made a significant impact. We have plenty more to achieve. We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and are looking for brilliant minds to join us.

Engineering at Kick 

Joining Kick at this point in our journey is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We’re rapidly scaling and establishing ourselves globally while simultaneously innovating and pushing the limits of our industry. That means we’re part scale-up, part start-up. Kick is taking on the global players in the live-streaming industry and making an impact.

As an engineer working at Kick, you will be given interesting and challenging engineering problems to solve, have ultimate ownership of your work, and be responsible for a product used by millions of people every day. There will be greenfield opportunities for new services, as well as scale-up and stabilisation opportunities for our established services. Everything you build will be used by millions of people the day you deploy it.

Within our engineering organisation, we foster a continuous learning environment, constantly pushing the boundaries of large-scale software design and development. Our culture revolves around fostering growth, nurturing learning, and upholding excellence in engineering, ensuring we consistently set the benchmark for engineering mastery.

Why join us?

Are you a passionate and ambitious software engineer ready to dive into an environment that fosters innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth? We're seeking talented individuals who are eager to tackle complex problems, build scalable solutions, and collaborate with some of the finest engineers in the entertainment industry.

• Complex Projects, Creative Solutions: Dive into intricate projects that challenge and push boundaries. Solve complex technical puzzles and craft scalable solutions.
• Accelerate Your Growth: Access mentorship, training, and hands-on experiences to level up your skills. Learn from industry experts and gain expertise in scaling software.
• Collaborate with Industry Leaders: Work alongside exceptional engineers, exchanging ideas and driving innovation forward through collaboration.
• Caring Culture, Career Development: We deeply care about your career. Our culture prioritizes your growth with tailored learning programs and mentorship.
• Embrace Challenges, Celebrate Success: Take on challenges, learn from failures, and celebrate achievements together.
• Shape the Future: Your contributions will shape the future of entertainment.

About the Job:

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on our Kick mobile app, which serves millions of users worldwide. We are looking for a mid-level React Native Mobile Engineer who has a passion for mobile app development and a track record of delivering high-quality, user-friendly applications. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about the entire app development process-from coding and deployment to monitoring and operations-this position is perfect for you. You'll bring a strong customer-centric approach and take pride in delivering seamless, reliable mobile experiences. Your expertise in clean, elegant code and technical problem-solving will be instrumental in enhancing our mobile app's functionality and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality mobile applications using React Native.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs to improve application performance.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and enforce best practices.
• Deploy applications to app stores and manage the submission process.
• Monitor app performance and user feedback to identify areas for improvement.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve our app. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated and proven experience in building highly performant production mobile applications in React Native.
• Proven track record of app development through to deployment in app stores, as well as monitoring and operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Demonstrated experience with mobile UI/UX design principles and best practices.
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development lifecycle.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective teamwork in collaborative environments.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, tools, and methodologies.