Staff Mobile Software Engineer, Zwift
$149.5-238.5k
Virtual training for running and cycling
Job no longer available
Virtual training for running and cycling
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$149.5-238.5k
201-500 employees
Company mission
Zwift is on a mission to make more People, more Active, more Often.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar discipline
- 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including 3+ years as a technical team lead
- Strong proficiency in native mobile software development (e.g., Swift for iOS, Kotlin for Android)
- Experience supporting customer-facing mobile applications in live production environments, including stability/performance monitoring and alerting, release management, and live operations
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to work with full independence in situations where business problems and technology strategies may not yet be defined
- Strong working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
- Experience supporting and modernizing mobile applications written in legacy software technologies (e.g., Objective-C for iOS, Java for Android)
- Ability to solve complex problems through breadth of knowledge, influencing others, and focused domain expertise
- Track record of leading by example in engineering best practices and mentoring other engineers
- Adaptability and eagerness to learn new technologies as needed
Desirable
- Proficiency in Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
- Experience working in Agile development frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
- Experience working with experimentation and feature flag systems (e.g., Amplitude, Optimizely, Firebase)
- Experience working with remote, distributed teams
- Full-stack experience including working with backend services and systems, especially those written in Kotlin
- Experience defining and producing metrics and analytics for software products (e.g., Amplitude, OpenSearch, or similar)
What the job involves
- Zwift is looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer to join our Zwift Companion mobile team
- In this role, you will work on Zwift's mobile app, Zwift Companion, which is used by hundreds of thousands of Zwift customers to interact with Zwift's vibrant game worlds, connect and socialize with other Zwifters, browse our huge catalog of events, group rides, and workouts, and to plan, execute, and review their fitness plans across both indoor and outdoor activities
- As Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading our mobile team to deliver high-quality features and a seamless user experience
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build new features and support existing features for our apps on iOS and Android, and you will help define and execute our technical architecture strategy to make it easy for Zwifters to plan and execute their fitness plans in Zwift
- Define the technical architecture and best practices for the Zwift Companion mobile apps across both iOS and Android, with a focus on how we can minimize duplicative efforts across both platforms
- Partner with product managers, engineering managers, designers, and other stakeholders to build and deliver major features for the Zwift Companion mobile app and related services and systems
- Influence multiple stakeholder and partner teams, both on project work as well as ensuring best practices, architecture, and quality goals are met
- Assess, improve, and drive operational excellence best practices for the team and partner teams
- Solve complex software problems via solutions that are extensible, scalable, and maintainable
- Actively teach and evangelize industry best practices, mentoring within both the team and across the organization
- In collaboration with the team, contribute to the team's technical and product roadmap, including defining and scoping/estimating project work
Application process
- Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too
Our take
Zwift was started to break two preconceptions surrounding indoor training. One: it's boring and two: indoor trainers are expensive.
Zwift provides a virtual world that gamifies indoor training and connects cyclists and runners together on an online multiplayer community. Users have access to 1000's of personalised workouts, all of which only require an in-expensive indoor trainer and monthly subscription.
Zwift are continuously adding content to their virtual world and are aiming to expand into the world of competitive cycling. They even started a Zwift academy Tri-team consisting of eight athletes using Zwift to train then compete at the Ironman World Championship in Kona.
The company's biggest competition is arguably fitness behemoth, Peloton. However, while Zwift prides itself on users’ ability to organize group rides and runs and workouts, classes are not in the offing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2020
$450m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2018
$120m
SERIES B
Total funding: $614.6m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage
- Fitness Equipment Allowance
- Well-Being Perks + Benefits
- Modern Family Support + Paid Parental Leave
- Competitive Time Off
- Fitness Industry Discounts
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Downtown Core, Long Beach, CA
Leadership
Jon Mayfield
(Co-Founder & Head of Product)Worked for 12 years as a senior programmer at various video game companies. Joined Applied Minds as a software engineer then left to start Zwift.
Eric Min
(Co-Founder & CEO/Chairman)9 years as a VP at JP Morgan. Previously co-founded and ran Sakonnet Technology for 15 years.
Scott Barger
(Co-Founder & Advisor)Previously founded and ran two supply-chain solutions companies in the automotive and healthcare industries.
Alarik Myrin
(Co-Founder)Previously CTO and co-founder of Sakonnent Technologies for 16 years.
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