angel - Mobile App Engineering Manager
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Requirements
• Builder mindset with product ownership – You think like an owner, not just an implementer—driving both technical and product outcomes. • Deep React Native expertise – Strong experience building and scaling production mobile apps using React Native and TypeScript. • Strong mobile architecture skills – Ability to design systems that balance performance, scalability, and developer experience. • Hands-on leadership – Comfort leading while staying deeply involved in the code • Experience with modern mobile tooling – Familiarity with Expo, OTA updates, mobile CI/CD pipelines, and release strategies. • Streaming/media experience (or similar complexity) – Understanding of video playback, buffering, caching, or other performance-critical systems is highly valuable. • Performance and reliability focus – You care deeply about app responsiveness, crash rates, and user experience details. • Experiment-driven mindset – Experience defining and using AB Tests and metrics to guide product and engineering decisions. • Strong collaboration and communication – Ability to align cross-functional teams and clearly communicate tradeoffs and direction. • Ownership and initiative – You proactively identify problems and drive solutions end-to-end. • Adaptability and speed – Comfort working in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities. • Mentorship and team development – You elevate others through feedback, coaching, and shared standards. • 10–15+ years of software engineering experience • 5–8+ years building mobile applications • 4+ years of React Native experience in production environments • Strong experience with TypeScript and modern frontend architecture • Proven track record of owning and shipping complex consumer-facing apps • Experience working on apps with real users at scale • Experience with Expo and OTA update systems • Experience building streaming or media-heavy applications • Experience implementing push notifications and engagement systems • Familiarity with recommendation systems or personalization • Experience with subscription/membership flows (in-app purchases, payments, auth) • Experience with analytics, observability, and performance monitoring tools • Background in high-performance or resource-constrained environments • 2-4 onsite events in Utah each year.There may be other opportunities to travel, but no other significant out-of-state travel is anticipated • Work authorization • Must be authorized to work in the United States. • At Angel Studios, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.
Responsibilities
• Own and elevate the Angel Studios mobile app experience end-to-end—and push it beyond what streaming apps do today. • As the lead React Native Engineer and Mobile App Owner, you will be the technical and product-driving force behind our iOS and Android apps. You’ll lead from the front—spending your time building and shipping experiences, and time guiding the team, shaping team direction, and ensuring excellence. • Own the mobile experience end-to-end – Take full ownership of the Angel Studios mobile app, ensuring a world-class streaming experience across discovery, playback, and user engagement. • Drive streaming excellence at scale – Deliver a seamless, high-quality playback experience with fast startup times, minimal buffering, adaptive streaming, and resilient offline playback. • Build a best-in-class discovery and engagement platform – Design and implement intuitive browsing, search, recommendations, and personalized content experiences that rival top-tier streaming platforms. • Architect for performance and reliability – Design scalable, maintainable React Native (Expo + TypeScript) architecture that performs across a wide range of devices and network conditions. • Leverage modern mobile delivery systems – Own and optimize Expo-based workflows, including over-the-air (OTA) updates, CI/CD pipelines, and release strategies to ship quickly and safely. • Ship fast and iterate constantly – Design and build features like downloads, offline mode, notifications, and membership flows through rapid experimentation and continuous iteration. • Solve complex mobile challenges – Tackle issues across video playback, background downloads, offline sync, push notifications, and app lifecycle management. • Measure and improve what matters Define and track key metrics (startup time, buffering rate, crash-free sessions, engagement, retention) and use data to drive decisions. • Lead through code and influence – Provide architectural direction, conduct high-quality code reviews, and actively mentor engineers while remaining deeply hands-on. • Multiply team effectiveness – Improve developer experience through better tooling, testing, CI/CD, and shared patterns. • ## What Success Looks Like • The Angel Studios mobile app is recognized as a top-tier streaming experience—fast, reliable, and delightful. • Streaming playback is smooth, resilient, and high quality across devices and network conditions. • Discovery and recommendations feel personalized, intuitive, and engaging. • Offline viewing and downloads are seamless and dependable. • Your architecture enables rapid feature development without sacrificing quality. • The team ships frequently and confidently using OTA updates and modern CI/CD workflows. • Engineers are more productive because of the systems, patterns, and guidance you provide. • You are seen as the clear technical owner of the mobile platform, with strong trust across product and leadership. • Hands-on Engineering • Writing production code • Architecting systems • Debugging complex issues • Shipping features • Leadership & Management • Mentoring engineers • Technical direction • Cross-team alignment • Work environment • Remote team members must have a private and quiet area for working hours in their location. When in the main office, expect a comfortable, air-conditioned work environment. Team members are issued their own desks, but the office is an open, shared space and can be fast-paced and occasionally noisy. • Physical demands • Will need to be able to sit or stand at a desk for extended periods of time. • Position type and expected hours of work • Regular full-time, 40 hours per week.
Benefits
• High-Growth Company: Angel is one of the fastest-growing media companies, with record-breaking independent theatrical releases and millions of streaming users worldwide. See our recent interview with Evan Shapiro • Massive Impact: Your work will shape how audiences experience the stories they love—and help amplify light around the globe. • Extreme Ownership: We are a team of owners and entrepreneurs. This is your chance to operate like a startup founder inside a fast-scaling media company. • Mission-Driven Culture: We strive to amplify light in everything we do. Join a team that deeply cares about the impact of the stories we tell. • Future of Streaming: Help build a streaming platform that competes with giants—without playing by their rules.
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