Stream is looking for a Senior React Native SDK Engineer to join one of our SDK teams.
This is a full-time job, either in our Amsterdam office (hybrid) or remote if currently based in an EU country. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are possible.
What will you work on
You’ll join our React Native efforts around our Video, Chat, and Feeds SDKs. This will be an opportunity to learn from experienced and talented engineers and work on a product that impacts more than 1 billion end-users.
You will have the opportunity to also collaborate with the other SDK teams (native mobile, Flutter, React), the backend API, Design, and Devrel teams.
Job Responsibilities
Maintain and enhance existing React Native SDKs
Integrating new features from our roadmap (Chat, Video, Feeds)
Work across multiple teams to provide technical insight on product and feature development
Be present in collaborations with backend teams to ensure feature parity across SDKs
Assist with implementation, GitHub issues, and open-source contributions
Supporting existing clients and prospects through various channels
Improving SDK documentation, tutorials, and other technical documentation
Take care of our low-level JavaScript SDKs that allow our customers to integrate with their framework of choice
What makes this job exciting?
Impact: You’ll get to work on products that are going to impact the lives of thousands of engineers and billions of end users
Visibility: Everything you’ll do is public and available on GitHub
Challenge: You’ll deal with complex technical challenges, optimize for performance and ease of use, quickly learn new technologies, and solve technical problems so others don’t have to
Technology: You’ll acquire new skills in specific technologies like React Native, WebRTC, Protobuf, Twirp, RxJS, Offline capabilities
Team: You’ll join a seasoned team, proficient in many technologies, establishing solid foundations for all of our JavaScript products
About You
As a team member, you must be excited to grow with Stream. At our core, we are a startup - you should be able to act quickly, thrive in uncertainty, and love pivoting to new technologies.
You have:
5+ years of experience as a software engineer working with React Native
Proficiency in English (able to conduct technical and non-technical conversations)
Experience with one of the following: React Native, React/Angular, Android/ iOS, Flutter and (or similar)
Professional experience with TypeScript, Node, Expo
Computer Science fundamentals
Experience with REST API integrations
Experience with Testing and CI/CD
A keen eye for UX detail
Bonus points
Previous experience building software libraries for other developers
Experience with OpenAPI / gRPC / protobuf
Good understanding of reactive systems such as RxJS or other state management libraries
WebRTC experience
Build applications on top of databases (eg. SQLite for mobile, ORMs, …)
Experience working in SaaS startups
Experience producing technical documentation
Don’t fall into all of the job requirements? You don’t have to match every bullet as long as you can show us that you can pick things up quickly and master the technical domain you work on.
Our tech stack
At Stream, we use a wide collection of technologies to offer highly optimized and available features to our customers. Here is a shortlist of the technology that we currently use in the React Chat and Video SDKs:
Modern React, TypeScript, RxJS, WebRTC, RxJS, Protobuf, Twirp, OpenAPI
React Virtuoso
Vitest, Jest, Playwright, Ladle
Node.js, Next.js, Vite
On the backend, we build our services on top of Golang, and we run our global Edge Infrastructure in more than 10 regions around the globe to ensure low-latency connections between our 1+ billion end users.
Who We Are
Stream has a casual, social, and playful culture. We are talented, highly technical, and collaborative which makes Stream a great place to learn and improve your skills. Our team is forward-thinking and diverse and we all have different backgrounds which lends to our creativity and innovation. With offices in Boulder and Amsterdam, our employees represent 15 countries, 11 languages and counting. Our team is passionate about tackling difficult tech problems at scale by creating reusable components that allow product owners to ship apps faster, more securely, and with a better user experience. Our culture is oriented towards ownership and quality; Our goal is to produce deliverable software.
What’s In It For You
A team of exceptional engineers
The chance to work on OSS projects
A competitive salary
Company equity
A pension scheme
A generous Learning and Development budget
Commute expenses to Amsterdam covered or option to use a company bike within the city
Gym membership of choice covered
MacBook Pro or another development setup
Healthy team lunches and plenty of snacks
A generous relocation package
An office in the heart of Amsterdam
The opportunity to attend or present to global conferences and meetups
The possibility to visit our office in Boulder, CO
- These benefits apply to the office in Amsterdam and are adjusted depending on the location
Stream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training
Hybrid office policy: applicants based (or relocating to) one of our office locations are expected to work according to the applicable local office attendance policy.
Equal opportunity employer statement: Stream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Note for external recruiters: We currently have this role covered and do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.