About the role
<p><strong>Why we matter:</strong></p> <p>Aura connects people around the world through a brilliant and simple photo-sharing experience on our customers’ digital picture frames. We are driven to connect people and deliver joy by liberating the wonderful photos that might otherwise stay trapped on smartphones. Technology and innovation are at the core of every decision we make, but always in the service of bringing families and friends closer together.</p> <p><strong>How you will add value:</strong></p> <p>You will join our Product Engineering team and work closely with designers and product managers to build new features, improve the experience, and ship app updates to millions of happy customers. Our apps are the primary touch point for our product and are the key to delighting our customers, so we are especially interested in someone who takes a strong customer-focused engineering approach. We believe that our customers and their needs should be at the center of every technical decision, and we are relentlessly focused on delivering the best possible product. As a member of a small team, you will be directly responsible for a variety of important projects. The team works values quick iteration and close collaboration with designers, product managers, and other stakeholders across the company.</p> <p><strong>The stack:</strong></p> <p>Our iOS mobile app is built on a hybrid of Swift and Objective-C. We have developed a highly performant photo upload pipeline that runs in the foreground and in the background, so our users' photos can be seamlessly processed. We also have a communication stack built on CoreBluetooth and the Wireless Accessory Configuration (WAC) protocol, to make managing our hardware device simple and intuitive for our users. Our frame runs an Android app that shares code with our mobile app, providing a connected way for us to build new features and fix bugs. Our web app and the ability to text and email photos to your frames also provide key connectivity touch points for our customers.</p> <p><strong>What excites you about an opportunity:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own projects from the first line of code, through testing, to production, and then monitoring analytics after it is released</li> <li>Develop new features, fix bugs, and make other improvements to our iOS app</li> <li>Maintain and improve build systems, testing infrastructure, and QA processes</li> <li>Work on our Rails API and Android frame app as needed to support new app features</li> <li>Collaborate with designers and product managers to deliver beautiful and functional new features</li> <li>Participate in code reviews on GitHub – when one of us shines, we all shine</li> <li>Be responsible for your own weekly tasks through self-organization, communicat