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Role Description Angel Studios is seeking an expert React.js developer to build front-end web applications as a member of a fully-remote engineering team. - Amplify light in every action. We build things that are true, honest, noble, just, authentic, lovely, admirable, and excellent. - As the owner of your outcomes, you are empowered to break down silos and coordinate with any and all people you need in order to reach your goals. - You are ultimately responsible for achieving the outcomes while also using resources wisely - whether that be money, people, or time. - Know your customer - it might be our viewers, investors, creators, or internal Angel Teams. Ensure you understand your customer and are providing what THEY need and not just what you want to build. Essential functions - Ensure quality through design, processes, and tools in a CI/CD environment. - Partner with designers, product managers, and engineers to build out new features, fixes, and continuous improvements. - Deliver features quickly and iteratively. - Design, build and maintain efficient, secure, reusable, and reliable code that runs performantly across devices under variable memory, screen size, and network constraints. - Participate in cross-team brownbags, workshop series, standups, hackathons, etc. - Analyze application performance and recommend improvements as needed. - Perform code reviews, testing, and debugging. - Provide expert front-end guidance to other engineers. - Contribute to technical documentation utilized in the Product and Engineering departments. - Must attend and contribute to scheduled meetings. Proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in the English language is required. Additional language proficiency is a plus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. Competencies - Passionate about careful component design & architectural planning that leads to a codebase that is future-proof and maintainable. - Enjoy the challenge and opportunity to lead and improve the development experience at Angel Studios by enhancing development tools, test coverage, and code structure. - Proactive and detail-oriented, yet comfortable working in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines and evolving requirements. - Self-starter with the ability to seek out opportunities, create an action plan and see it through to fruition. - Strong collaborator with excellent presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills. - Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery principles. - An exceptional listener with excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Detail-oriented perspective and able to pick up on overlooked details. - Organization and time management. - Able to maintain confidentiality of information. - Must be able to manage multiple assignments, determine priorities, and adapt to changing conditions. - Resourceful and able to problem-solve and manage tasks with ambiguity. - Can take feedback to tasks and assignments positively and create better solutions. - A quick study, able to pick up new skills and learn how to use new tools and programs. - Ability to take individual ownership, execute with high energy, share context, insist on candor with positive intent. Qualifications - 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer - 5+ years of experience building front-end web applications - 3+ years of experience within the last 5 years using React.js to build front-end web applications Preferred experience - Expertise in unit testing is strongly preferred - Experience with Tailwind is a plus - Experience with GraphQL is a plus - Experience with next.js is a plus - Full-stack development experience is a plus - Additional language proficiency beyond English is a plus - Familiarity with AI 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. Travel required - No significant out of state travel anticipated at this time. Work authorization - Must be authorized to work in the United States. EEO statement At Angel Studios, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. Other duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Act as the final line of defense for living room applications. • Lead the testing strategy for Roku, Android TV/Fire TV, Apple TV, and other Smart TV ecosystems. • Ensure UI is fluid, video playback is instant, and app feels native to every piece of hardware. • Execute comprehensive test plans across diverse TVs, focusing on the end-user journey. • Test the ‘10-foot experience’ ensuring D-pad navigation is intuitive and transition UI is smooth. • Verify stream health, including video quality and caption synchronization. • Maintain a suite of automated tests to ensure new features don’t break existing stability. • Identify platform-specific bugs and document them accurately. • Use tools to simulate low-bandwidth environments for testing app performance.

Angel is changing the future of American entertainment and is one of the fastest-growing Distributors in America. Our rapidly expanding library of light-amplifying stories has grown 10x in under 2 years. Gone is the old model where the deepest pockets pick the stories we share. Angel restores choice to our 1.5+ million guild members and growing who decide what we produce, what we take to theaters, and most importantly what parents bring to their homes. Check out angel.com/watch The Opportunity Our engineering teams are revolutionizing what it means to be a part of inspirational entertainment. From building an army of voters weighing-in on short concept videos, expanding a membership-driven community with viewing perks both online and at the big screen, and innovating encoding tools that empower next-level parental guardrails, we’re bringing the world the next wave of entertainment powered directly by the people who want it. You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership in areas that are sure to shore-up our streaming experiences and capabilities. We have a lot of features that have quickly taken to the market that we need to add structure and scalability to. We also have a broad vision of new innovative projects to take the Angel experience to new heights. This is a high-ownership, high-impact opportunity where you’ll add vision, strategy, and execution for how millions of fans discover, watch, and engage with Angel’s ever growing library of stories. Why Join Angel - 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. What You'll Do 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. You will: - 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. What You'll Need - 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. Required Experience - 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 Preferred Experience - 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 What You'll Be Doing - Hands-on Engineering - Writing production code - Architecting systems - Debugging complex issues - Shipping features - Leadership & Management - Mentoring engineers - Technical direction - Cross-team alignment - Light people management responsibilities $160,000 - $190,000 a year 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. Travel required 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. EEO statement At Angel Studios, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. Other duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Design, implement, and maintain software applications and frameworks for Apple TVs, Vision and other tv platforms, ensuring smooth and efficient functionality. • Collaborate with UX designers to develop visually appealing and intuitive user interfaces for TV applications, settings, and menus. • Integrate software components with underlying hardware and firmware to optimize TV performance and capabilities. • Develop and optimize applications, including video streaming services, gaming apps, and other interactive features, for our tv platforms. • Identify bottlenecks and optimize software performance to deliver a smooth and responsive user experience. • Conduct thorough testing and debugging of software to ensure high-quality and reliable TV functionalities. • Implement software updates and improvements to enhance TV features and address customer feedback. • Ensure compatibility of TV software with different screen resolutions, input methods, and device configurations.

Angel is changing the future of American entertainment and is one of the fastest-growing Distributors in America. Our rapidly expanding library of light-amplifying stories has grown 10x in under 2 years. Gone is the old model where the deepest pockets pick the stories we share. Angel restores choice to our 1.5+ million guild members and growing who decide what we produce, what we take to theaters, and most importantly what parents bring to their homes. Check out angel.com/watch. Opportunity Our engineering teams are revolutionizing what it means to be a part of inspirational entertainment. From building an army of voters weighing-in on short concept videos, expanding a membership-driven community with viewing perks both online and at the big screen, and innovating encoding tools that empower next-level parental guardrails, we’re bringing the world the next wave of entertainment powered directly by the people who want it. You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership in areas that are sure to shore-up our streaming quality and reliability. Our living room apps are central to how millions of fans experience Angel’s stories — and we need someone who insists on flawless performance across every device. We also have a broad vision for new quality engineering practices to take the Angel experience to new heights. This is a high-ownership, high-impact opportunity where you’ll add vision, strategy, and execution for how millions of fans discover, watch, and engage with Angel’s ever-growing library of stories without a single frustrating hiccup. Why Join Angel? - High-Growth Company: Angel is one of the fastest-growing media companies, with record-breaking independent theatrical releases and millions of streaming users worldwide. - 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. What You'll Do Own quality across the TV experience—from framework to flawless release. As the Senior SDET on our TV Apps team, you’ll be the champion of quality and automation for Angel’s living room streaming applications. You’ll design and build the test infrastructure that makes shipping to Roku, AndroidTV/FireTV, AppleTV, and other platforms feel like turning on a light. You’ll move fast, raise the bar, and make quality everyone’s competitive advantage. You will: - Own test automation end-to-end — architect, build, and maintain robust, scalable automated test frameworks purpose-built for Smart TV and connected device ecosystems. - Build platform-specific quality strategies — design test approaches covering UI/UX, video playback, and performance testing across Roku, AndroidTV, tvOS, Tizen, WebOS, and beyond. - Embed quality into CI/CD — integrate automated test suites into continuous integration pipelines to enable rapid, reliable release cycles with confidence. - Hunt down the hardest bugs — investigate, reproduce, and report complex defects, working closely with engineers to isolate root causes in platform-specific codebases. - Tame resource-constrained devices — identify memory leaks, CPU bottlenecks, and video streaming degradation on low-power living room devices that others give up on. - Measure what matters — define, instrument, and track metrics for streaming performance, app health, and user experience, and coach the team on using data to guide quality decisions. - Multiply the team’s speed and confidence — provide expert QA guidance, perform thoughtful test and app reviews, and actively coach and accelerate other engineers. - Partner deeply across disciplines — work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to build quality in from concept to launch and beyond. - Lead through influence — share knowledge in brownbags, workshops, hackathons, and cross-team forums to raise the quality bar across the organization. - Strengthen our foundation — contribute to technical documentation and test plans that scale knowledge across Product and Engineering. This role is for someone who believes quality is a feature, thrives in constrained environments, and wants to leave a lasting mark on how millions experience streaming on Smart TVs. What Success Looks Like - Releases ship on time and with confidence — automated coverage gives the team the freedom to move fast without breaking things. - Device-specific bugs get caught before customers find them, even on the oldest, slowest hardware. - Your frameworks are so reliable and well-documented that other engineers build on top of them without hesitation. - The CI/CD pipeline is a quality gate everyone trusts — not a bottleneck they try to skip. - Your impact on quality culture is visible: engineers ship more confidently, and regressions are caught earlier every sprint. What You'll Need - A builder’s mindset with a bias for quality — excited to push the boundaries of automated testing and modernize how world-class streaming experiences are validated. - Deep technical judgment — a passion for thoughtful framework design and architectural planning that produces test suites that are resilient, maintainable, and built to last. - A developer-experience multiplier — motivated to level up how the team ships by improving tooling, test coverage, CI/CD workflows, and overall code and quality health. - Comfort operating at high velocity — able to deliver quality work in fast-moving environments with evolving requirements, without losing attention to detail. - Strong ownership and initiative — you spot gaps in coverage, define a plan, and execute end-to-end with urgency and accountability. - Expert collaborator and communicator — able to clearly articulate test strategies, present tradeoffs, and partner effectively across engineering, product, and design. - Relentless attention to detail — you notice what others miss and care deeply about correctness, performance, and polish. - Highly organized and adaptable — able to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, and adjust quickly as conditions change. - Resourceful problem solver — comfortable tackling open-ended quality challenges and finding pragmatic solutions when the path isn’t obvious. - Growth-oriented and feedback-driven — you proactively seek, give, and act on meaningful feedback with positive intent, consistently turning it into better outcomes for yourself, your peers, and the team. - Always learning — quick to pick up new tools, platforms, and testing paradigms, and eager to apply them effectively and teach them to others. - An owner and leader — you execute with high energy, share context freely, insist on candor, and raise the bar for everyone around you. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. Required Experience - 5+ years of experience in test automation engineering - Hands-on experience testing and automating on living room / Smart TV platforms (Roku, AndroidTV/FireTV, AppleTV, Tizen, WebOS, or similar) - Experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Appium, Selenium, or proprietary TV SDKs and debugging tools - Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines - Experience with performance and memory profiling on resource-constrained devices - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience Preferred Experience - Deep familiarity with the Roku platform (BrightScript/SceneGraph) — highly preferred - Experience with cloud testing platforms such as LambdaTest, Kobiton, Perfecto, or Rainforest QA - Experience in video streaming, OTT, or media application testing - Experience with HLS.js and video playback validation - Familiarity with monorepo structures and modern CI tooling $85,000 - $110,000 a year Commissary with experience 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. Travel Required 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. EEO Statement At Angel Studios, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.