Full Stack Software Engineer

About Watch Club

Watch Club’s mission is to create friendships through great storytelling. We build a product where fans watch TV shows and talk to their friends/fans in one platform. Think of it as a platform that combines Netflix with Twitter/Reddit/Instagram/TikTok/IMDB/Letterboxd. The opportunity: This is an exciting moment in the history of television and social networks! The way people discover, watch, and talk about TV is changing. People are spending less time watching television and spending more time watching narrative video on their smartphones. The microdrama industry is the fastest growing category in consumer video in the US, Europe, and China. We believe mobile TV is the future. We also believe mobile TV will be highly social. Our product: We are building a social video product where people watch and talk to each other about their favorite TV shows. Our prototype app is called WATCH CLUB. Our goal: By 2030, we build a community where 1 billion friends and fans watch and talk about mobile tv series everyday on our platform. Our product strategy: Distribute narrative stories that people love to watch and talk about Build elegant creative & sharing tools for our fans to connect and talk with each other Celebrate people who contribute positively to the community We are a team of engineers and product people who’ve built 0-1 products at Instagram, Facebook, Amazon, Airchat, Castro Labs, Alo, IDEO, and BeReal. Investors: GV (Google Ventures), Patreon CEO Jack Conte, and leaders from Meta, Hulu, HBO.

What you’ll build at WATCH CLUB

World-class video experience. Create useful and delightful products that help audiences to easily watch narrative stories on mobile. Elegant creative and sharing tools. Build elegant tools that help audiences talk, make memes, create fan edits, and connect with each other over the stories on the platform. Identity and community: We’re building a social network. People come for the show. And stay for the network. We are building a space where the fan discussion/community is as much fun as the show itself.

About You

• Mission-aligned: You’re excited about building the next generation of consumer social products. You love using social apps, from mainstream platforms to new, viral startups, and you think deeply about what makes products spread organically through user-to-user growth.
• Technical fluency: We're looking for someone who owns the mobile experience end-to-end — deep in native iOS, with the React chops to ship polished mobile web on their own — and whose work proves it. Native iOS (Swift/SwiftUI) is the heart of the product and where you'll spend most of your time — and you'll also carry our mobile web experience in React, so fans meet the same craft whether they arrive through the App Store or a shared link. You'll partner closely with our lead engineer on the backend and contribute to our Node.js services yourself, so you're shaping the full stack and experience layer.

Soft Skills

• Low ego, high EQ: You’re self-aware, open to feedback, and care deeply about doing what’s best for the product and team.
• Collaborative: You enjoy working cross-functionally with design, engineering, and leadership. You like brainstorms, healthy debate, and navigating ambiguity together.
• Clear communicator: You can reason through complex trade-offs and explain decisions simply to both technical and non-technical partners.

Work Style

• Goals-focused: You set ambitious goals and work relentlessly to hit them.
• Problem-first mindset: You fall in love with problems, not solutions. You’re comfortable throwing away ideas that aren’t working.
• Product-driven: You care deeply about building great products, not just code quality. You’re excited to test ideas quickly and double down on what works.
• Independent and scrappy: You can get yourself unstuck, figure things out, and make progress even when things are ambiguous.

Benefits and Support

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Flexible working hours and generous time off
• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Location

We are an in-person team. You live in Los Angeles or are excited to move to LA.