Principal Software Engineer - Desktop and Mobile Applications

Role Description

At Roon, we are at the forefront of revolutionizing the way people experience music. Since our inception, we have dedicated ourselves to developing software that transforms music streaming into an immersive journey, tailored specifically to the listener's preferences and unique tastes.

Join us to become a vital resource in our development team, helping us continue our journey towards greatness. Unleash your creativity and technical prowess to build and uphold exceptional standards that become benchmarks in our industry.

• Architect, develop and maintain high-performance desktop and mobile applications for HiFi audio enthusiasts across Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux.
• Lead cross-platform development initiatives using primarily C# and .NET-based technologies.
• Design and optimize complex systems that manage audio content, music metadata, and low-latency audio streaming.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor, guiding team members in best practices for architecture, performance profiling, and troubleshooting.
• Proactively identify and address risks in project delivery and communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders.
• Drive innovation in audio streaming and system architecture, recommending and implementing advanced solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience owning end-to-end delivery of complex projects.
• Extensive experience with C# and .NET based technologies.
• Strong systems software understanding of data storage, processing, memory management, filesystems, networking, and concurrency.
• Sound understanding of network protocols and cross-platform development (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux).
• Experience with automated pipelines for continuous build and integration systems (CI/CD).
• Familiarization with containerization and virtualization technologies (Docker, VMware, HyperV, etc.) and packaging software for these environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other related field (bonus points).
• Specializing in areas such as UI/UX engineering, Mobile application development, Networking, Graphics, Audio, Software performance profiling, debugging, and optimization (bonus points).
• Experience with media playback engines on desktop and/or mobile platforms (bonus points).
• A passion for delivering top-notch audio experiences to users and an interest in the audio technology domain (bonus points).
• Familiarity with GPU programming and Node.js (bonus points).

Benefits

• Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.).
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
• Competitive wellness benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 5%, domestically and internationally.
• Able to work virtually in any US time zone.
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.