Job Description

Company Description

Before TuneCore, artists needed to be signed to a record label to sell their music online. In 2006, we democratized the industry by partnering directly with digital stores and streaming platforms to enable any musician to sell their songs worldwide while retaining 100% ownership of their music. Today, TuneCore is the leading independent development partner for self-releasing artists to build audiences and careers, with technology and services across distribution, publishing administration and a range of promotional services. TuneCore is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, and owned by Paris-based Believe, one of the world’s leading digital music companies. The company is one of the fastest growing companies in the music industry and is actively investing in the continued growth of the business.

We have made it our mission to best serve artists and labels at each stage of their development in the digital world. We are a company that cares deeply about our people and our creator community, advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion across all of our platforms and throughout our business. The pursuit of innovation inspires us to work hard for our artists, while collaboration drives the way we work and approach our company’s social responsibility.

Join TuneCore as we embark on the next phase of innovation in the music industry. Be part of the team that bridges the unmet and evolving needs of creators by building the tools and services that make their lives better.

Job Description

The Role

TuneCore Engineering builds the web and mobile applications that power the world’s leading music distribution platform for independent artists. We’re looking for a Fullstack React Native Developer to help build our next-generation mobile experience — someone equally comfortable shipping polished React Native features and building the Rails APIs that power them.

This is a senior-level role: you’ll own significant technical scope, set direction on mobile architecture and practices, and mentor other engineers, while staying hands-on in the codebase.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain cross-platform mobile applications using React Native for iOS and Android from a single codebase
• Build and maintain the Rails API endpoints that power the mobile app — request/response contracts, background jobs, and data models the client depends on
• Work closely with product, design, and backend engineers to translate designs and wireframes into high-quality, reusable code across the full stack
• Integrate RESTful APIs and third-party SDKs; optimize app performance, responsiveness, and stability
• Write unit and integration tests, and help shape our mobile testing strategy as we build out React Native end-to-end coverage
• Debug and resolve platform-specific issues, including native modules and bridging
• Manage app store submissions and release processes for both the App Store and Google Play
• Stay current with the React Native ecosystem and mobile best practices, and bring relevant updates back to the team
• Uphold TuneCore’s core mission, vision, and values in the code you ship and the decisions you make

Leadership Expectations

• Provide technical leadership on mobile architecture decisions, balancing durability and scalability against delivery speed
• Set and evolve coding standards and best practices for the mobile codebase
• Give effective, constructive code review feedback to other engineers
• Mentor and guide engineers on the team in both technical growth and career development
• Research and recommend new tools and technologies where they’d meaningfully improve the team’s output

Qualifications

• Skills and Attributes
• 6+ years of experience writing production code, including 3+ years building and shipping mobile applications
• Strong proficiency in React / React Native, and in JavaScript/TypeScript
• Demonstrated fluency with Ruby on Rails in production — building and maintaining API-only Rails services, not just “a web framework of some kind”
• Familiarity with state management approaches (we currently use React Query and Context API)
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and mobile release workflows
• Understanding of mobile UI/UX principles and platform guidelines (Apple HIG, Material Design)
• Experience with REST APIs and async data handling; GraphQL a plus
• Experience with native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) a plus, but not required
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

Additional Information

Salary Transparency

TuneCore is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position is $120,000-$135,000. The final salary offer will be determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, specialized skills, internal equity, and specific work location. This range represents our good faith estimate at the time of posting.

Where you'll be

This role will be remote. TuneCore operates on a hybrid model giving our teams flexibility and choice in how they work. Employees have the option to work from our office 8 days per month on a flexible schedule organized at the department level.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Our Values:

TuneCore is a team of creators, for creators. Our mission is to support our artists and labels at every stage of their careers. Our driving forces are fairness, expertise, respect and transparency. As global citizens, we believe that if we build more diverse, equitable and inclusive teams across our company, we will collectively create and offer more innovative solutions and better serve our artists, labels, partners, and employees.

We strive to build a company that reflects the communities we serve and embraces the diversity of the world we live in, where each person’s unique perspective is valued, and where everyone has the same opportunities and is supported in their personal and professional growth. From our hiring practices to the culture we create and nurture, we are committed to listening, learning and evolving. Our goal is to make TuneCore an inspirational place that feels comfortable and familiar no matter how you look, where you call home, who you love, what you believe, or what’s on your playlist.

CSR Strategy: Shaping Music for Good

Our core values are put into action through Shaping Music for Good, Believe and TuneCore’s global corporate social responsibility strategy, integrated at all levels of the company and at the heart of our business model.

We strive to shape the music industry for good by building trusting relationships with artists and partners, investing in the growth and talent development of our local markets, and empowering our community to positively impact society. We work to achieve progress on our core priorities: gender equity, diversity, equity & inclusion, environmental sustainability, and wellness for our employees, artists, and industry partners.

Shapers Program

Employees have the opportunity to join the Shapers Program, a resource group made up of teammates who want to dedicate their time and skills to Shaping Music For Good initiatives. Shapers develop action plans, educate teammates, support the implementation of programs, and inspire action within the organization on causes and issues that align with TuneCore and Believe’s SMFG priorities.

Inclusion in the Music Business Report

In 2025, Believe and TuneCore partnered with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, the world’s leading think tank studying diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry, to produce the second Inclusion in the Music Business report which analyzes the gender, race, and ethnicity among executive leadership in the music industry.

Recognition and Awards:

• Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Music list (2023-2025)
• Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC (2022-2024)

Benefits & Perks:

At TuneCore we’re committed to the well-being of our employees and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including vacation, holidays, paid bereavement, unlimited paid sick days, and company-wide week off between Christmas and New Years—every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• “Wellness Fridays” year-round (close at 1pm on Fridays)
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - your health comes first.
• 401k match - an investment in your future.
• Company wide events, outings and volunteer days – we have team spirit and know how to have fun!
• Hybrid Work - employees have the option to work primarily remotely and work from the office 8 days per month on a flexible schedule organized at the department level, in accordance with Company policies.
• Learning and development opportunities and career development training – we believe in promoting and growing our leadership from within the company and proactively invest in our people.
• Free distribution subscription for employees – so you can experience the magic of releasing music worldwide (and give us valuable feedback!).

TuneCore and Believe are Equal Opportunity Employers. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.