About TuneIn

TuneIn, the world’s leading live audio service, brings together live radio, sports, news, music, podcasts, and audiobooks from around the globe. With more than 75 million monthly active users, TuneIn is one of the world's most widely used audio platforms. TuneIn broadcasts over 100,000 owned & operated and partner radio stations. With premier distribution across 200 platforms and connected devices including Tesla and Alexa, TuneIn empowers listeners to hear what they love wherever they are, including exclusive commercial-free stations from the minds of folks like Garth Brooks. TuneIn Premium subscribers get additional exclusive access to commercial-free news from top networks like CNN, Fox News Radio, MSNBC, and Bloomberg, as well as live, can't-miss F1, MLB, NHL, and college sports. For more information, please visit us at Tunein.com or follow us on Instagram, or X.

The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to guide the architectural direction and day-to-day technical execution of TuneIn’s web products. This is a hands-on hybrid role. You’ll write production code daily, mentor a talented team of senior engineers, shape technical strategy, and partner closely with Product, Design, and Backend teams to ship fast, world-class user experiences at scale.

This role is ideal for an engineer who has led large, complex web systems, loves mentoring, and consistently raises the technical bar across performance, reliability, security, accessibility, and automation.

Scope of Work

• Own architecture & technical strategy for our Web stack (client + server). Drive platform roadmaps, author RFCs/ADRs/TRDs, and make pragmatic build-vs-adopt/buy decisions.
• Lead by coding: ship high-impact features; champion reusable building blocks (e.g., design system, API/caching, telemetry, image/CDN, etc); drive migrations; review critical PRs and unblock complex problems.
• Raise quality end-to-end: uphold and evolve testing practices (unit/integration), quality gates in CI, and keep the pyramid healthy.
• Operational excellence: foster a sense of ownership, accountability, and urgency; partner with infrastructure teams on SLOs/error budgets; lead web-side incident response and follow-ups.
• Data & insights ownership: ensure apps are well-instrumented with standardized telemetry; set up actionable alerts for client-side errors, performance regressions, and revenue-critical signals (e.g., ad delivery/fill issues); define and track business health metrics (engagement, retention, conversion) in partnership with other teams, and use them to prioritize work.
• Performance leadership: own Core Web Vitals (LCP/CLS/INP) and page speed budgets; drive caching, bundling, code-splitting, and image/media optimization; partner with Design on perf-aware UX.
• Security & privacy by default: champion CSP, dependency hygiene, auth/session hardening, secret management, and data-handling best practices.
• Accessibility leadership: standardize a11y conventions and tooling (linters, component patterns, automated checks) and drive a roadmap toward WCAG 2.2 AA over time.
• Automation and CI/CD: improve build times and reliability; evolve pipelines (lint/format/typecheck/test/preview/release), progressive delivery, and safe, one-click rollbacks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: translate product goals into technical plans; set clear scope, risks, and milestones; communicate trade-offs clearly and succinctly to partners and leadership.
• Mentor & uplevel: coach senior engineers, run design reviews, set code quality standards, and model healthy engineering culture.
• Technical backlog stewardship: maintain and execute a prioritized roadmap and backlog of foundational investments (tech debt paydown, upgrades, resilience, security, developer experience).

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling complex web applications.
• 2+ years of experience acting as technical lead, guiding architecture, mentoring engineers, and influencing technical direction.
• Proven track record leading senior engineers through complex system design, migrations, or multi-quarter initiatives.
• Expert TypeScript and deep React proficiency (modern React, hooks, Suspense patterns), plus strong Node.js fundamentals.
• Mastery of application architecture (modularity, abstraction boundaries, data propagation, API design), state management (e.g., Redux, Zustand, React Query), and data-fetching/caching strategies.
• Strong testing strategy experience (Bun test/Vitest/Jest, Playwright/Cypress, testing libraries, integration testing) and code quality tooling.
• Hands-on CI/CD expertise (e.g., GitHub Actions/ArgoCD/CircleCI), artifact versioning, release strategies (a/b testing, feature flags), and observability (OpenSearch, New Relic, Datadog, Sentry/BugSnag, etc.).
• Solid grasp of web security (CSP, XSS/CSRF mitigations, auth/session best practices) and accessibility (WCAG).
• Comfortable facilitating cross-team technical initiatives and discussions.
• Adept at balancing hands-on coding with team leadership responsibilities.
• Excellent judgment, communication, and bias for action; able to make 80/20 calls and course-correct with data.

Nice To Have

• Streaming media experience (Web Audio API, hls.js, ABR).
• Next.js (or equivalent), SSR/SSG, SPA, and modern bundlers (Vite/Webpack/Rollup), image/CDN optimization strategies.
• Ad tech integrations (e.g., Google Ad Manager/DFP, Adswizz) and experimentation frameworks.
• Experience with multi-app design systems/component libraries.

Technologies We Use

• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript
• Frameworks/Rendering Libraries: React, React Router, Next.js, Svelte
• Backend JavaScript Runtime: Bun, Node.js
• State Management: Zustand, Jotai, Redux
• Linter/Formatter: Biome, ESLint, Prettier
• Package Manager: Bun, npm
• Monorepo: TurboRepo, Nx
• CI/Infra: Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CloudFlare, k8s

Our Benefits & Compensation

• Premium health plans for employees and eligible dependents, including dental and vision plans 
• HSA and FSA Savings 
• Paid parental leave 
• Flexible PTO policy, in addition to paid holidays
• Wellness stipend
• Technology stipend
• Individual training and educational spending
• 401k Plan 
• WFH one-time bonus

TuneIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. To determine your compensation, we take a market-based approach, meaning pay may vary depending on your location, and we also carefully consider several factors, such as job-related knowledge, skills, and professional experience.

The expected starting salary for this position ranges from $165,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $240,000/year in our highest geographic market and may be modified in the future. 

The compensation package also includes a wide range of medical plans, a flexible PTO policy, parental leave, various stipends, and other benefits listed above, as well as an attractive equity package.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
TuneIn is reinventing radio for a truly connected world by celebrating the human voice. We're an audio leader with a workforce as inclusive as our global audience. By offering unparalleled diversity of perspectives, we connect people to the conversations that are most meaningful to them.  We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within TuneIn. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.