Senior Software Architect

Join Loop as a Senior Software Architect

At Loop, we are on a mission to transform how people experience sound and silence in a connected world. Known for our iconic earplugs, we are expanding into connected earwear, hearables, and their companion digital applications. We are seeking a visionary Software Architect to lead architecture efforts across embedded firmware, cloud platforms, mobile apps, and web, supporting the implementation of our future active product and digital roadmaps, creating seamless experiences for our users.

Role Overview

As a Software Architect at Loop, you will design and guide the software architecture that powers our entire ecosystem—from firmware to mobile and web applications. Your role will be critical in ensuring that all aspects of our software architectures deliver harmonious products, with unified and delightful user experiences. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the realms of sound, connectivity, and user interaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Comprehensive Architecture Development: Work with a cross-functional team to define and implement cohesive software architectures across embedded firmware, mobile, web, and cloud platforms, ensuring optimal partitioning for high volume, low power, consumer electronics devices.
• Strategic Focus: Collaborate with product management and leadership to develop and execute product, app/digital, and technology roadmaps for digital and connected products.
• Hands-on Implementation: Contribute directly to software design and development for any of the system components, delivering high-quality code, ready for high-volume adoption.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Guide and mentor engineering teams across disciplines, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and excellence.
• Technical Foresight: Stay at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring Loop’s software architecture is cutting-edge and scalable.

How You’ll Succeed

Success in this role comes from merging technical expertise with strategic vision to ensure our digital ecosystem works harmoniously. You'll communicate complex concepts clearly and drive innovation, focusing on performance, scalability, and user experience.

Location

We are looking for candidates who can easily commute to our offices in Antwerp, Amsterdam, New York, or the Bay Area in California. This role offers a hybrid work environment, with the flexibility to balance in-office collaboration with remote work.

Why Join Us?

In 2023, we won Scale-up of the year (according to EY — awarded December 2023), and we want you to scale and grow with us. Our culture? We’re all about enabling growth by giving our team full autonomy to manage their own projects, be a thought leader, and truly make an impact on the company. We take care of our people. So, we pay them what they’re worth. We benchmark each salary extensively against local market data.

Benefits: Our benefits are all aimed towards looking after your health, and enabling you to live life to the fullest. So everything from health insurance and retirement savings to the latest tools is covered.

Loop is an equal opportunities employer. We invest in diversity, ensure equality and encourage expression. We have a zero-tolerance policy for harassment, bias or discrimination towards applicants and employees.

Live life at your volume. 🎶  We'll take care of your ears.