Senior React Native Developer

We are looking for a Senior React Native developer interested in building performant mobile apps on both the iOS and Android platforms. You will be responsible for architecting and building these applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

As a fast growing venture builder company we offer the experience to work on a variety of different products, technologies and challenges that must be met and managed. This means having an appetite for continuous learning and improving your skills and knowledge. It is important that you have an analytical mindset and can perform well under pressure as will be the case from time to time. 

Job Title: Senior React Native Developer
Reports to: VP of Engineering

Attributes:

• Analytical mindset
• Problem solver
• Self-driven
• Teamplayer
• Good communicator

Responsibilities:

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Reach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes - React Native moves fast and often breaks.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition existing React web apps to React Native.

Required Knowledge:

• 3+ years of professional experience working with React Native.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean Javascript code
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• English Skills (ability to effectively communicate via written and spoken english).

Bonus Knowledge:

• Experience with automated testing suites
• Release applications to IOS and Google Play stores.
• Modify live application using CodePush
• Redux / Redux saga 
• Work with native modules when required.
• Coding (Swift, Objective C, Java, Kotlin)
• GraphQL
• Work with modern tools including Jira, Slack, GitLab, Google Docs, etc.

Technologies and Applications

Some of the technologies, applications and services that our frontend team work with include: XCode, VSCode, Android Studio, React Native devtools, React Native CLI, CodePush, ESLint, Flow, InVision