Frontend Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced React Native Developer with hands-on expertise in developing and optimizing tvOS applications. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills in React Native, a deep understanding of mobile app architecture, and prior experience with tvOS and focus navigation on Apple TV.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain React Native applications for iOS and Android platforms.
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations across both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for a native-like experience.
• Engage with the open-source community to encourage and contribute to key software fixes and improvements.
• Write and maintain clean, well-documented, and testable code.
• Create and execute automated tests to ensure product quality.
• Transition existing React web applications to React Native.
• Implement pixel-perfect UI designs and smooth animations for enhanced user experience.
• Integrate third-party APIs and SDKs.
• Ensure consistent UX across Android, iOS, and tvOS platforms.
• Release and manage applications on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
• Write performant applications optimized for low-end devices.
• Utilize debugging and development tools such as React DevTools and Charles Proxy.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing React Native applications.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, or ClojureScript (ES6+ syntax).
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Expertise in managing third-party dependencies and resolving dependency conflicts.
• Experience with native build tools such as Xcode and Gradle.
• Good understanding of REST APIs, document request models, and offline storage mechanisms.
• Familiarity with automated testing suites and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong skills in architecting and building React Native applications with clean architecture.
• Experience maintaining UX consistency across multiple platforms.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with react-native-tvos and focus-navigation for Apple TV / tvOS.
• Knowledge of AVPlayer (iOS) and ExoPlayer (Android).

We are looking for a React JS/React-Native developer interested in building performant and pixel-perfect web applications. 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.

Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both web and mobile 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—ReactJS moves fast and often breaks things.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Build and deliver features end to end. (frontend and backend)

Skills

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript and TypeScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean Javascript code
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Understanding of Firebase cloud functions, firestore and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like (Jest or Mocha)

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 3-4 years of experience in Frontend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Relevant work experience as a UI Developer. Proficient in JavaScript , ReactJS and/or Reactive Native, Angular , JQuery Experience with HTML, CSS, Knowledge of web services and related technologies (REST) Experience with Web Services and API integration
• Candidate should have a stronghold on HTML & CSS
• Can understand and troubleshoot REST APIs calls
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Knowledge of SASS & LESS will be a plus as well
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Use JavaScript and cutting-edge JS frameworks to develop front end applications that follow industry-standard design patterns, development methodologies, and deployment models
2. Solve and articulate complex problems through application design, product development, and user experiences. 
3. Develop software used by people who are not software developers--ensure the exceptional software you create influences them to be exceptional professionals in their respective fields
4. Collaborate with other programmers and mentor junior engineers through the development process
5. Leverage the knowledge of your peers to better understand business trends, customer communities, and technology adoption patterns
6. Evolve your language skills in JavaScript by staying current with complementary programming languages, development methodologies, user interface design techniques, and database tools.

We are looking for a 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 desired structure is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Job Requirements:

• Strong development and fundamental knowledge of React Native.
• Minimum 1 year of hands on experience in React Native is required for this position
• Leverage native APIs for deeper integrations with iOS/Android platforms.
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers.

Skills Required : React-Native, JavaScript, ES6, REDUX, API, Firebase, Android setup, iOS Setup