Fullstack Developer

Senior Full Stack Engineer (React Native)

Who is Softway?

Softway is a business-to-employee solutions company.We work with businesses to impact the everyday behaviors, mindsets, and attitudes  and help drive valuable changes within.Faster innovation and more inclusion to lead cultural and  digital transformations and make human-focused technology to propel businesses. Our solutions include culture & inclusion services and products, technology experiences, and communications. Ultimately, we believe love is a business strategy.

Learn more: 

Visit us: https://www.softway.com/

Our Podcast : https://www.softway.com/laabs

Buy our book:  https://www.loveasabusinessstrategy.com/

Who are we looking for ?

Softway is on the lookout for a cross-platform mobile Engineer with hands-on experience on React Native. Someone passionate about building products that our customers love. You will join a dynamic and fast-paced environment and work with cross-functional teams to design, build and roll-out products that deliver the company’s vision and strategy.

A true-blue Engineer at heart, who constantly evolves and is on a continuous learning drive. Openness to explore different technologies and focused on solving, keeping the big picture in mind.

Responsibilities

Design and build applications for Android & iOS platform using React native

Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.

Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications

Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features

Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

Write clean, well-documented, and testable code

Follow best practices for mobile development and maintain high standards of software quality.

Familiar with Agile software development

Analyzing user needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.

Participating in code reviews and adhering to styles and standards for code quality

Work closely with other developers and stakeholders to ensure the timely completion of projects.

Coordinate with the cross-functional teams to build apps in stipulated time

Provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers, fostering their professional growth and enhancing team collaboration.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in building React Native applications.

Basic knowledge in building native android or iOS applications.

In-Depth Knowledge of React, React Native, Javascript, TypeScript, Redux, Middlewares, Hooks, ECMAScript(ES6, ES7 etc.), Node, NPM, yarn and iOS & Android Build systems.

Experience working with Backend Web Services (like REST, GraphQL etc), Fetch API, Axios and knowledge of Databases.

Proficient experience in developing web applications using any React framework.

Familiarity working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts.

Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle , Android Studio.

Knowledge of type checking, unit testing, and code debugging.

Experience with app store and playstore distribution process

Logical thinking and strong analytical reasoning are a must.

Hands on experience in Object Oriented Programming, Database programming, Algorithms, Data Structures

Experience with database frameworks such as SQLite, Realm DB etc.

Proficient in code versioning tools including Git, and SVN.

Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

Familiarity with continuous integration

Working knowledge in TDD and Unit Testing

Great to Have

Passion to stay up-to-date with technology and trends

Knowledge in AWS

Why should you work at Softway? 

Softway’s cross-functional team structure, varied domains and flat hierarchy offer much exposure and learning from a bird's eye-view. You’d love the interaction with our talented folks. Softway gives you ample learning opportunities, pushing you while having your back. We work hard and party harder !! We encourage you to voice your opinions and yes, we actually listen. We take pride in having an ego-less workforce, it allows us to focus on what we’re good at - bringing solutions to life. In addition to a competitive  salary and great work culture, we offer GREAT FLEXIBILITY with Flexible Time Offs. 

About the job

About Reflektive's Engineering Team

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Front End to help scale Reflektive to being the market leader for employee performance management. The main question to be answered: Can you help a

company scale?

Reflektive has major initiatives to tackle in the next year. Initiatives range from internal scaling, security, engagement, new verticals, pervasive technologies, research and development, data and

analytics, and customer tools. Reflektive’s Senior Software Engineer will contribute in their area of specialization. S/he will help us solve complex design challenges and mature our platform to handle

increasing traffic and scale.

You'll join a lean, prolific team where everyone, including you, is active in the product-defining and development process (where deploying new features every 2 weeks is common). You'll know the

customers we're talking to, and the needs of each one. As a result, you know where your initiative and drive can best make a difference (and be recognized!)

Our engineering team consists of developers from a wide array of backgrounds. Our team primarily focuses on Rails and Javascript, but is always ready to use the best tool for the job when it makes

sense. Following Scrum practices, we work closely with the Product Management team to develop features that focus on empowering and developing employees. Our team is a tight knit, friendly

group of engineers that are dedicated to learning from and teaching to each other. Team members regularly contribute to and optimize our engineering practices and processes. Our team wants to

make software engineering fun, easy, and fulfilling, so we've come up with a set of values that we

apply to our software every day: Simple, Flexible, Consistent, Predictable, Efficient, and Pragmatic.

Responsibilities

● Depending on your specialization, projects/initiatives may include: Security, scaling distributed systems, working on our core services related to user management, building out new verticals, guiding new engagement features, scaling traffic/imports/exports,

and managing APIs.

● Work extremely cross-functionally across Engineering and Product Management.

● Deliverable: (30 days) Own a feature; possibly being paired with another engineer. (60days) Own and drive a new initiative. (90 days) Bring that initiative to production.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Expert proficiency in Java/Kotlin, Kafka/Pulsar, SQL, Docker and kubernetes.
• Overall 4+ years of experience as Java full stack developer using any modern frameworks.
• Strong knowledge on Data structure and Algorithm knowledge
• Previous experience working in ReactJS/AngularJS (2+ years)
• Knowledge of Analytics and LookerML would be added plus.
• Exposure to cloud environment AWS.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks including Junit.
• Startup experience is strongly desired.
• You learn quickly, you’re adaptable and versatile.
• Experience in an Agile and Scrum environment.

About Reflektive

Forward-thinking organizations use Reflektive’s people management platform to drive employee performance and development with Real-Time Feedback, Recognition, Check-Ins, Goal Management,

Performance Reviews, 1-on-1 Profiles, and Analytics. Reflektive’s more than 500 customers include Blue Origin, Comcast, Instacart, Dollar Shave Club, Healthgrades, Wavemaker Global, and Protective

Life. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and TPG Growth, Reflektive has raised more than $100 million to date, and was ranked the 13th Fastest Growing Company in North

America on Deloitte’s 2018 Technology Fast 500TM.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status,

veteran status, or disability status.

1. Developing and maintaining web applications: coding, testing, and debugging both client-side (front-end) and server-side (back-end) components of web applications. This includes working with languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript for the front-end, and server-side languages like Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.

2. Collaborating with cross-functional teams: The candidate need to collaborate with other team members, such as UI/UX designers, product/operations managers, and other developers, to understand requirements and implement solutions.

3. Learning and applying new technologies: Given the rapid pace of technological advancement in web development, candidates are often expected to learn and adapt to new frameworks, libraries, and best practices. They might spend time researching and experimenting with new tools or technologies and applying them to current projects. This continuous learning is crucial for personal development and for staying relevant in the field.

We're looking for someone who has a passion for technology and continuous improvement, and enjoys a collaborative approach to software development. You'll help us scale to meet the demands of a million-plus global customers and you'll help decide on the tools and approaches we use. As a Senior Software Engineer well into your career, we know you're exceptional at what you do. You take pride in being someone that more junior members look up to, but you're still eager to learn and hone in on skills as a Senior Software Engineer. That's why we're placing a heavy emphasis on leaning on your expertise to take on a high level of responsibility while being a role model and mentor to others on the team.

Responsibilities:

• Drive complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch.
• Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects.
• Designing, implementing, testing and deploying various software products.
• Contributing to the overall technical solution design.
• Managing and maintaining existing systems in line with our product custodianship strategy.
• Provide thought leadership and make contributions to continually improve the cross-platform development practices.
• Participating in engineering practices that produce testable, maintainable products to be proud of.
• Knowledge sharing & mentoring other developers within the team and the wider REA community.
• Perform code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems.
• Set the standard for thorough, meaningful code reviews.
• Work in collaboration with team members and adhere to timelines and milestones.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years' experience in Reactjs and Nodejs (MERN STACK).
• Excellent JavaScript/Typescript skills.
  
• Experience in No SQL Database.
• Strong foundation of HTML5 CSS and JavaScript.
• Applies security and reliability principles when designing systems.
• Understand the principles of Redux/Mobx and make strong architectural recommendations.
• Stay abreast of the latest React and JS libraries and can offer well formed opinions when selecting a tech stack.
• Bring your knowledge of design patterns in development (eg SOLID) and platform architecture (Microservices, Event Driven, DDD).
• Experience with test automation at all levels of the test pyramid and beyond, and experience working in a Continuous Deployment model.
• GraphQL & AWS Experience a bonus.
• Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions.
• Really good communicator both with the stakeholders and the team.
• A real appetite for learning and growing, both as a developer and teammate.
• Great at scripting, knowledge of linux/unix systems commands, shell scripting / python.
• Agile development, experience with scrum or kanban.
• Ideally have worked in fast-growing startups, so you understand the need and ability to be able to move fast.

• 3+ years of experience with LAMP stack: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
• 3+ years of experience with web APIs: REST
• AWS Experience would be great to have.
• Java/Python experience will be a Plus.
• Good Communication Skills.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Computer science graduates would be preferred

2. Should have at least 1 year of experience as a software developer in ReactJS

3. Should be a contributor to the software development process and part of an software team

4. Can keep up to date with developments in (open source) frontend libraries, frameworks, and software development practices

5. In-depth knowledge of ReactJS, Redux, Flux, and JavaScript (ES6)

6. In-depth knowledge of Express.js and Node.js

7. Should have been working on React for at least 12 months (90% of the time)

8. Good problem-solving skills

9. Experience in Mongoose & MongoDB is a plus

10. Experience with the testing frameworks for JavaScript is a plus

11. Experience with JS module bundlers like Web Pack & Rollup

12. Experience with Babel as a compiler

13. Experience with agile software development techniques is a plus

Desired Candidate Profile

Computer science graduates preferred