Lead Mobile Developer

Job Description

The primary role of this position will be to develop rich Mobile applications for a highly accessed and commercial digital content platform based on a high-performance CE device. We are looking for resources with Android and iOS technology skills for user facing application development using TypeScript and JavaScript FW competency. Your primary focus will be on developing application components and implementing them following well-known mobile development workflows.

Responsibilities:

• As an individual contributor understand the requirements, perform detailed design and coding, debugging, testing and release of the given modules.
• Development of new user-facing features using Mobile technologies, re-usable components and front-end libraries.
• Rapid development ability to build and demonstrate quick Mobile driven solutions.
• Work closely within a small team of experienced engineers to produce high-quality software products on a daring schedule.
• Demonstrate professional engineering practices including alignment to coding standards, producing design documentation, and supporting integration.
• Translating design and wireframes into high quality code, with an eye for performance on specific target devices.
• Write unit test and perform functional verification for the responsible modules
• Perform code reviews and sanity checks for the code developed.

Skills:

• Experience with React JS, React Native, JavaScript including DOM Manipulation and JavaScript object model.
• Thorough understanding of any of React Native and its core principles for developing and maintaining Android or iOS applications.
• Good knowledge of HTML5 and CSS
• Experience with modern front-end build pipelines and tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Agile Scrum based Development
• Ability to communicate effectively and make effective Presentations
• Solid understanding of MVC and stateless APIs & building RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, SVN.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field, and Minimum of 3 years of experience in commercial software development.
• Expertise in object-oriented design methodologies
• Experience working with medium to large scale code bases in small to large groups
• A passion for front end application development

Desirable:

• Timely and committed: Being able to work in a time constrained and demanding environment
• One who likes to push beyond own goals and makes way through challenges!
• Quality-driven, quick learner who is also a team player, can work independently without supervision

What does the core role include?

• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance
• Designing stateless components in React Native
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Working with the developers to create and maintain a robust framework to support the apps
• Working with the developers to build the interface with a focus on usability features

What else can you expect in the role?

• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Optimizing performance for the apps
• Problem-solving skills, analytical mind, and positive attitude
• Ability to think from end users perspective and focused on improving the overall product experience.
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support

What can fetch you brownie points?

• Hands on experience with React Native is required
• Hands-on experience in React Native APIs, ReactJS, Javascript, ECMAScript (OOJS) and JSX.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript ecosystem
• Hands on experience on Android in creating Hybrid / Native applications
• Demonstrable UI/UX experience on a large-scale app.
• Thorough understanding of React Native development tools like IDEs (Nuclide, Atom, Sublime Text, or Visual
• Good knowledge of JS frameworks like ReactJS is a plus.
• Desired Skills and Experience
• Hybrid Apps,React Native, Native iOS and Android Architecture understanding

Skills Set:

ü Good at communication skills.

ü Excellent Analytical, Problem solving skills.

ü Strong Programming skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ionic, Cordova, NodeJS.

ü Good exposure to Object oriented programming and MVC coding standards.

ü Excellent knowledge of MySQL/MS SQL Database is required in terms of designing database, SQL queries.

ü Knowledge of optimizing techniques.

We are hiring for one of our clients (building an immersive platform for creators, from India, which can be used by creators to create content and engage their audience across the world. And they are looking for smart and motivated 'Mobile Engineers' to help build it.

For this, they need someone who has working knowledge in building quality mobile apps in React-Native/Flutter, handling device specific aspects, etc.

Being a Mobile Engineer at this organization will be like a feeling to build something that millions of users across the world can interact with. You will be helping in setting forth the mobile-frontend culture and journey.

Also, experience the working in the early team, shape a startup from the grounds up and be a part of the high growth journey.

Key Responsibilities: -

1. Build and deploy product features end to end.

2. You will build high quality features for a mobile app from grounds up, and can use patterns like composition, inheritance, renderProps, etc.

3. Research and implement things wherever needed, think automating via Fastlane CI/CD, testing logically so it works across multi-resolution devices, etc.

4. Setting up events for user, performance, and error analytics, think GA, hotjar, sentry, etc.

5. Participate in product and design ideation, collaborate with the team to implement high-quality features.

Requirements: -

1. Solid foundation in JS and React Native.

2. Passionate about product and drives it with engineering.

3. Architectural familiarity of implementation, not just UI features.

4. 1+ years of experience in building quality apps in React Native.

5. Identify and resolve performance and device specific issues.

6. Can adapt to best practices and learn device specific things in Android/iOS.

7. Code quickly and test thoroughly - maintain the balance between velocity and code health.

8. Great taste in UI and UX

Perks: -

1. Become a part of our early team, and shape products from grounds up

2. Attractive compensation and esops.

3. Macbook pro

4. Empowered to build an amazing startup culture with us

5. Full ownership and massive growth opportunities

6. and more...

The organization is funded by India's top executives and angel investors. 

• You will work on long-term React Native mobile applications for innovative startups.
• Together with your colleagues and our clients you will analyse requirements and envision a qualitative solution. You will be responsible for the entire development - from architecture to implementation - and deliver user-friendly, performant and well-tested mobile applications.
• You will be part of our continuous improvement culture, hone your skills and share your experience with your colleagues.

• You have at least 3-year experience implementing and deploying React Native apps.
• You developed and published at least one React Native app on Google and Apple Store.
• You are familiar with Google and Apple Store guidelines and compliance.
• You can build pixel-perfect UIs for all mobile platforms.
• You have strong knowledge of Javascript ES6 and higher.
• You know how to make a solid relational data model and have a good knowledge of SQL.
• You have integrated a variety of web API's and understand HTTP.
• You know how to write clean and flexible object-oriented code.
• You have a good understanding of async programming concepts.
• You work daily with tools like Git, NPM and a proper IDE (Webstorm).
• You can deliver POCs, experiments and technology evaluations following design thinking practices.
• You will be contributing towards architecting and building React Native applications, as well as coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product/project infrastructure.
• You write clean code and are a pragmatic programmer.

• You wish Typescript was the default language of the web.
• You stepped outside the Expo world and have experience with native iOS or Android development. You are familiar with XCode and Android studio, and leverage native APIs for deep integration with Android and iOS.
• You have experience with state management libraries like MobX and Redux.
• You write automated tests and perform end-to-end testing with Detox or Appium.
• You are familiar with functional programming concepts and apply it occasionally.
• You worked with other hybrid mobile platforms like Sencha, HTML5, PhoneGap, etc.
• You have experience with Scrum and Lean methodology