Lead Mobile developer - React Native

Building a first-of-its-kind, lifestyle health product for Women in India. We believe that the future of health and fitness is digital, and women will drive the digital fitness revolution in India. Existing digital health and fitness products are highly transactional and we see a huge opportunity to build a truly aspirational product that will inspire and empower millions of women to lead healthier lives. If you are passionate about building a product that blends together technology, content, and community, we would love to talk to you.

Looking for results-oriented Engineers. An ideal candidate for us would be a passionate builder of great products/frameworks and someone who would thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the challenge of complex business contexts that are typically being defined in real-time. In this role, you will be responsible for building world-class technology products and platforms that are at the forefront of the technology revolution in the Indian healthcare ecosystem. You are someone who insists on the highest standards for quality, maintainability, and performance. You will be working in a fast-paced and agile work environment delivering quality solutions that have an immediate business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end development and launch of features on the our App
• Participate in scoping, planning discussions with the designers, PMs, and Leads
• Conceptualize and develop prototypes quickly
• Develop and own launch plans to completion
• Identify opportunities and implement solutions to improve the performance and the architecture of our App
• We will depend on this person to set-up/improve the code quality, tracking, and App architecture and this person needs to have extensively worked on React + Android/iOS

Required Skills

• Min. 3 years of Full-time work experience (College projects, Internships are not a part of this)
• Hands-on experience with React Native
• Deep expertise of either iOS or Android platform and ecosystems
• Deep understanding of your tools: Languages, frameworks, systems.
• Experience with abstracting requirements into frameworks.
• Has worked with the react ecosystem for eg, redux, react-query, react-router etc.
• At least 2 years of experience working in a consumer tech set-up (ecommerce, D2C)
• Work with Rest APIs

Good-to-have Skills

• Experience with video streaming and Real Time Communication technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Create pixel-perfect front-end Android & iOS apps using React Native
• React native upgrades and dependency management
• React native performance optimisations Functional and Performance Testing Writing functional, modular and reusable code
• Managing native code for Android (Java) and iOS (Swift) Creating bridging modules for React Native Setting up Build and Release pipelines for React Native with DevOps Engineers Setting up workflow and processes for Mobile Developers
• Improving team’s productivity by identifying and removing operational overhead.

Education & Work Experience:
Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering / Information Technology
Masters in Computer Science (Optional)

Skills:  

• JavaScript, Java/Swift
• Optional - Kotlin, Objective-C
• Frameworks - React Native, React Navigation, Redux/Mobx, HTTP
• Optional - Nodejs/KoaJs, i18n localisation • StylingRequired - Styling with CSS + Flexbox
• Platforms & Concepts: Gradle
• Optional - Android Services, WorkManager, Android Jetpack, Cocoapods • Optional - App Refresh, Storyboards, etc.
• Programming Required - Data Structures & Algorithms
• ToolsRequired - Git - Postman,

Job Role:  

• Ability to consistently produce clean, efficient code based on client specifications  
• Ability to integrate software components and third-party programs to meet specifications  
• Reliability and proficiency in verifying and deploying programs and systems  
• Ability to troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software  
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to recommend and execute improvements  
• Commitment to optimization and accountability evident in creating technical documentation for reference and  reporting  

 Must Have 

·         Must Have:  React native development,Android/iOS Native Development Experience  

·         Good To Have: MySQL, TypeScript, Ionic 

Personal Skills:   

·         Organized, self-motivator, great communicator, detail oriented and fast learner.   

·         Excellent written and verbal communications skills at the business and technical level   

·         Strong work ethics, commitment and team work   

·         Should be a good team player & ready to shoulder additional responsibility   

Company Introduction

Edfone is an educational technology company, which creates smart tools for schools and colleges. This position is for a global project where your work will create an impact on students across the globe. Being one of the early in-house team members you will get to enjoy interacting with founding team and working with early customers - students and teachers. And as always, you will be eligible for a fair share of startup benefits. If you are someone who loves to write mouth watering code and is game to for an exciting ride to help students across the world learn better, do see if you have the skills we need and apply.

Job Description

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 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 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
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition ownership of existing React Native apps from out sourced developers to in-house

Skills

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript, React Native and its nuances
• 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
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha