Lead React Native Developer

Job Description:

We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits and will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Work with outside data sources and API's
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Requirements

• B.Tech Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• 4+ years of software development experience
• Have published at least one original Android app
• Experience with Android SDK
• Should have minimum 1 year of experience in React Native 
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

Job Description

• Architect, build and maintain excellent React Native applications with clean code.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Work as part of a small team to build React Native iOS / Android applications for clients

• Implement pixel-perfect UI's that match designs.

• Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.

• Integrate third-party API's.
• Release applications to iOS and Google Play stores.
• Work with native modules when required.

• Complete two week sprints and participate in sprint retrospectives and daily standups.

• Assist with building estimates.
• Interface with clients via Slack, Zoom, and email.

What will you do? (but not limited to)

• Design, develop, and maintain our mobile applications using either Flutter or React Native, ensuring high performance and responsiveness across both Android and iOS platforms.
• Collaborate closely with the product and development teams to design and develop innovative features that align with our mission and user needs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code that adheres to industry best practices, and conduct code reviews to uphold high-quality code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade the software to ensure optimal performance, security, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Lead and mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and improvement.
• Drive architectural decisions and lead efforts to scale and improve our codebases.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand and address their needs, translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Who can apply?

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Mobile Application Developer with a proven track record in developing and deploying mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms.
• Proficiency in React Native, with a deep understanding of cross-platform mobile development and app architecture.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript (for React Native), and familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio, IntelliJ, and other IDEs.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to think algorithmically and a keen eye for debugging and optimizing code.
• Experience with app development languages such as Swift, Kotlin, or Objective-C and with utilizing RESTful APIs for backend integration.
• Proficient understanding and utilizing code versioning tools, such as Bitbucket.
• Experience in a startup environment and building products from scratch is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to lead and inspire a team.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions based on a balance of data, experience, and judgment.

Requirements

• Development experience in React Native
• Experience in developing UI in HTML, CSS, and JS and integration with the backend using REST API.
• Experience with Object-Oriented Programming • Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to document their code.
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
• To translate storyboards and various use cases to create high-performing apps
• Write, execute, and maintain clean, reusable, and scalable code • Integrate our various data storage solutions
• Ensure the responsiveness and boost the performance of our apps
• Find and address the various bottlenecks and bug-fixes
• Help in code automatization
• Proficient in GIT

Responsibilities

• As a Hybrid Mobile App Developer, you will be responsible for creating compelling concepts for customer products and offerings as well as engage user experience across varied platforms.
• You shall be involved across all stages of the application life cycle, from requirements specification, wireframes, mockups, development, testing to deployment.
• You shall be expected to work in a team, assigning and delegating tasks and responsibilities among your co-developers.
• You will also be engaged in providing regular updates on project status & progress to non-technical stakeholders.

Hiring Process

• After getting shortlisted from here, a member of our team will contact you.
• We will schedule a interview as per mutually convenient time.

• Design and implement cross-platform applications with Dart/Flutter using Bloc and Provider.
• Take the initiative to suggest technical improvements and direction.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with UX, marketing, product management, engineering, and leadership.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Perform load testing, participate in code reviews, write tests, and conduct troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems.

• You have at least 3 years of experience working as a software engineer.
• You have at least 2 years of experience developing Android applications and deep insights into Android as an operating system.
• At least 1 year of Flutter development and should have at least 1 Flutter App live in stores.
• You have strong and validated interpersonal skills, particularly in the realm of collaborating with internal or external developer customers.
• Willingness and desire to learn new technologies and frameworks.

• Work anywhere from India
• Flexible work hours
• Growing team and opportunity to learn and do more.

• Developing new user-facing features using React Native and React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of devices and browsers

What is required

• 1+ years of experience
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Strong experience in React Native and/or React JS and their core principles
• Ability to take ownership of code as well as the end to end functionality
• Experience with popular workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience with middleware for API calling( such as Saga or Thunk)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, Yarn, NPM, etc.
• Familiarity

• Apply knowledge of Javascript (ES6) including all the latest features
• Usage of third party libraries for Maps, UI scaling, Styles, Secure storage, Permissions, Navigation, Splash screen, Network. Analytics. Push notifications, Localization, Calendar, etc.
• Build and run apps using Xcode, and Android Studio
• Persistence support using frameworks like Realm
• Comprehend performance issues and solve them
• Knowledge of Git (including merging, branching and resolving merge conflicts)

• Ability to create flexbox driven UI layout
• Configuring ESLint for JS code linting
• Being aware of alternate state management mechanisms like MobX
• Is proficient in either iOS or Android programming too.

• Knowledge of all aspects of React framework
• Components, containers, JSX specification of component UI layout, Component lifecycle
• Props and State mechanism used for data flow
• Various kinds of views (text, button, scroll view, flat list, etc.)
• Navigation
• RN animations and gesture system fundamentals
• Redux state management library
• React Router usage
• JSON/XML parsing

Responsibilities

• Build pixel-perfect 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.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.

• 1- 3 years as a professional software developer.
• Experience with React, React Native and Redux
• Experience with at least one native mobile platform (bonus points if you moved to React Native from iOS or Android development).
• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax. Knowledge in TypeScript is a plus point.
• Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming.
• Familiarity with native build tools, like Xcode & Android Studio.
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage.