Lead React Native Developer

We're looking for Android developers who can create amazing apps. Are you up for the challenge?

As a company, we provide Virtual CTO, Product Design, and Product Development for Startups. This means you’ll work with multiple cutting-edge technologies while enjoying a stable job. We value our employees and offer an intellectually stimulating, no-nonsense environment where everyone's ideas and contributions are encouraged and respected.

We develop both Consumer and Enterprise Apps that cover a wide range—from Sports and Motorcycle tracking to Retail commerce, Augmented Reality, Security, Real-time tracking apps, and more. We utilize various technology platforms, including native iOS, native Android, Flutter (our recent favorite), and React Native.

About you

• You love creating sleek, efficient, and pixel-perfect Android mobile apps using Java or Kotlin.
• You have at least 3 years of experience in Android development, with several apps published on the Play Store.
• You have experience interfacing with the camera, gyroscope, and other on-device hardware.
• You have integrated your apps with social networks and RESTful server-side APIs.
• You possess a solid understanding of the Android app development lifecycle.
• You enjoy collaborating with other smart people, learning, and working together.

Tech Stack You’ll Use

• Languages: Kotlin, Java
• Frameworks: Native Android, Jetpack, KMP, Unit Testing, Espresso
• Libraries: Android assisted libraries like Jetpack, Dependency Injection, etc.
• Backend/Infra: Firestore (Firebase), GCP
• Analytics: Amplitude
• AI Tools: GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor
• Version Control: Git (GitHub)

Skills and qualifications

• Expert in mobile app development for Android.
• Proficient understanding of Android SDKs.
• Proficient understanding of the Android development lifecycle.
• Expertise in developing online and offline apps.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Git.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Our promise to you

• Engaging in work on production code for customer projects.
• Client interaction and participation in developing solutions.
• An environment that fosters learning and growth.
• Compensation and perks are commensurate with skills and performance

mail me your CV and portfolio at hr @ hookux.com

Job description:

At Tiluf, We are looking for a React Native & Android native (Java + Kotlin) expert, who is extremely passionate about exploring and learning new areas and interested in working on a new-age hyper-reality social network that's changing how people interact with others around them and working on AI/Ml based parallels in collaboration with "Meta" around body augmentation and generative AI in AR.

What is Tiluf?

A real-life social network leveraging Augmented Reality to make real-time interactions with new (or known) people, as effortless and habit-forming as interacting through social media. Finally, no more hesitating when approaching someone in-person. We're here to solve the real-life out-of-the-screen social problems that we face every day, and that Tinder and Instagram overlook!

Nothing can explain Tiluf better than seeing how people are using it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z97ist9jx4Y

Mandatory:

• Previous experience and expertise working with React-native and Android native: > 3 years
• Experience in writing node modules/bridges
• Should be comfortable with relocating to Bangalore. Team Tiluf greatly enjoys working together in the same office space.

Location: Tiluf, opp. JPMorgan, Marathalli, Bangalore.

Responsibilities:

• Making the Tiluf exosystem more efficient, scalable, instant, and user-friendly so that it can cater to millions of users around the world.
• Working in collaboration with "Meta" on AI/Ml based parallels focusing on body augmentation and generative AI in AR.
• Working on improving the in-house XR technology.
• Designing architecture for the system to make it more efficient and scalable.
• Collaborating with UI/UX team for making a world-class user experience
• Collaborating with the Marketing team to make automated marketing in-app flows.
• Collaborating with the Community team to make the product as engaging as possible.

Required Skills:

• Coding Ninja - great at writing logic and designing architecture.
• Expertise in native Android(Java + kotlin)
• Knowledge and interest in AI/Ml - https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/java/machine-learning - This will be the starting point
• Expertise in React Native
• Rock-solid at working with and writing native modules/bridges.
• Always motivated to take the lead and learn new things.
• 3 + years of a firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax, and have the ability to write well-documented clean Javascript code.
• Experience with state management libraries like Redux, Redux-saga, AsyncStorage
• A team player - It's a cliché but it's really important that the team feels that you are always there for them and have their backs.

Other Skills:

• You'll flourish here if you are - Passionate and enthusiastic about building world-changing products!
• You are able to Thrive in uncertainty - as we are building something new so we don't have much luxury to copy from others.
• Excited to work in a startup culture with innovation and horizontal hierarchy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Build pixel-perfect, UIs across both mobile platforms. 
• Design,develop, secure high performing mobile applications using React Native for both Android & IOS .
• Translate designs & wireframes into a high-quality code & Mobile UI .
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms. 
• Diagnose, fix bugs & performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native. 
•  Maintain code and execute UTC to ensure the product is of the highest quality. 
• Participate in the development and preparation of documentation. 

Skills 

• Must have exp in react native (must) and native Apps too.
• Team Player
• Familiarity with UTC , code versioning and CI/CD tools like Git, SVM, Jenkins.
• Proven development experience on smartphone platforms.
• Hands-on experience on React Native Framework, including React JS, React Native, and JavaScript.
• Extensive programming experience with at least one programming language such as Swift, Java, JavaScript.
• Deep familiarity with iOS or Android development.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with code versioning and CI/CD tools like Git, SVM, Jenkins.
• Must have worked on at least one app that is published in AppStores.

Bonus:

• Experience in Objective-C, Swift, and Cocoa Touch.
• Good Knowledge of HTML5, CSS.
• Extensive experience with iOS Frameworks such as Core Data and Core Animation.
• Knowledge of Apple’s design principles and application interface guidelines.
• Mandate Experience on Google Play console and Native build tools like XCode and Android Studio. 
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile development methodology.
• Basic understanding of Accessibility.

• Proven software development experience
• Proven working experience in Android
• Strong Java OOPs concepts and design patterns understanding 
• Hands-on experience on Kotlin.
• Good understanding of C and data structures, JavaScript
• Must have a good understanding of React Native or Cordova
• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Have published at least one app in the Store.
• Experience in writing SDK frameworks
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Knowledge of JNI, security algorithms
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
• Ability to design applications around natural user interfaces
• Knowledge of the open-source Android/iOS ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Must be proficient in code versioning tools such as Git, SVN
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies Solid understanding of the mobile development life cycle
• Good to have: Experience in working on cross-platform such as Flutter, Kony.

We're looking for an experienced and mature engineer (2-6 yrs experience), who wants to build incredible products while shaping the architecture, tools, and engineering culture of our company

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build our native Android application using Java or Kotlin.
• Set up our backend using either the MEAN (Mongo, Node) or Django stack.
• Collaborate with the design team on feasibility and design reviews.
• Set up DevOps processes - CI/CD and release management.
• Hire an additional backend engineer to scale the application based on requirements.

Requirements:

• You possess strong computer science fundamentals.
• You have native Android application development skills - with Java/Kotlin as a framework.
• You have strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices.
• You have built backends for mobile applications - using the MEAN or Django stack.
• You have some mobile app projects that are worthy of public view (Play Store, Github).
• You like discussing a plan upfront, welcome open collaboration and are an excellent verbal and written communicator.
• We’re a fast-paced environment so while we value robustness, we also hope for speed. You’ll hop from project to project and should be a self-starter.
• You are open to learning new stuff (important).
• You are humble, kind, and are open to feedback (important)

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript (and TypeScript ) language 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.
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites.

• Work as part of a small team to build React Native Application for android and IOS
• Architect, build, and maintain excellent React Native applications with clean code.
• 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.
• Write unit and integration tests
• Work as part of a small team, which will include other React Native developers, a project manager, QA professional, and a designer.