React Native Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Flutter Consultant to join our team. As a Senior Flutter Consultant, you will play a critical role in developing innovative and user-friendly mobile applications for our clients. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, developers, and project managers, to deliver high-quality solutions that meet our clients' business objectives.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain Flutter applications for iOS and Android platforms.
2. Collaborate with designers and developers to translate wireframes and UI designs into fully functional mobile applications.
3. Provide technical expertise and guidance to the development team regarding best practices for Flutter application development.
4. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that adheres to industry standards and project requirements.
5. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and performance optimization.
6. Troubleshoot and debug issues, identify bottlenecks, and propose effective solutions to technical challenges.
7. Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in the Flutter framework and mobile app development.
8. Mentor and coach junior developers, sharing knowledge and promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
9. Collaborate with project managers and clients to understand their requirements, provide technical insights, and deliver solutions within the agreed timelines.
10. Participate in Agile/Scrum development processes, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
2. Minimum 3 years of professional experience in mobile application development, with at least 2 years of hands-on experience with Flutter.
3. Strong proficiency in Dart programming language and Flutter framework.
4. Extensive experience in building and deploying mobile applications on both iOS and Android platforms.
5. Solid understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, and architectural best practices.
6. Experience with RESTful APIs, third-party integrations, and asynchronous programming.
7. Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and experience with collaborative development workflows (e.g., GitFlow).
8. Familiarity with mobile app testing frameworks and tools, such as Flutter testing framework, XCTest, and Espresso.
9. Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues and propose effective solutions.
10. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
11. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
12. Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with hybrid app development frameworks (e.g., React Native) is a plus.
2. Knowledge of backend technologies, such as Node.js or Firebase, for building APIs and integrating with databases.
3. Contributions to open-source projects or personal Flutter app projects.
4. Certifications related to mobile app development or Flutter.

Join our team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge mobile applications using Flutter. As a Senior Flutter Consultant, you will have the opportunity to work on diverse projects, leverage your expertise, and make a significant impact on our clients' businesses.

Role: As a part of the Engineering team, you will be responsible for driving the mobile App development end-to-end. In this role, you will be working to find creative solutions that improve our customer’s experience and brand reputation when facing technical issues on the platform. You will be responsible for tracing and monitoring real-time transactions through various systems end-to-end, displaying key information, and provided with controls necessary to mitigate incidents.

• Minimum 4-5 years experience in developing mobile applications
• Excellent understanding of software design and object-oriented programming principles.
• Minimum experience of 1.5 years on Flutter, 
• Good knowledge about clean code architecture.
• Knowledge on writing Unit test cases
• Hand-on experience in widget building, its lifecycle, and inbuilt widgets provided by flutter.
• Hands-on experience in API integration in flutter.
• Hands-on experience with local storage, shared preferences, session management.
• Knowledge of Flutter performance and optimization
• Knowledge about architectural differences between ios/android and how flutter handles them.
• Good to have knowledge on Financial domain
• Good to have experience in financial industry/Fintech 
• expirience on doing android release

Skills

• Have published at least one original React Native App.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs 

Role 

Should be able to single-handedly build performant mobile apps on the React Native platform. 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 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—React Native moves fast and often breaks things.

• 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—React Native moves fast and often breaks things. 
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition existing React web apps to React Native. 

• 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.

Intro:
Empala is an exciting new fintech launching in Singapore. Empala aims to help workers in the SEA region get access to their pay & helping them save for unexpected expenses. 

Job Description:

As fullstack developer at Empala you will be building and shaping our product. Our current offerings are centered around a React Native app (iOS & Android) with a serverless backend.

Empala is a flat and young organization, meaning every hand has a lasting impact on our product and our culture. You will report directly to the CTO and will in general be working closely with the founders. The job is of course mostly focused on building and maintaining our products, but in a small team you will have to wear a lot of hats, you could get involved in sales, marketing or anything in between, ideally you will see this as a positive thing and a chance to learn more about our users/customers/new areas of work. 

Benefits: 

At Empala we offer a competitive package that will be a mix of salary and employee stock options. We pay ourselves on demand meaning you can get paid for the work you have done when you wish it, be it daily, weekly, monthly or a combination of above. 

Requirements: 

The following requirements are a guideline, if you are missing some points but you are confident that you can master them in a reasonable amount of time there might still be a place for you at Empala. 

Preferred

• React Native 
• Backend tools and frameworks (express or any other, non JS is OK as well) 
• Cloud providers, AWS preferred 
• Git

Other requirements 

• Fluent in english 
• Proactive approach to problem solving 
• A hunger to get stuff done 

Nice to have: 

• Experience with Redux, GraphQL, Typescript, AWS Amplify
• Experience with SCRUM and/or TDD