React Native Developer

Responsibilities

·        Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform.

·        Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

·        Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

·        Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

·        Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

·        Support the whole application lifetime from idea through design, testing, release, and maintenance

·        Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Skills

·        Proficient with Swift and Cocoa Touch

·        Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.

·        Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

·        Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services

·        Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines

·        Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools 

·        Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

·        Knack for benchmarking and optimization

·        Proficient understanding of code versioning tools source tree, git

·        Familiarity with continuous integration

·        Solid grasp of algorithms, memory management, object oriented programming, and MVC Design

Competencies

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Ability to co-ordinate with cross functional teams  

·        Should be a good Team player.

Mandatory skills:

• Good knowledge on Android SDK.
• Working experience in Kotlin.
• Workingexperience in JSON & XML Parsing
• Working experience back-end development, web connectivity, and database (SQLite)
  
  

Secondary Skills:

• Experience with Version Control System
• Experience with Bug Tracking

Added advantage if the candidate possess below skills.

• Bluetooth communication, BLE

About the role: We are here to build a world-class tech organization with elite engineers and change agents who would spearhead this change. Currently, we are looking for engineers who are skilled, passionate, driven, and a wee bit crazy (yes, crazy works!) to join our tribe. The small tweaks you make, the processes you alter, the experiments you run, and the business decisions you drive will have reverberating effects on our ability to add value to our customers and keep them coming back for more.

What you will do everyday:

• Work with a group of people who believe in the utmost transparency and ethical practices
• Work with full autonomy and high ownership of outcomes
• Add value to our user’s life
• Focus deeply into app’s performance & stability
• Crave for a steep learning curve and challenge

Skills you need to do the job:

• 3-8 years experience with Objective C, Swift
• Experience in working on a large iPhone app, through scaling and performance issues.
• Knowledge of different Architectures like MVVM, MVP, etc - Knowledge of writing Unit Tests.
• Experience in integrating with Restful APIs. • Experience with CI/CD and building pipelines for app releases is a huge plus
• Capable of handling web service integration - RESTful, JSON, SOAP, XML
• Focus and passion for Mobile UI & UX to make apps exciting for the user
• Proactive towards debugging & optimization codebase
• Rapid prototyping skills for getting product feedback
• Understanding of product development lifecycle
• Experience in React Native or any cross-platform mobile development is a bonus

BitClass, a VC funded startup in edtech, is 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.

• 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 Android app to React Native.

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• 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/IntelliJ
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha

We are looking for someone with 4-7 years of experience in iOS / iPhone applications development with:

- Strong Object Oriented design and programming skills in SWIFT

- Good working experience in iOS SDK (Cocoa Touch, UIKit, Core Data, Core Location, etc.) and XCode

- Proficient in writing Unit and UI Test Cases and delivering quality work

- Good experience with MVVM architecture

- Experience in web services integration (REST APIs, JSON, XML), to connect iOS applications to back-end services

- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning is desired

- Understanding of Apple's design principles and interface guidelines

** Areas of Responsibility ** 

- Involvement in all aspects of development: playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development

- Fast prototyping of proof-of concept features/applications based on a brief

- Developing and maintaining new features in Mobile Application development

- Owning the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application

- Using technical knowledge and creative thinking to provide the most innovative solutions

- Optimizing the performance of the apps and keeping up to date with the latest industry trends in mobile technologies

** Required Skills ** 

- Dedicated to delivering high-quality work and adhering to timelines

- Must be a good team player, good learner, and self-starter

- Must have strong leadership and team management qualities
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills

- Good communication skills 

- Must have strong decision-making skill

Perks and Benefits 

Company provided meals, Medical Insurance and other perks.