React Native Developer

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Sr. Fullstack Mobile Developer with a passion for crafting exceptional mobile experiences and robust backend systems. This role demands a deep understanding of React Native, Node.js, and modern cloud ecosystems like AWS, combined with a commitment to best practices and continuous improvement.

As part of our team, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain high-performance mobile applications and scalable backend solutions for our clients. The ideal candidate is a team player with a growth mindset, a passion for excellence, and the ability to energize and inspire those around them.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 4-6 years of professional experience as a Fullstack Developer, with at least 3 years in mobile development using React Native.
• Proven expertise in building and scaling mobile applications and backend systems in a services environment.
• Strong proficiency in Python or Node.js, AWS, and database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Deep knowledge of software engineering best practices, including clean code principles and test-driven development.
• Familiarity with AI copilots and a willingness to incorporate AI-driven tools into workflows.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to inspire and influence teammates.
• Demonstrated growth mindset, passion for learning, and a commitment to excellence.
• A perfectionist attitude with an eye for detail and a drive to deliver outstanding results.
• Prior experience working with a services company is a must.

Benefits

• Creative Freedom: A culture that empowers you to innovate and take bold product decisions for client projects.
• Comprehensive Healthcare: Extensive health coverage for you and your family.
• Tailored Growth Plans: Personalized professional development programs to help you achieve your career aspirations.

A bit about us

WeatherBug is a popular weather site and mobile app providing hyperlocal, live weather data and proactive alerting to consumer users. With over 15 million unique users per month, across all platforms, WeatherBug’s vision is to provide environmental intelligence for all aspects of people’s lives. The WeatherBug app is a top-rated weather app in the app stores. In 2019, WeatherBug was named the best weather app by MediaPost’s Appy Awards. WeatherBug is owned and operated by GroundTruth, a media company that turns real-world behavior into marketing that delivers real business results.

Learn more at WeatherBug.com

At GroundTruth, we believe that innovative technology starts with the best talent and we have been ranked one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for three years in a row (2021, 2022 & 2023). Learn more about the perks of joining our team here.

A bit about you

A recognized expert in their professional discipline, with significant impact and influence on organizational policy and program development. Establishes critical strategic and operational goals, and develops and implements new products, processes, standards, or operational plans to achieve organizational objectives. Regularly leads projects of critical importance to the organization—projects that carry substantial consequences for success or failure. Requires strong influence and communication with executive leadership. Problems encountered are often complex and multidimensional, requiring broad-based consideration of variables that affect multiple areas of the organization.

You will:

• Develop production-ready code to meet scope of requirements.
• With guidance, update and create documentation as needed for new and existing solutions.
• Participate in code-reviews with comments to improve code quality, stability, and maintainability.
• Create and maintain unit and integration testing solutions. Be able to run your code in lower environments.
• Run tests on the mobile device to ensure code meets requirements
• Watch mobile releases for Android or iOS for features you developed
• Teardown your solutions across multiple environments and platforms.
•  Provide operational support of your deployed code
• Determine issues within your areas of expertise.
• Work with teams across the engineering organization to understand and incorporate client requirements into final solutions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree (4 years) in Computer Science or a related field, OR 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of hands-on Android application development using Kotlin and Android Studio.
• Experience with modern Android libraries and frameworks, including Jetpack components (e.g., Navigation, Room, ViewModel, LiveData), Retrofit for networking, and image loading libraries (e.g., Glide, Coil).
• Proficiency with asynchronous programming using Kotlin Coroutines and Flow.
• Familiarity with dependency injection frameworks such as Dagger/Hilt or Koin.
• Experience with app architecture patterns such as MVVM or MVI, and clean architecture principles.
• 2+ years of experience working in Agile teams and participating in iterative development cycles.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, design patterns, best practices, performance optimization, and memory management.
• Experience with unit and UI testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Espresso).
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative version control workflows.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools and automated build/deployment pipelines.
• Ability to independently take ownership of tasks and deliver robust solutions.
• Commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

Would be great if you have:

• Experience with React Native, including building function components, using hooks, and working with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Knowledge of Play Store processes, including app signing, publishing, and release management.
• Familiarity with ingesting and exposing large datasets in the weather industry.
• Experience in the advertising industry.
• Proficiency with tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory.

You are:

• A team player who is organized, flexible and willing to adapt
• Not afraid of new technologies and driven to learn
• A detail-oriented person, who catches problems early and adjusts
• A strong communicator who is able to collaborate with multiple business and engineering stakeholders and work through conflicting needs
• A problem solver who likes to dive deep into a problem, diagnose root causes and work with multiple teams to come up with a solution
• Organized with demonstrated ability to prioritize and deliver timely work
• A team player and not afraid to roll up your sleeves and help when needed
• Self-sufficient and not afraid to take the lead and manage tasks independently
• Coachable and open to feedback
• Respectful–-we treat each other with respect and assume the best of one another
• Not afraid to have fun!

What we offer

At GroundTruth, we want our employees to be comfortable with their benefits so they can focus on doing the work they love.

● Parental leave- Maternity and Paternity

● Flexible Time Offs (Earned Leaves, Sick Leaves, Birthday leave, Bereavement leave & Company Holidays)

● In Office Daily Catered Lunch

● Fully stocked snacks/beverages

● Health cover for any hospitalization. Covers both nuclear family and parents

● Covid home quarantine cover

● Tele-med for free doctor consultation, discounts on health checkups and medicines

● Wellness/Gym Reimbursement

●  Pet Expense Reimbursement

●  Childcare Expenses and reimbursements

●  Employee assistance program

●  Employee referral program

●  Education reimbursement program

●  Skill development program

●  Cell phone reimbursement (Mobile Subsidy program)

●  Internet reimbursement

●  Birthday treat reimbursement

●  Home office set up

●  Employee Provident Fund Scheme offering different tax saving options such as VPF and employee and employer contribution up to 12% Basic

●  Creche reimbursement

●   Co-working space reimbursement

●   NPS employer match

●   Meal card for tax benefit

●   Special benefits on salary account

●   New joiner relocation

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

-Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax  

-Build pixel-perfect, 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  

-Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming 

-Strong knowledge and experience in either iOS or Android native application development  

-Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Android Studio  

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   

• Experience / strong knowledge in both iOS & Android Mobile Application technologies
• Proficient in SwiftUI, Swift, Xcode, Java, Kotlin and Android Studio, Flutter, React Native
• Experience with version control: Maven, Gradle, Git, Cocopods
• Experience in application submission / provisioning process
• Experience in performance and memory tuning
• Good understanding of computer science concepts, design patterns, algorithms and data structures

Bonus Points:

• Experience / knowledge in any of the Back-End technologies

What you need to have: