React Native Developer

Company Introduction

Edfone is an educational technology company, which creates smart tools for schools and colleges. This position is for a global project where your work will create an impact on students across the globe. Being one of the early in-house team members you will get to enjoy interacting with founding team and working with early customers - students and teachers. And as always, you will be eligible for a fair share of startup benefits. If you are someone who loves to write mouth watering code and is game to for an exciting ride to help students across the world learn better, do see if you have the skills we need and apply.

Job Description

We are 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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Transition ownership of existing React Native apps from out sourced developers to in-house

Skills

• Firm grasp of the JavaScript, React Native 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, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Experience with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha