React Native Developer

A bit about us

WeatherBug, a division of GroundTruth, empowers people to plan their day thanks to hyperlocal weather forecasts. With 10+ million monthly users, our app and website are favorites on the App Store and Google Play Store. We use a vast network of weather observations and innovative technology to give you real-time forecasts, alerts, and insights. Our team is passionate about enhancing user experiences and always looks for new ways to use weather data to make a difference. Join us at WeatherBug and help people stay informed and prepared for whatever the weather brings. Let's make it happen together!

Learn more: www.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.

Role : Senior Software Engineer (iOS/React Native)

Location : Remote, India

*This role requires Core Work Hours from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am IST (will change as per daylight saving in US). The remaining hours are completed at individual discretion.*

Role Characteristics:

Recognized subject matter expert who knows how to apply theory and put it into practice with in-depth understanding of the professional field with limited oversight from managers. Independently performs the full range of responsibilities within the function; requires deep job knowledge of areas typically obtained through higher education combined with experience. Manages large projects or processes and problems faced are difficult and often complex; analyzes problems/issues of diverse scope and determines solutions. May manage programs that include formulating strategies and administering policies, processes, and resources; functions with a high degree of autonomy. Influences others regarding policies, practices and procedures.

You Will:

• Design, architect, and document the entire system, down to the details, to meet team needs.
• Code robust iOS solutions to solve current problems, identifying and fixing issues within your areas of expertise.
• Act as a CodeOwner and stakeholder in code reviews within your area of expertise.
• Automate unit, integration, and end-to-end testing solutions, working closely with the QA team to ensure seamless integration.
• Deploy and run your code in pre-production to ensure quality before release.
• Develop and maintain debugging tools to enhance team efficiency.
• Collaborate with vendors to ensure third-party SDKs are properly integrated and functional.
• Perform and monitor mobile releases for iOS, ensuring smooth rollouts and updates.
• Retire outdated solutions and resources when no longer needed, ensuring the system remains efficient and streamlined.
• Provide operational support for your deployed code and all code within your domain of expertise.
• Identify and address team-wide issues, preventing problems from occurring.
• Coordinate across all business teams to resolve technical issues, mitigate risks, and provide actionable solutions.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

You Have:

• 4-year degree in Computer Science or a related field OR 9+ years of experience in software development.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 5+ years of experience with iOS development tools (Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C, Xcode, Core Data, Combine, Foundation, UIKit).
• 2+ years of experience with SwiftUI or declarative UI frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience on an Agile team.
• Proficiency in Concurrency, Multithreading, and Swift Combine or other asynchronous programming patterns.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design principles, patterns, best practices, performance optimizations, and memory management on iOS.
• Ability to effectively communicate across teams to provide and implement solutions.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex issues and execute solutions.
• A strong sense of self-drive and technical expertise to work independently and within a team.
• Mentorship skills to guide junior and mid-level engineers.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills to articulate ideas clearly.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities to handle edge cases and unexpected issues.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (designers, product managers, QA).

Great if You Have:

• Experience using React Native (Function Components, Hooks, Redux, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Familiarity with ingesting and exposing large datasets in the weather industry.
• Experience in the advertising industry.
• Proficiency with tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Artifactory.

What we offer

At WeatherBug, 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
• 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
• 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

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity, inclusion and equity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

As part of the Mobile SDK Engineering team at Flyy, here are some things you can expect:

• Take ownership and be responsible for what you build - no micromanagement
• Work with customer success team to enable Flyy customers to adopt Insights-led engagement in different industry sectors like e-Commerce, FinTech, OTT, Social, entertainment, travel, telco, food-tech etc.
• Explore the latest in topics like Mobile development, SDK, iOS, Android, tvOS various mobile hybrid frameworks and share with the team and more importantly, have fun while you work on scaling Flyy.

Skills Required :

• Minimum 2 years experience in Android
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Native Mobile Development
• Minimum 1 year of experience in React-Native/Flutter framework
• Should be thorough with different architectures used in Mobile Development
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Android/iOS framework:
• Multithreading concepts
• Persistent data storage
• Rest APIs Implementation
• Should know the internals of the mobile build and distribution processes
• Ready to learn and develop in any cross-platform frameworks
• Should be able to capture bottlenecks and improve them without or little supervision
• Awareness of Secure Development process and practices
• Awareness on Information Security concepts and Best Practices

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of other cross-platform frameworks i.e., Cordova, Unity, etc
• Experience in working and shipping SDKs/plugins

Introduction :

iOS is one of the world’s leading mobile platforms, which makes Aertrip’s iOS app supremely important. Millions of users worldwide shall access Aertrip via the iOS app. You will have the opportunity to build one of the most amazingly designed apps in the world. The app shall be a benchmark - not just in the field of travel but for app developers worldwide across categories. So far, we've built a reasonably-sized, high-powered team and are always striving to be the best place to work we can be.

Our Tech Deck :

Architecture

Linux

Docker

HAProxy

Nagios

Munin

Backend & Servers

PHP

MySql

MongoDB

Redis

Memcached

Frontend

JavaScript

jQuery

Sass/Less

GruntJs

Bower

NPM

Repositories

Git

Collaboration

Slack

Evernote

Google Drive

Your Part :

You would be responsible for the complete development and continuous improvement of our iOS app.

Preferred Qualification & Experience :

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience/knowledge

5+ years of software engineering

3+ years of IOS platform experience, with strong background in algorithms.

Proficient with Swift, Objective-C, and Cocoa Touch

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

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

Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines

Knowledge of third party SDK integrations.

Hands-on technical experience with scalable Architecture.

Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

Experience with performance and memory tuning

Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git

Preferred Skills & Abilities :

As a Developer:

Write clean, manageable code and maintain proper documentation

Capable of designing large applications with stabllity and performance

Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies and frameworks to maximise development efficiency

Excellent command over Data Structures and Algorithms

Familiarity with continuous integration

Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Knack for benchmarking and optimization

Passion for quality and innovation

An eye for detail

As a team player

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

Ability to manage and drive small teams

Ability to work independently in small teams

Estimate timelines and deliver as per schedule

Responsible and capable of meeting tight deadlines

Thrive in a variable and demanding startup environment

Collaborate with multiple disciplines like product, engineering, marketing, research and support, and enjoy working in a collaborative environment

Understand technical and business needs and fulfil them

• Designing and building advanced applications for the iOS platform
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design and ship new features
• Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Working on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discovering, evaluating and implementing new technologies to maximize development efficiency

What you need to have:

• Manage high-level architecture and design data flows in the Android and iOS app in (Dart, Flutter framework)
• Add new features and automate functionalities in backend hosted on Firebase (Typescript, ReactJS framework)
• Setup Marketing and Analytics tools in the app to get relevant daily usage insights and target users in different campaigns. (3rd party tools, Mixpanel)
• Experiment with the live data stream from wearable IoT devices to generate insights using ML models in production.
• Deploying ML models in production to be used inside the app community section.

• Experience: 2+ year of software development experience

• Tinkerer - We are a team of builders and love to get our hands dirty on new ideas and technologies. If you love to spend your time working on side-projects, you’ll fit right in.
• Problem Solver - Software development could involve a constant stream of challenges. Confidence and skill to navigate through them is an essential skill to possess.
• Team Player - At iMumz, we believe in building in a strong and small A-Team. A drive to work and contribute towards the team’s overall success and progress is desired.
• Proactive Learner - Technologies change. Frameworks get disrupted every day. Adaptability and desire to stretch to be a constant learner is highly appreciated.

• Be a part of India’s fastest-growing platform for maternal health and get hands-on experience in the growth journey of a digital product.
• Get hands-on experience of building a product for 100,000+ and growing community
• Work on building the core offerings directly with the founders.
• Freedom to work from anywhere till the work gets done.

Mobile App Development:-

We are looking for 2 - 3 years of overall mobile app development experience out of which experience of at least 2+ years in developing native and hybrid mobile applications Should have handled end-to-end designing, development, testing, and deployment on any native Android/iOS platform.

Hands-on experience with native development will add advantage, Angular 6+ Excellent technical knowledge on HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, JQuery Mobile, AJAX, XML, JSON, Java, Bootstrap, PhoneGap, Angular JS.

Should have working experience in consuming Web Service and REST API.

Experience in Business Object Model implementation data integration with JSON/XML Designing and implementing different analytics interfaces such as charts, graphs etc.

Should have knowledge of App signing, publishing to Play-store and iTunes Well versed with code management like GIT, SVN Should be a team player

Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Develop hybrid mobile applications & deliver across the entire app life cycle concept,
• design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores.
• Work directly with the tech team to conceptualize, build, test, and realize products.
• Test the app on devices and Deploy it on Apple Store & Google Play Store.
• Standardizing the platform and in some cases apps to deliver across multiple brands with minimal duplication of effort and Optimizing performance for the apps.