React Native Developer

RSPP Write Up

(Role - Skill - Persona - Process)

Company Write-up
(Vision, Current News, Funding Status, Geography Presence)

Zoko makes it easy for businesses to do Sales, Marketing and Customer Support on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is the internet of the #nextbillion and Zoko’s vision is to become the Shopify for merchants, selling on WhatsApp. We are backed the best - YCombinator, Ryan Hoover (the founder of Product Hunt), Binny Bansal backed 021 Capital and other illustrious YC Alumni.
We have over 300 paying merchants and were already profitable when we raised $1.4 Million in March ’21 to bring on more engineering talent to execute our vision. You will be working with a great team of fully-remote engineers, with a bias towards action. Reporting to a CTO who single handedly built an entire web app that got us 20 paying businesses and raised our Seed round. We brought-on our first engineer after that. Top 3 characteristics we look for are Execution, Execution, Execution. We’d love to see what you have built before and dig deep into those. Let’s talk about problems you have solved before and how you’ve approached them.
This is a great ground floor opportunity with a great salary and equity package. To give a sense of how valuable our equity is, the first employee’s equity has already grown 15X in the last 12 months.

Role

Senior Frontend Engineer

Location

Bangalore / Kochi / Remote

Budget

30-40 LPA + 0.15% to 0.2% equity

Define the Role
( Areas of functioning)

1. Leads and executes the mobile development strategy for the company
2. Mentors a young and hungry development team
3. Participate in the overall growth of the product by developing / researching tech that can give the product an edge over the competition

Key outcomes expected
from the role in next 2-4 quarters
(OKRs)

1. Implementation of the mobile version(s) of the app in Android and iOS
2.Establish a support team to handle mobile related support issues
3. Track and improve product usability
4. Improve the stability of product releases

Persona
( Success Profile)

8-12 years of experience in web and mobile development
Experience in leading and executing project(s)
Flutter experience is a plus
Great humour sense

Skills
(Mandatory & Optional)

 Mandatory
- Cross-Platform App Development experience
- Extensive knowledge in React / React Native
- Team leading experience
Optional
- Flutter experience

Process
(Interview Rounds and what each round focuses on)

Round 1- (Google Meet) - Founders (screening)
Round 2-(Google Meet) - Chief Architect
Round 3-(Google Meet) - Founders / CTO

Company Profile

Flora2000 was established in 1999 by Mr. Rehan Yar Khan (Founder & CEO) as an online floral & gift retailer and extended its delivery services across the globe. It is the leader and pioneer of the concept of flowers and gifts in over 190 countries worldwide. Flora2000 passionately strives to be the largest premium-gifting leader with flowers, gifts, cakes being the core verticals driven by people first approach and innovation in all spheres of business.

We strive to give our customers a wow experience through continuous innovation of premium products and services by using world class technology and processes. From exquisite bouquets to gift baskets to flowering planters, you are sure to find the perfect expression of your message in our online floral boutique.

The current team comprises of 15 people.

We have offices in Mumbai, Europe & UAE.

Please visit Flora2000.com for more information

The Role

Responsibilities:

We are looking for an Android developer responsible for the development and maintenance of Hybrid applications aimed at a vast number of diverse devices. The primary focus will be the development of Android applications and their integration with back-end services.

We expect the Developer will have a broad experience at Flora2000 and will play a unique role in the organization.

·         Write “clean”, well-designed code

·         Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary

·         Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform

·         Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

·         Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

·         Ensure smooth operations of web processes and infrastructure

·         Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

·         Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

·         Follow industry best practices Create regular and ad hoc reports.

Requirements: Attributes, Experience

·         4  to 7 Yrs experience.
          Strong knowledge of Flutter.

·         Strong knowledge of Restful Apis

·         Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes

·         Good grasp of data structures and algorithms.

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

·         Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

·         Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

·         Detail-oriented, proactive and self-motivated.

·         Team player with ability to work effectively.

A great career

As part of the engineering team you will work with an elite set of high calibre individuals. We have been blessed with a skilled and dedicated team; and excellent florist partners worldwide. Your long terms rewards will be amongst the highest across industries.

Our work culture

We also believe that great place to work goes a long way in personal and professional fulfilment. We are energized with the thought of going to work every day and we leave each workday equally energized. 

It all starts with an open culture and working environment with lots of transparency and freedom. Our bosses don’t sit in cabins, no one does. Our diaries are open so everyone can see what the other is doing…

Academics

B.Tech / B.E.

Position Reports to

 Technology Head