React.js Developer Consultant

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior React Native Developer to join our team and take the lead on developing our cross-platform mobile application. You’ll play a critical role in building, launching, and scaling a high-performance mobile app that runs seamlessly on both iOS and Android platforms from a single codebase.

If you’re passionate about mobile technologies, have a strong command of React Native, and are excited about creating a high-quality product from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end development of a cross-platform mobile application using React Native.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver high-quality user experiences.
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Optimize app performance for speed and scalability across devices and OS versions.
• Ensure the app complies with design standards and platform-specific guidelines (Apple App Store & Google Play).
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployment (e.g., using Fastlane, EAS, or similar).
• Integrate RESTful APIs and third-party services.
• Handle app store submissions and updates.
• Mentor junior developers and enforce best practices in mobile development.

Requirements

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of experience in mobile application development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with React Native.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and React architecture.
• Deep knowledge of iOS and Android mobile app development lifecycle.
• Experience with mobile UI/UX best practices and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with native build tools (Xcode, Android Studio).
• Experience integrating REST APIs and handling network latency issues.
• Proficient with Git, GitHub/GitLab, and agile development practices.
• Experience with push notifications, in-app purchases, deep linking, and analytics SDKs.

Preferred:

• Experience with Expo or EAS for managed workflows.
• Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines (Fastlane, Bitrise, etc.).
• Experience with native modules (Objective-C/Swift and Java/Kotlin) as needed.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks (Jest, Detox).
• Published apps in both the App Store and Google Play.
• Prior experience in startups or high-growth environments.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead and build a product from the ground up.
• Work with a dynamic and talented team in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible working hours and remote-first culture.
• Competitive salary and equity options (if applicable).
• Learning and development budget.

You will be working with the core team on the main product, helping ship crucial features for our AI Native Product.

This job requires a good command over creating very good user interfaces, and same would be tested in the interview process. You will get to learn a lot and have freedom to grow into other roles as well.

Note: This job isn't for front-end/react beginners .

● Design and develop responsive and visually appealing web applications and user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, React frameworks.

● Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, and software engineers to understand project requirements and translate them into interactive, user-friendly interfaces.

● Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimise applications for maximum speed and scalability.

● Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

● Stay updated with the latest industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in UI development, and recommend their integration to enhance our products.

● Identify and address performance and compatibility issues across different browsers and platforms.

● Champion UI development best practices, standards, and guidelines within the development team.

● Collaborate with backend developers to integrate front-end interfaces with server-side logic and APIs.

● Troubleshoot and debug UI-related issues and provide timely resolutions.

● Mentor junior developers, assisting them in enhancing their skills and knowledge in UI development.

● Write and encourage other engineers to write automated tests.

Skills/ Experience

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

● Proven experience as a UI Developer or Front-End Developer, with at least 3+ years of hands-on experience in building user interfaces for web applications.

● Proficiency in front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Tailwind, React, Redux.

● Strong understanding of responsive design principles.

● Solid knowledge of web performance optimization techniques and best practices.

● Familiarity with Figma and other UI/UX design tools, to collaborate effectively with designers.

● Demonstrated experience in writing UI components to corresponding backend APIs and Databases.

● Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex UI-related issues.

● Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary Offer: 3L PA - 5.4L PA

Job Location: Remote for 6-12 months due to the pandemic, then Mumbai, Maharashtra

Required experience:

1-2 years and above experience in developing frontend UIs using HTML5, CSS, Javascript with ReactJS. Candidate must have experience with data binding and state management (Redux/MobX)

Key Skills required :

1. Proficiency in HTML5 development

2. Proficiency in CSS Frameworks like Bootstrap ⅘

3. Strong understanding of Javascript

4. Hands on experience in building and implementing UIs in ReactJs including experience in building components, observables, state management and data binding

5. Strong expertise in building Responsive Websites

6. Experience fixing performance issues using tools like GTMetrix and Pagespeed Insights

7. Working experience in maintaining code versioning by committing to Git repositories

KRAs includes :

1. Understanding the scope of work and arriving at timelines

2. Frontend UI development using Reactjs, HTML5, Javascript and CSS

3. Implementing media queries and following Responsive Web Design principles for responsive websites

4. Implementing state management, databinding and mocking APIs

5. Unit testing prepared web applications and HTML pages

6. Coordinating with the testers to resolve any bugs

7. Reporting on daily and weekly progress

8. Optimization and performance tuning of code

• 3 to 5 years of experience in UI Development and hands on experience on Angular2 or Angular 2+, Node etc.
• Exposure to cross browser compatibility issues, SCSS as the CSS macro-processor, sprites etc.
• Experience with Jira, SVN, Git will be added advantage
• Passionate and eager to learn new technologies
• Intimately knowledgeable about all things web and mobile
• Demo able portfolio on website or GitHub will be given preference
• Must have knowledge on Java script, jQuery, ECMAScript
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6) or TypeScript
• Familiarities with modern JavaScript tools, like npm and webpack
• Excellent technical design, problem solving and debugging skills.
• Experience building JavaScript/CSS Frameworks or shared component libraries used in large scale production websites.
• Understands frontend software design patterns (e.g. asynchronicity, data binding, modules, objects, promises).
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Working with MVVM, MVP, MVC patterns

Requirements

• Convert design to Angular 5 components
• Use SCSS as the CSS macroprocessor
• Integrate the Angular services with APIs from the backend team
• Implement UI development best practices to write optimized and non-buggy code
• Work in Agile environment with sprint releases ranging from 2 to 4 weeks
• Feasibility study of requirement and suggest multiple approaches for a problem after sufficient RnD
• Keep abreast with trending recent UI tools, technologies, plugins and software in the industry
• “Roll-up your sleeves” attitude to get things done
• Test your screens using a tool for all browsers and resolution compatibility
• Handle and track tasks assigned using Agile methodology
• Strong commitment towards quality and schedule.
• Cross team coordination

Job Description

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows. You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.

Responsibilities

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• SAAS Experience is a plus

Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git)

Reporting to the founder, you will be expected to develop, deploy and oversee the execution of the tech strategy, product road-map and operations to ensure alignment with our businesses goals as we grow and scale. You will play a key part in the organisation's success, taking the current MVP and developing it further to move the company through to early stage funding and into profit.

Quesst's is built using React.js [Frontend], Node.js [Backend], PostgreSQL [DB], Amazon EC2 [Application Hosting], Amazon S3 [Media Storage Service], and Amazon SES [Email Sending Service]. You will be responsible for implementing full-stack features and collaborate with other team members to plan each sprint. You’ll be working across the entire system architecture and be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining restful APIs, micro-services and databases.