Senior App Developer – React Native

Procedure Technologies is hiring for Drover.

Drover is pioneering a precise, cost-effective, and humane virtual fencing solution for livestock management that leverages Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) instead of traditional electric shocks. This enables cattle herding and monitoring through painless muscle cues, providing control without additional fencing.

The system is designed for easy deployment, operates without expensive base stations, and transmits health and location data directly to a cloud backend and mobile app. It offers farmers a streamlined and scalable tool to manage their herds efficiently. This is a key building block to enabling regenerative grazing, a practice that can decrease cattle's carbon footprint by up to 35%.

We are building at the intersection of Climate and AI, and that’s where you come in.

How will you help us achieve it?

As a Mobile Engineer, you will collaborate with the company founders, product team, and API engineers to develop a mobile application to help manage and monitor herds efficiently. You will ideate, design, implement, and maintain the product's mobile app. You will also design the UX and develop the application's front-end interfaces.

In your day-to-day, you will:

• Partner with our product team and farming partners to understand their work so you can build an app that meets their requirements.
• Maintain a high bar of engineering and coding standards.

Key Details

• You can work remotely from anywhere with an overlap of at least four hours with the product team (6 pm to 10 pm IST)
• This role involves participating in calls with US-based stakeholders.
• The compensation comes with a salary and an equity component.

You’ll thrive if you

• Don’t just complete tickets that are assigned to you; think deeply about the product and how you can make it great, then put that into action.
• Enjoy developing 0-1 software products iteratively.
• Are pragmatic and understand trade-offs in software engineering.
• Care about your craft and the mission of the software you are developing.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in building mobile apps using React Native.
• Are proficient in the Typescript ecosystem, including monorepos.
• Have a thorough understanding of the interface guidelines for Apple and Android apps.
• Have submitted apps on the App Store and the Play Store.
• Ability to debug and optimize complex systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Bonus points if you have

• Familiarity with our mapping libraries in React Native or Native frameworks.
• Have an understanding of the native iOS and Android ecosystems.
• A good knowledge of UX best practices for SaaS based interfaces & AI.
• Contributed to open-source projects.

Your First Six Months

• You will build a mobile app that will allow farmers to see their farm map with multiple layers and annotations.
• You will be working with various aspects of the map feature.
• Create virtual polygons to plot the region for their farms on the map.
• Annotate the polygons with points of interest.
• Generate heat maps of the farm livestock activity.
• You will integrate with APIs to let farmers view their livestock on the map.

About engineering at Drover

We value:

• High ownership and fast iteration.
• Deep understanding of our tools and systems.
• Continuous improvement, both technically and interpersonal.

Our technology stack:

• Mobile: React Native with TypeScript, React Query, Jest, NativeWind, Sentry.
• NX Monorepo
• API: Express (Koa)
• Infrastructure: AWS, EKS, RDS (Postgres)

Our team

• The Company is funded by Workshop Ventures Partners, a US-based venture studio focused on building great companies in Climate Tech.
• The team consists of the Drover co-founders, Callum Taylor and Sam Aubin, along with founding members from the Workshop Ventures team.

Interview Process:

• Screening: Review of your open source contributions and past projects.
• First Round of Technical Evaluation: Assessing your problem-solving and AI integration skills.
• Technical Evaluation + Cultural Fit: Understanding your alignment with our team.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Engineering Lead to join our Team. As the Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in driving the technical direction of our mobile app development, focusing on iOS and ReactJS technologies. You will lead a small team of software engineers and work closely with the product and design teams to deliver innovative and high-quality mobile applications. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technologist with a passion for startups, possesses strong leadership skills, and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and support throughout the software development lifecycle
• Set clear objectives and performance expectations for the team members, and regularly assess and review their performance
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand project requirements and define the technical roadmap for mobile app development projects.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to the team, assisting with architectural decisions, code reviews, and problem-solving.
• Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality mobile applications by managing resources, setting realistic project timelines, and resolving any obstacles or bottlenecks.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and advancements in mobile app development, iOS, and ReactJS technologies, and identify opportunities to leverage new tools and frameworks.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team, encouraging knowledge sharing, adopting best practices, and promoting a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as QA, DevOps, and UX/UI, to ensure seamless integration and deployment of mobile applications.
• Act as a point of contact for technical discussions, representing the team in meetings with stakeholders and upper management.
• Identify and address any technical or performance-related issues, working closely with the team to resolve them and ensure the stability and scalability of the mobile applications.

About

We were founded in the year 2015 with an entrepreneurial vision to bring a digital change in the B2B landscape of India. Now, with a team of 200+ people, bijnis is working towards transforming and digitizing the way manufacturing works in the unorganized Industries like Footwear, Apparel etc.

Key Competencies:

• 2+ years of experience in React-Native based app development is a must.
• Must have published at least 1 major React-Native app
• 2+ years of experience in building consumer facing Mobile Applications in React or React Native (Layouts, animations, etc.)

• Strong UX/UI design exposure and experience in making apps work intuitively and with pixel perfect interfaces.
• Good understanding of Design and Architecture Patterns
• Strong focus on app performance
• Sound knowledge of any type of mobile app development Native(android) or Hybrid.
• Good Experience of working in React Native and its supporting architectures.
• Proficient in JavaScript, CSS, HTML5
• Strong working experience with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts.
• Ability to quickly learn React Native with Redux.
• Ability to write clean code.
• Familiarity with version control management system (e.g. git)
• Knowledge of Scrum development and DevOps

• Good time management, interpersonal and communication skills, team player.

Roles/Responsibilities: 

• Work on React Native on the front end to develop Android/iOS Apps.
• Write JavaScript code in React native for the app logic. Write business logic using Reducers, Actions and Redux framework.
• Create Android/iOS specific UI for Mobile apps.
• Integrate with Native plugins or custom written plugins for specific platforms.
• Write Modular, organized and robust code.
• Write Unit tests for your code.

Have an Experience indeveloping nativeAndroid apps(depth knowledgeof Android SDK,

NDK)

Depth knowledge of SQLite and Room

Excellent in JAVA, Kotlin language with a good debugging Skills

Expert in using Android Studio and Git .

Developing universal application, which can run on most available android devices.

Must have good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming

Good eye for mobile app design and product sense

Experience in cross platform Tools like Appcelerator

Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.

Good communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders

Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.

Experience of working on Android Studio.

Good in data structure and Algorithms.

Very Sound knowledge of Android Components.

Good in Multi-threading concepts(Desired).

Very good understanding of Java, garbage collection and design patterns.

Third party API Integration like Facebook, Twitter, Payment Gateways.

Experience with Android Google Maps API, and other location based services

We are looking for a React Native developer who can build a performant mobile app on both the iOS and Android platforms. We’re looking to take our dashclicks.com web app and turn portions of it into an amazing mobile app.

You will be responsible for architecting and building this app, 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:

• Transition existing React web apps to React Native.
• Build pixel-perfect UIs across both mobile platforms (iOS and Android).
• Design and develop highly complex application components, and integrate software packages, programs and                reusable objects 
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Make use of additional JavaScript libraries such as Redux to make asynchronous API calls as well as improve the           performance of the apps
• Perform real-time monitoring and fixing crashes.
• Plan the data and presentation layer of the applications’ front-end Implement pixel-perfect UI's that match designs.    
•  Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience.
• Write unit and integration tests. Work with native modules when required.

Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in React Native (iOS and Android).
• Have a deep knowledge of Redux architecture
• Must have worked with Firebase Database and Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• Strong understanding of back-end and front-end technologies such as NodeJS, React.JS, Web Socket, Pub-Sub, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS and CSS-In-JS.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming
• Ability to write well-documented, clean JavaScript code
• React assumptions concepts like Virtual DOM, JSX, Component State and component lifecycle 
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio, IntelliJ
• Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like crash reporting and analytics
• Knowledge of functional or object-oriented programming
• Experience with automated testing suites, like (Jest or Mocha)
• Understanding of mobile UI frameworks like Native Base, UI Kitten, Material Kit etc.
• Experience implementing authorization and authentication workflows using JWT, OAuth2 etc.

Things that make us the World’s leading white-label marketing software development company:

• We do not outsource any of our fulfillment services.
• We offer a fully white-labeled dashboard allowing our users’ clients to log in and see their accounts’ progress.
• We offer educational and prospecting tools to help businesses generate growth and revenue.

What do we bring to the table?

• Competitive base pay and benefits package with exciting growth plans.
• A chance to work with professionals across various areas of expertise on a product loved by 30,000+ marketing agencies worldwide.
• 9 hours a day & 5 days a week working structure.
• A chance to learn & grow in a fast-paced environment, driving transformational growth for our brand.
• Fully remote work offers you the chance to balance your professional and personal life.

Come join us on this journey, we're looking forward to talents like you.

• 4+ years of mobile software development (iOS & Android).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep understanding and proficiency in building mobile apps from scratch using at least one mobile language (Swift, Java, Objective-C, etc.). Experience with multiple platforms is preferred.
• Desire and ability to expand expertise into additional mobile languages.
• Expertise in designing testable software and building large scale, complex applications.
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about writing clean, well organized, and production-ready code.
• A portfolio of Apps or SDKs already built and in the App Store and Google Play.
• Desire to build a larger in-house team and manage a group of developers over time.
• Some management experience preferred.

Job Description

- With 2+ years of experience of React Native experience on iOS/Android. Platforms

- Must have experience on RESTful Web-Services

- Deep familiarity with Redux and common popular React Native patterns, libraries, components, and frameworks.

- Well verse in Android and Ios framework and have atleast 2 app on playstore/Appstore.

- Mobile-first design and responsive code deeply ingrained in your thought process.

- Familiarity working with REST APIs for deep integrations with both platforms i.e. general best practices, shortcomings, trade-offs, etc.

- Have a solid understanding of CSS,Javascript and react.js.

- Must be good in problem solving, Data structures andAlgorithms.

- Must be hands on writing Unit test cases.

- Ability to work with minimal guidance in fluid environments while providing guidance/stability to junior engineers in the team.

- Strong understanding of App Architectures, E-commercesolutions

- Basic knowledge of version control system like Git / Mercurial / Bitbucket

- Writes well managed and clean codes

- Hands on experience on features specifically QR scanning, Push Notifications, Deep Linking, GPS etc. are an added advantage

- Hands on experience with 3rd party tools integration like Google Analytics, Engagement tool, Payment gateway integration is an added advantage

What you need to have: