Senior Associate - React Native Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain high‑quality, scalable React Native applications for both iOS and Android.
• Develop robust, reusable, and maintainable UI components, screens, modules, and native integrations.
• Ensure mobile experiences are performant, responsive, accessible, and aligned with the organisation’s design system.
• Integrate mobile applications with backend APIs, microservices, event‑driven systems, and cloud‑native infrastructure.
• Write clean, secure, modular code applying SOLID, DRY, clean architecture, and secure‑by‑default principles.
• Implement advanced mobile patterns including offline support, caching, animations, gestures, native bridges, and deep linking.
• Lead discussions on mobile architecture, patterns, navigation, and platform‑specific differences.
• Partner with UX/UI Designers to bring mobile wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to life with pixel‑perfect accuracy.
• Provide technical guidance on mobile design feasibility, interaction patterns, and accessibility.
• Advocate for a mobile‑first, user‑centred approach in all design and development decisions.
• Define and implement mobile testing strategies including unit, integration, component, and E2E testing (e.g., Jest, React Native Testing Library, Detox/Appium).
• Promote and support CI/CD automation for mobile builds, releases, and OTA updates (e.g., App Center, CodePush, Fastlane).
• Lead code reviews to enforce standards, maintainability, and quality consistency across the mobile codebase.
• Diagnose and resolve performance issues across devices, platforms, OS versions, and environments.
• Contribute as a senior member of Scrum or Kanban teams, shaping backlogs, defining acceptance criteria, and supporting sprint ceremonies.
• Collaborate closely with backend, QA, UX, and product functions to deliver high‑quality increments every sprint.
• Provide accurate estimations and break down complex features into actionable, manageable tasks.
• Mentor engineers across squads, supporting their growth in mobile development, testing, and architecture.