React Native Developer

Kloudius Services is a technology services partner engineered for agility, precision and scale. We specialize in building cloud-native, AI-enabled solutions that power enterprises across industries and stay ahead in fast moving markets.

Position Overview:

The incumbent will be a highly experienced developer with a deep understanding and strong proficiency of mobile application development who would possess proven track records of delivering high-quality mobile applications with React Native.

Key Responsibilities:

Application Development

• Develop expertise in writing platform-specific code when necessary, understanding the nuances of iOS and Android development within the React Native codebase
• Contribute to feature development, design and implementation of the application architecture, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and adherence to best practices
• Troubleshoot and debug issues within the application with debugging tools and techniques to identify and fix bugs efficiently
• Take on complex development and design tasks to ensure performant solutions.
• Expand on already extensive knowledge of resource utilization, state management, and other React Native intrinsic challenges (eg. Re-rendering) and develop code and methodologies to best solve those challenges effectively.
• Develop and implement effective testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing, to ensure the reliability and robustness of the application whilst delivering high-quality features
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in the application, optimizing codebase for faster load times and smoother user experience
• Integrating mobile applications with server-side APIs, understanding, and implementing robust asynchronous data synchronization processes within the application
• Taking ownership of assigned tasks and seeing them through to completion

Technical Leadership

• Assist to provide technical guidance and/or mentoring within scrum team (especially junior developers) towards effective solutions and high-quality deliverables
• Conduct regular and thorough code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and security guidelines
• Ensure comprehensive documentation of the codebase, architectural decisions, and development processes to facilitate knowledge sharing and future maintenance

Project Planning and Management

• Working closely with team members (including QAs) to understand requirements and deliver high-quality features
• Review and analyze requirements, user's stories for validity and feasibility and understand what needs to be design and develop or maintain
• Contributing to project planning and estimation
• Engage with project stakeholders, providing technical insights and timely updates on project status, monitor project progress updates, and addressing technical concerns, issues or roadblocks
• Identify potential risks and proactively develop strategies to mitigate risk and escalate accordingly

Communication and Collaboration

• Collaborate and align with Team Lead on technical decisions and development lifecycle
• Identifying and addressing technical challenges or obstacles (including bugs and any technical debts encountered) and conflicts within the team during the development process

Continuous Learning and Improvement

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, assisting in their professional
• development and helping them navigate challenges
• Identify areas for skill improvement and seek feedback on process enhancements within the team
• Encourage continuous learning and professional development among team members
• Stay updated with latest developments in React Native and mobile app developments

Experience & Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong foundation in mobile application development patterns, architectures, and best practices.

Experience

• Extensive hands-on experience developing mobile applications using the React Native framework.
• Proven experience integrating React Native components with native iOS and Android modules.
• Practical experience working with CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Strong familiarity with Git version control, including branching strategies and collaborative workflows.
• Experience using development and quality tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Fortify, and Jira is advantageous.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments, actively participating in Agile ceremonies.

Technical Knowledge

• Advanced proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Strong expertise in state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Zustand), Hooks, Context API, and both class and functional components.
• In-depth understanding of component lifecycle, asynchronous programming, and performance considerations.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and data synchronization between mobile applications and backend systems.
• Working knowledge of native mobile development for iOS and Android (Objective-C/Swift, Java/Kotlin).
• Strong understanding of React Native Bridge and Fabric architectures and the implications for native module development.
• Hands-on experience with feature flag management (CloudBees), application monitoring and reporting tools(New Relic), and network debugging tools (Charles Proxy).

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to provide clear and constructive feedback.
• Proven ability to mentor and support team members, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture.
• Strong decision-making skills, particularly when addressing technical challenges or project-related issues.
• Effective conflict resolution abilities, promoting a healthy and productive team environment.
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.