Lead React Native developer

Experience: 10+ Years
Location: Woodland Hills, California, United States (Hybrid)

Job Description

React Native Lead to design, develop, and maintain high-quality mobile applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in React Native, a strong understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks, and the ability to lead development efforts while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.

You will be responsible for building robust, scalable, and maintainable applications, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality user experiences across iOS and Android platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of user-facing features using React Native

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable and high-performance mobile applications

• Develop reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

• Translate UI/UX designs and wireframes into pixel-perfect, high-quality code

• Optimize application performance across multiple devices and platforms

• Implement smooth animations and transitions to enhance user experience

• Integrate third-party APIs and RESTful services

• Ensure code quality through best practices, clean architecture, and maintainable code

• Collaborate with backend developers, designers, and other stakeholders

• Participate in design discussions and technical decision-making

• Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance when required

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall software development experience

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and object-oriented concepts

• Extensive experience with React Native and strong understanding of React.js core principles

• Hands-on experience with state management libraries such as Redux / Flux

• Familiarity with modern ECMAScript (ES6+) standards

• Experience with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations

• Knowledge of modern authentication mechanisms (e.g., JWT)

• Experience with front-end build tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM

• Familiarity with version control systems like Git, SVN, or Mercurial

• Strong understanding of performance optimization and benchmarking techniques

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset

• Ability to work as an individual contributor