Maharishi Foundation International: Senior Mobile Engineer
Job SummaryWe are looking for a senior mobile engineer with a proven track record of developing React Native mobile applications. As we are a small but growing team, you will be responsible for the maintenance and support of existing app features as well as planning and scoping new feature additions and iterations.You will be working closely with our team to maintain, improve, and extend a meditation and lifestyle application. Applicants should have a proven track record working on large scale, consumer-facing products with complex and intuitive UX/UI. Applicants should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, where each individual has a lot of influence and responsibility to deliver. You will play a vital role in the future success of this application, and of our wider organisation.The app is in the market in many countries around the world, and has a monthly active user base of tens of thousands of users.The AWS backend is built using a serverless approach using AppSync (GraphQL), DynamoDB, Cognito and Lambda. Local development and stack deployment is managed using the Serverless framework, and CI pipelines have been implemented using CircleCI and Bitrise. Experience with any of these is a big plus.About YouYou are passionate about creating beautiful, modern, and intuitive user interfaces on mobile devices. You are comfortable with cross platform development (for iOS and Android), and enjoy solving the challenges that come with such a codebase. You understand API architecture, and can take a data model and translate it into reusable and flexible components. You enjoy shipping clean, readable and reusable code. You are comfortable working on a distributed team spread across time zones and cultures. You are excited to use technology to have a positive impact in the world as a whole, and in an intimate way for each individual.ResponsibilitiesTake responsibility for front-end development and maintenance, and work with our team to continue testing and releasing featuresEnsure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applicationCollaborate with the engineering, product, and design teams, contribute to the definition of specifications for new features, and own the development of those featuresGuide the team regarding constraints and best practices in a mobile environmentProactively identify and solve bottlenecks; fix bugs and performance issuesMaintain code quality, organization and automatizationEnsure testing strategy is followed within the team - for unit and integration tests, and automated testingSkills and Qualifications8 years of testing and deploying code in a production environmentProven experience in mobile native app development (Objective-C, Swift, Kotlin, Java)Strong experience with React and React NativeExperience with Typescript, Node.js, GraphQL and RESTProficient with code versioning tools (Git)Basic understanding of using CI to deploy apps (we use Bitrise)Attention to detail to implement and bring designs to life using animations (we use Animated and Reanimated in some places)Understanding of React Native limitations in native mobile environmentsUnderstanding of code signing for iOS and Android (we use Fastlane)Good understanding of best practices for mobile apps, like Material Design and Human Interface GuidelinesExperience working in a global non-profit, working with a remote team and / or in a multinational organization preferredFluency in English (written and verbal)If you are passionate about this work but do not have all of the skills listed we are still interested in speaking with you and encourage you to apply!Pay and benefitsOur pay levels are set according to a formula that combines above-median market rate data for the role (we pay 55th percentile of New York market rate for this role, based on Payscale data) adjusted for your local cost of living based on Numbeo data.We take the issue of equitable pay very seriously, and we apply our pay formula to all workers who work 80% or more of full time hours with us.Diversity and inclusionWe care about diversity - we strive to ensure all of our team feel included and can bring their whole selves to work but we also know that this work is never done or complete, and that we can always improve.Our team is fully remote, living and working across 20 countries across the world, and wed love to hear how you can add to our special culture at MFI. Related Jobs See more Front-End Programming jobs