Junior Mobile Developer

Mecca Brands; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development programs

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Reward and recognition programs

Bonus and incentive programs

Quarterly product allowance

Generous discount for you and your IMD

Job summary

MECCA is seeking a Junior Mobile Developer to join our Digital team and help build the React Native app used by customers across iOS and Android. You’ll own clearly scoped work from implementation to release, with guidance from experienced engineers.

You’ll contribute to a live app, collaborate with designers, and grow independence as you expand your skills in React Native, TypeScript, and mobile performance. The role requires four days per week in our Richmond office in Australia.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of hands-on commercial experience with React Native and TypeScript.
• Experience building reusable UI components and working with component libraries or design systems.
• Foundational knowledge of responsive layouts, accessibility, animations and mobile performance.
• Experience writing automated tests (Jest or React Native Testing Library).
• Familiarity with Git, code reviews and Agile ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain our mobile app using React Native.
• Turn Figma designs into polished, responsive experiences.
• Work on diverse features such as authentication, experimentation, analytics and push notifications.
• Contribute to automated testing across unit, integration and ideally E2E frameworks.
• Collaborate with designers and our tech lead to turn ideas into working product.
• Help investigate production issues and implement and test fixes with support from experienced engineers.
• Use AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex in your everyday workflow.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

UI components

Design systems

Tools

Jest

Git

RN Testing Library

Job description

About the Job

At MECCA, we're reimagining how beauty and technology meet, and mobile is right at the heart of it. We're looking for a Junior Mobile Developer to join our Digital team and help build the React Native app used by our customers across iOS and Android. This isn't a purely task‑based junior role. You'll contribute to features in our live app, working alongside experienced engineers. With guidance and support, you'll take ownership of clearly scoped work, from implementation and testing through to release, and build confidence and independence as you go.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain our mobile app using React Native
• Turn Figma designs into polished, responsive experiences
• Work on diverse features such as authentication, experimentation, analytics and push notifications
• Contribute to automated testing across unit, integration and ideally E2E frameworks
• Collaborate with designers and our tech lead to turn ideas into working product
• Help investigate production issues and implement and test fixes, with support from experienced engineers
• Use AI‑assisted development tools like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex in your everyday workflow, and understand, review and test the code they generate

What you’ll bring

• Around 1-2 years of hands‑on commercial experience with React Native and TypeScript
• Familiarity with building reusable UI components and working with component libraries or design systems
• Foundational knowledge of responsive layouts, accessibility, animations and mobile performance, with a willingness to develop these skills

You will also have:

• An understanding of iOS and Android fundamentals, including platform differences and app lifecycles
• A basic understanding of client state versus server state, and exposure to Zustand or similar (Redux, MobX)
• Experience integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs, including loading states, errors and async data
• Some experience writing automated tests, ideally with Jest or React Native Testing Library
• Familiarity with Git, code reviews and Agile ways of working
• Clear communication, a collaborative approach and a willingness to ask questions and seek feedback

You don't need to tick every box. We value curious people who ask why and think problems through before jumping to a solution. We'll support your growth with regular code reviews, pairing with experienced engineers and ongoing feedback from your tech lead.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with TDD and shift‑left testing
• Exposure to mobile E2E tools like Maestro, Detox or Appium
• Awareness of CI/CD pipelines, automation and feature flags
• Experience contributing to an App Store or Google Play release
• Familiarity with crash reporting, logging and monitoring tools

Your life at MECCA

We're singularly focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, and we know that wouldn't be possible without an incredible team guided by our values. We're solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and we have a bit of fun along the way.

Some of the perks

• Professional development programs and first‑class digitised learning
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Reward and recognition programs
• Access to bonus and incentive programs
• Quarterly product allowance
• Generous discount for you and your immediate family (subject to company policy)

To support your growth and learning, this role involves close collaboration with the team and requires four days per week in our Richmond office.

Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to look and feel their best by offering them the world’s best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands, coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have almost 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or one of our Distribution Centres, you will be an integral part of the MECCA family.