Mobile Developer (co-op)

Divergence; Toronto; On-site; CAD 22,320 - 31,248; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Lean, agile culture

Hybrid/remote work

Job summary

Divergence Neuro Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Mobile Developer (co-op) to build, maintain, and upgrade the Dive mobile app using React Native. This hybrid, mostly remote, full-time role places you in a dynamic startup environment in Toronto.

You’ll collaborate with product and engineering teams, implement data-driven features, and ensure app security and performance across platforms, while documenting decisions and contributing to rapid learning and growth.

Qualifications

• Experience developing, testing and launching data-driven mobile apps.
• Proficient with React Native, React and JavaScript (co-op or hobby).
• Experience implementing mobile UI/UX designs.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs and data workflows.
• Solid security concepts for mobile platforms.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication.
• Ability to work quickly, independently and efficiently.
• Curiosity and rapid learning demonstrated in past projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide daily updates at standups with dev/product teams.
• Collaborate with product to design and validate app features delivering value.
• Document decisions in Confluence and track work in Jira.
• Build and maintain a secure, performant mobile app across stores (Apple/Google).
• Support testing for security/privacy compliance and business objectives.

Skills

React Native

React

JavaScript

UI/UX design

REST APIs

Security principles

English communication

Independence

Learning agility

Problem solving

Education

CS/CE degree program

Mobile app development experience

Job description

Divergence Neuro Technologies, Inc. is looking for a talented individual to fill the position of Mobile Developer (co-op) to continue building, maintaining, and upgrading our platform mobile application, Dive, and its variants using React Native. The position would be working in hybrid fashion (mostly remotely) on a full time basis.

Who we are:

Divergence is a Toronto-based startup focused on the research and development of a data-driven, cloud-based biofeedback platform based on EEG-analysis, EKG-analysis and machine learning to improve mental health for all. Our platform and research enhance clinical and personal mental health assessments by supplementing self-reporting methods with an easy-to-understand, cloud-based software platform, offering individualized neurofeedback and biofeedback protocols driven by machine learning and AI combined with therapist interaction.

What is in it for you:

• Opportunity to help transform technology for mental health and improve quality and experience of health care at a large scale,
• Opportunity to learn from leading tech / science experts in the field,
• Chance to build a product that you can be proud of and grow with in the future,
• Being immersed in a culture that is lean, agile, and scrappy,
• Super laid back, no-nonsense kind of environment,
• Flexible working style and hours.

What you’ll be working on:

Divergence is building a mobile application that enables remote data collection and mental health training session implementation with integration to mobile, dry, wireless EEG and EKG devices. You will be a core part of the development team that is obsessed with better user experience, capabilities, and performance of the application.

Your day-to-day will involve:

• Providing daily planning and task updates at standup meetings with development and product teams,
• Working with the product team to design and validate app features to deliver incremental value to customers,
• Clearly documenting implementation and design decisions in Confluence,
• Clearly communicating status, estimates, and efforts in Jira,
• Building and implementing the mobile app to be simple, elegant, secure and performant,
• Managing and performing maintenance, changes and bug fixes on the mobile app,
• Releasing the mobile app onto applicable app stores and platforms (Apple, Google),
• Managing the process of testing the mobile app for compliance with security and privacy policies as well as to ensure compliance with the stated business objectives of the app / feature.

You must have:

• Experience developing, testing and launching at least one (1) data-driven mobile applications,
• Demonstrable practical experience using React Native, React and Javascript (co-op or hobby experience is applicable),
• Experience implementing mobile application UI / UX designs,
• In-depth knowledge of working with data driven workflow implementation and REST APIs,
• Solid understanding of security principles and practices on mobile platforms,
• Great written and verbal communication skills in English,
• Ability to work quickly, independently, and efficiently,
• A keen desire towards continuous learning and demonstrable cases where you have applied this to learn new things extremely quickly,
• Open mind and proven mental agility to pivot if and when required without impact to productivity and timelines,
• Resourcefulness to identify requirements and find solutions creatively.

Preference will be given if you have:

• Previous startup experience,
• Biomedical technology development experience,
• Experience with signal processing especially relating to biological signals such as EEG and/or EKG,
• Solid understanding of SDK integration into mobile applications including testing and debugging 3rd party device SDK’s,
• Understanding of lean product development principles,
• Full stack experience for mobile client and backend,
• Experience designing UX / UI based on business requirements.

Your education:

• Enrolled in a Computer Science / Computer Engineering related post secondary degree, diploma program at an Ontario University or College,
• Specialized training or real world experience in developing mobile applications.