React Native Developer

Immediate Media Co; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in London is seeking a skilled React Native Developer to join their app development team. You will play a key role in building user-friendly mobile applications that serve millions of users. The ideal candidate should have strong JavaScript and React Native skills, with a focus on performance and user experience. This position offers a competitive salary up to £55,000 and benefits including flexible working, wellness initiatives, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday

Flexible / hybrid working

Cycle to work scheme

Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Skilled in JavaScript and TypeScript for development tasks.
• Experience in developing mobile apps using React Native.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test new user-facing features across iOS and Android apps.
• Build reusable code and components for future use.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure great user experience.

Skills

JavaScript / TypeScript

React Native

Integrating first and third-party services including REST APIs and analytics

Automated testing including unit and end-to-end

Understanding of the key differences between native platforms

Git and NPM/Yarn

Great communication skills

Tools

Bitrise

Job description

Overview

React Native Developer (up to £55,000)

Immediate is home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and BBC Gardeners World magazine. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.

We’re the destination for people looking to get more from the things they love. We’re here to inspire, fuel, encourage and educate.

Whether it’s the big things, or the little things; from reaching fitness goals to savouring good food, cultivating outdoor spaces, or enjoying the latest TV sensation – we help bring our audiences joy!

About the role

We are looking for a skilled and passionate React Native Developer to join our app development team. You’ll help shape the future of Fabric, our digital publishing platform that powers some of the UK’s most iconic brands including and serves over 60 million unique users monthly. Our native apps are a rapidly growing part of this platform with hundreds of thousands of active subscribers.

As part of our cross-functional development team, you'll contribute to a shared codebase powering multiple apps, working with modern tooling and infrastructure including TypeScript, React Native, REST APIs, automated tests, and Bitrise for CI/CD.

You’ll report to the Lead React Native Developer and play a key role in building new features, supporting new brand rollouts, and maintaining app quality — always with a focus on user experience, performance, accessibility, and engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Immerse yourself in our technical ecosystem
• Develop and test new user-facing features, and support existing ones, across our iOS and Android apps
• Build reusable code, components and libraries for future use
• Optimise screens, code and assets for maximum speed and scalability
• Follow our standards, best practices and guidelines, and be actively involved in improving them
• Use testing frameworks to ensure automated test coverage for platform functionality
• Collaborate with other team members and the Product Manager to progress our digital strategy
• Keep up to date with industry and technical developments
• Write and improve technical documentation when necessary
• Work across disciplines to deliver a great user experience for our customers

Requirements

• JavaScript / TypeScript
• React Native
• Integrating first and third-party services including REST APIs and analytics
• Automated testing including unit and end-to-end
• Understanding of the key differences between native platforms
• Git and NPM/Yarn to manage your work and dependencies
• Great communication skills with colleagues and stakeholders

Desirable

• In-App Purchases and subscriptions via the stores
• Agile working principles
• Working with a design system/component library
• Using JavaScript and React in the browser
• Hands on experience working with native modules on iOS and/or Android
• Bitrise

Benefits

• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
• Immediate Community webinars, well-being initiatives and Mental Health First aiders
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
• Claim back everyday health care cost with Medicash our Health Cash back plan
• Lease an Electric vehicle through our EV salary sacrifice scheme
• Tailored training and development through our Love Learning platform
• A progressive and transparent culture with clear career progression
• Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
• Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
• A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces

At Immediate, we pride ourselves on our open, collaborative, and dynamic culture that empowers our people to thrive and give their best. We care deeply about our people, environment, and impact. Our active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programs, and clear sustainability strategies reflect this commitment.

People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is extremely important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We’ll never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We’re also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.

Immediate is a place where you can grow, be supported, and make a difference