Senior Applications Developer (React Native)

Home Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Benefits package

Job summary

Pets at Home in Manchester is seeking a Senior App Developer to help shape the future of our mobile experience. If you're passionate about React Native and solving complex technical challenges, we'd love to hear from you.

You'll design, develop and mentor, collaborating with Product, Design and Engineering to deliver scalable, secure, and intuitive features for millions of pet owners. Strong skills in TypeScript, Redux, React Navigation and testing with Jest are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing React Native applications.
• Expertise with TypeScript, Redux, RTK Query, React Navigation and Firebase.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and enhance the React Native mobile applications.
• Take ownership of technical solutions, ensuring maintainability and performance.
• Champion code quality, testing, accessibility and security.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Mentor and support other developers through code reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling and engineering standards.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

Redux

RTK Query

React Navigation

Firebase

Jest

Tools

Azure

Job description

Senior App Developer (React Native)

Hybrid Working | Handforth Support Office & Home
At Pets at Home, we're on a mission to become the world's best pet care platform. Our mobile app plays a huge part in that journey, helping millions of pet owners access products, services and expert care whenever they need it.

We're looking for aSenior App Developer to help shape the future of our mobile experience. If you're passionate about React Native, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and love collaborating with talented people, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll do

As a Senior App Developer, you'll take a leading role in the design, development and continuous improvement of the Pets at Home mobile app. You'll work closely with Product, Design and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality features that are scalable, secure and intuitive for our customers.

You'll:

• Design, develop and enhance our React Native mobile applications
• Take ownership of technical solutions, ensuring they're maintainable, performant and aligned with best practice
• Champion code quality, testing, accessibility and security.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Mentor and support other developers through collaboration and code reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement across tooling, development practices and engineering standards.

What we're looking for

You’ll be an experienced mobile developer with a passion for building exceptional customer experiences.

Key skills and experience include:

• Strong experience developing React Native applications.
• Expertise with technologies such as TypeScript, Redux, RTK Query, React Navigation and Firebase.
• Experience writing automated tests using Jest, React Testing Library and end-to-end testing tools.
• Strong understanding of mobile architecture, performance optimisation, API integrations and application lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and mobile development best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to mentor others and influence technical direction.

Experience with Azure, native iOS/Android development, or cloud technologies would be advantageous.

Why join Pets at Home?

• A flexible hybrid working environment.
• The opportunity to work on products used by millions of pet owners.
• A collaborative engineering culture that values innovation, learning and continuous improvement.
• The chance to influence technical direction and mentor fellow developers.
• Competitive salary and a fantastic benefits package.

Pets just see people.We take our inspiration from pets. They don't judge by background, identity or differences, and neither do we. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and able to be themselves. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we'll be happy to support you.