Staff Frontend Engineer - React Native

Hard Rock Digital; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online gaming company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Staff Mobile Engineer to develop a high-performance mobile application for iOS and Android. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience in mobile development, strong skills in React Native, and a passion for improving customer experience through innovative solutions. This role offers competitive pay, flexible working conditions, and the opportunity to be part of a dynamic team building products for millions of users.

Benefits

Competitive pay and benefits

Flexible vacation allowance

Flexible work from home or office hours

Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in developing mobile applications (native or hybrid).
• 5+ years experience developing in React Native.
• Prior experience developing on native android and iOS.

Responsibilities

• Develop a high-performance mobile application for iOS and Android.
• Deliver quality code and stable applications.
• Collaborate with team to develop backend APIs.

Skills

Mobile application development

React Native

State management (MobX)

REST, Websockets, GraphQL

TypeScript

Native Android/iOS development (Java, Objective-C, Swift)

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

What are we building?

Hard Rock Digital is a team focused on becoming the best online sportsbook, casino, and social gaming company in the world. We’re building a team that resonates passion for learning, operating and building new products and technologies for millions of consumers. We care about each customer's interaction, experience, behavior, and insight and strive to ensure we’re always acting authentically.

Rooted in the kindred spirits of Hard Rock and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the new Hard Rock Digital taps a brand known the world over as the leader in gaming, entertainment, and hospitality. We’re taking that foundation of success and bringing it to the digital space — ready to join us?

What’s the position?

This is an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly growing technology team, responsible for continuous growth and support of an unrivaled betting experience for millions of sports fans everywhere. We’re looking for a Staff Mobile Engineer who will bring their creativity and experience to Hard Rock Sportsbook to help us build software with a spark of magic. This is a role that works closely with Product Management, Design, QA, and Backend Engineering to deliver a full-featured mobile app. The candidate should have a strong track record developing React Native apps, as well as experience with iOS and/or Android apps, preferably with a background in sportsbook, gaming, or a related industry.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working in an agile, cross functional, team working to deliver the best possible platform experience on multiple platforms
• Develop a high-performance mobile application used daily by tens of thousands of players in React Native for iOS and Android platforms
• Skilled in breaking down features into requirements, giving time estimates, and writing test procedures
• Working in a highly regulated industry
• Work with business partners to continually develop, evolve and improve the mobile application
• Collaborate with the team to develop backend api’s that support both iOS and Android mobile platforms
• Champion best practices in testing, code reviews, and continuous integration, ensuring the delivery of high-quality code and stable applications
• Be focused on the end user’s experience and iteratively improve performance
• Implement analytics in all aspects of the application and analyze results

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an engineer who is willing to tackle problems with innovative ideas and quality technical implementations. We believe the perfect candidate isn’t interested in just what we’re building right now, but wants to understand where we’re going and how it impacts the customer to ensure everything we create moves us closer to our goal: delivering the best customer experience.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Min 7+ years of experience in developing mobile applications (native or hybrid)
• Min 5+ years experience developing in react native
• Extensive experience with state management, specifically mobx
• Extensive experience with rest, websockets and graphql
• Extensive experience developing in react-native using TypeScript
• Prior experience developing on native android an iOS using Java, Objective-C, and/or Swift
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Knowledgeable in aspects of the mobile development lifecycle, including application development, application structure, device and operation system APIs, debugging, performance, security, and deployment
• Deep knowledge and understanding of client-server development in mobile environment, and proven architect skills
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery with Apple and Google App Stores
• Utilization and integration of mobile features like Push Notifications, Background Loading, Offline Content Storage, etc.
• Must have prior experience building scalable, secure, and compliant systems for real money or high-volume transactional platforms.

What’s in it for you?

We offer our employees more than just competitive compensation. Our team benefits include:

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Flexible vacation allowance
• Flexible work from home or office hours
• Startup culture backed by a secure, global brand
• Opportunity to build products enjoyed by millions as part of a passionate team

Roster of Uniques

We care deeply about every interaction our customers have with us, and trust and empower our staff to own and drive their experience. Our vision for our business and customers is built on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where regardless of background or beliefs you feel able to be authentic and bring all your talent into play. We want to celebrate you being you (we are an equal opportunities employer)