Staff React Native Engineer - Pro

Kraken; Mexico; On-site; PHP 4,923,076 - 7,384,615; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking an experienced mobile engineer to own and drive the technical vision of Kraken’s Pro mobile application in Pampanga, Philippines. You will build high-performance applications using React Native and TypeScript, and lead initiatives to enhance app performance and reliability.

A successful candidate should have over 8 years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on mobile development. Join us to make a significant impact in the evolving world of open finance!

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, focusing on mobile development.
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript.
• Proven leadership experience in production mobile applications.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application.
• Build and maintain high-performance mobile applications.
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability.

Skills

React Native

TypeScript

Mobile performance optimisation

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Building the Future of Open Finance Payward – the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks – has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work.

The opportunity

• Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application
• Build and maintain high-performance mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (e.g. startup time, responsiveness, resource efficiency)
• Act as a technical leader across multiple teams, ensuring consistency and quality across a shared codebase
• Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver impactful, user-facing features
• Take the lead during critical production issues, diagnosing problems and driving solutions
• Define and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and tooling for mobile development
• Mentor engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team
• Stay close to the code while operating at a strategic, platform level

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on mobile development
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript
• Proven experience owning or leading large-scale, production mobile applications
• Strong understanding of mobile performance optimisation, architecture, and debugging
• Experience delivering measurable improvements to app performance (e.g. load time, stability, efficiency)
• Solid knowledge of iOS and Android platforms
• Experience working across multiple teams or shared platforms
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a bias for action

Nice to have

• Significant experience of developing micro interactions and animations in React Native
• Experience building high-performance consumer or fintech applications
• Familiarity with native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin, etc.)
• Experience defining or scaling mobile platforms across multiple teams
• Background in fast-growing or highly technical product environments
• Contributions to open-source or the broader engineering community

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Payward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don’t fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you’re passionate or knowledgeable about crypto.

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, whether based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.