Senior React Native Mobile Platform Engineer

frontcareers; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Front is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to advance the foundations of our React Native based mobile app, ensuring great performance on Android and iOS. In this role, you will be the go-to specialist for everything React Native on the Client Platform team, collaborating with Electron and web counterparts to improve performance and enable cross-platform shipping.

You will lead and mentor other engineers while shaping the user experience and balancing pragmatic engineering trade-offs in a

Qualifications

• Experience building fast, reliable real-time mobile apps.
• Strong React Native expertise and cross-platform mindset.
• Product-minded with focus on user experience.
• Thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments.
• Pragmatic problem-solver balancing engineering trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Front’s cross-platform client-side codebase.
• Improve performance of the React Native mobile app on iOS and Android.
• Dive to native layers and expose platform APIs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Android and/or iOS ecosystems.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to engineers.

Skills

React Native

Real-time mobile apps

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

C/C++

JNI

Android NDK

Kotlin

TypeScript

Job description

Front is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to advance the foundations of our React Native based mobile app, ensuring great performance on Android and iOS. In this role, you will be the go-to specialist for everything React Native on the Client Platform team, collaborating with Electron and web counterparts to improve performance and enable cross-platform shipping.

You will lead and mentor other engineers while shaping the user experience and balancing pragmatic engineering trade-offs in a