React Native Developer

Different Technologies Pty Ltd.; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a creative React Native Developer in Cape Town. You'll work on exciting projects for big brands while being mentored by a Technical Director. Responsibilities include developing mobile applications, managing client expectations, and conducting code reviews, requiring strong JavaScript skills and experience in React Native. Join us to create stunning user experiences while growing your technical expertise.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-6 years of experience building mobile and web applications.
• Expert understanding of JavaScript.
• Ability to architect and develop applications using technologies such as HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate requirements and manage client expectations.
• Perform code audits and peer code reviews.
• Assist with the setup and management of Azure resources.

Skills

JavaScript core language

React Native

RESTful APIs

Figma

Git

Tools

HTML

SCSS

TypeScript

ReactJS

NextJS

Webpack

Job description

Overview

Job title: React Native Developer

Job Location: Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline: September 14, 2025

• We are looking for a creative React Native Developer who is energetic and passionate about using the latest technologies, and eager to grow your skills by working on Mobile Apps and Responsive Web projects, PWA’s, API integrations and more. You will work on some big brand names, some small brand names, and start-ups building some cool projects and having fun along the way. You will be mentored by our Technical Director, giving you exposure to the latest technologies and architectural best practices being used today. This is a fantastic opportunity to build and maintain scalable, interactive, and engaging user experiences for some of the world’s leading brands.

Who Works at Bluegrass

• Code lovers and geeks with interesting hobby projects. They are collaborators and enjoy contributing to communities. They like to exceed expectations, want to learn and improve through doing great work experience & achieving results. Honest, ethical, punctual and professional with a sense of humor! Technical thinkers that can communicate well with both clients, internal teams and non-techies.

Skills Required

• Minimum of 5-6 years of continuous experience building mobile and web applications.
• Expert understanding of the JavaScript core language.
• Ability to architect, develop, test, and support applications using technologies such as HTML, SCSS, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript.
• Architecting headless web solutions using ReactJS and NextJS
• Architecting mobile applications using React Native, Expo, Redux, Detox for unit tests etc
• Experience with more than one JS framework / library preferred (React, Vue.js, NextJS)
• Experience working with charting libraries (i.e. HighCharts; D3.js) to build interactive data visualization applications (advantageous)
• Experience with JavaScript tooling and build systems (Webpack, Gulp, NPM, Babel, Yarn etc.)
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• Experience working with Figma
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and platforms (Bitbucket, GitHub) is essential
• Able to question the status quo and proactively develop improvements in the technical skill set as well as identifying technical and core skills training requirements.
• High level of attention to detail, both in matching a design and ensuring a smooth user experience
• Passionate about creating easy-to-use and stunning user experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluating requirements and producing, updating, and communicating accurate estimates of development projects.
• Ensure adherence to programming standards across projects.
• Perform code audits, peer code reviews, and support team members on their projects.
• Manage client expectations around technological limitations and challenges
• DevOps (Azure) - assist with the set up / management of Azure resources and pipelines.
• DevOps (Mobile) - assist with the set up / management of mobile app certificates and deployments.
• Strengthen architectural and system design skills for end-to-end project management.
• Enhance deadline management and project communication to avoid unnecessary frustration and overtime.
• Encourage developer responsibility and ownership throughout projects, guiding the internal team to take charge and supporting project managers when necessary

Key Behaviours

• You set a high bar for yourself and the team’s engineering skills
• You possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
• You provide technical leadership and proactively mentor more junior engineers
• You develop high quality maintainable code to meet complex changing environment
• You enjoy fixing and improving technical debt across legacy code
• You seriously test your changes before hitting the main branch
• You support your code in production
• You continuously deliver improvements to the code base
• You have solid analytical and problem solving skills and strong attention to detail
• You learn quickly and like to stay current with new technologies