Senior Mobile Architect - React Native Leader

Trending Talent Solutions; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical cover

Provident fund

Funeral cover

Long service awards

Learnerships and bursaries

Job summary

Trending Talent Solutions is seeking a Senior Mobile Developer to design, develop, and support cross-platform mobile apps, ensuring performance, security, and scalability. You will lead technical excellence across the full SDLC and collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust mobile solutions.

The role demands extensive React Native and TypeScript experience, strong UI/UX translation, and hands-on leadership in architecture, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum: Diploma or related qualification in Software Development.
• Preferred: Degree in B.Eng./B.Sc./B.Com relating to IT or Software Development.
• 6+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Experience mentoring developers.
• Extensive experience with React Native plus strong TypeScript and modern React skills.
• Experience with mobile testing tools and Android/iOS development.
• Strong knowledge of state management (Redux) and mobile build pipelines (Expo).
• Cloud platforms (Azure advantageous) and REST APIs.
• CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with international teams in different time zones.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cross-platform mobile features using React Native and TypeScript.
• Translate UI/UX designs into responsive mobile interfaces across devices and OSes.
• Integrate with APIs, backend services, databases, and third-party platforms.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards and QA processes.
• Produce technical documentation and architectural diagrams.
• Define architectural decisions for app structure, state management, offline capabilities, and scalability.
• Identify and manage technical debt and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish and enforce mobile development standards and best practices.

Skills

Mentoring developers

Communication skills (English)

Leadership

Time management

Education

Diploma in Software Development

Degree in BEng / BSc / BCom IT related

Tools

React Native

TypeScript

Redux

Expo Application Services

Git

Azure DevOps

Azure

REST APIs

Microservices

RabbitMQ

Cosmos DB

MSSQL

Job description

Trending Talent Solutions is seeking a Senior Mobile Developer to design, develop, and support cross-platform mobile apps, ensuring performance, security, and scalability. You will lead technical excellence across the full SDLC and collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust mobile solutions.

The role demands extensive React Native and TypeScript experience, strong UI/UX translation, and hands-on leadership in architecture, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.