About the role
We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Software Engineer (React with NextJS & React Native) to join our Zable US Credit Card team, becoming a key part of a cross-functional team building and refining features for iOS, Android, and Web in one of the world’s toughest and most dynamic credit markets - the United States.
Our US credit card product launched this year and our work now continues to build and refine our customer offering to complement our highly successful UK credit card business, which serves over 750,000 customers. Our roadmap includes features to introduce new user journeys and optimise conversion rates in our existing funnels, increasing functionality for our existing customers, refactoring & improving our codebase and tooling, and plenty more as we continue our growth in this market.
Alongside feature work we also put a big focus on improving performance, reducing tech debt, and improving scalability. Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives that help us scale Lendable as a global business as we continue to grow.
Tech stack
Mobile AppsTypescript, React Native, Expo, EAS, GraphQL, Relay, Zustand, Jest, React Testing Library, MaestroWebTypescript, React, NextJS, Redux Toolkit, SCSS, React Testing Library, CypressBackend / InfrastructurePHP 8 (Symfony), Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, KubernetesToolingGithub, Jira & Confluence, for our code & product management processesBugsnag, Datadog & Sentry for debugging and reportingFigma & Storybook, for our design processFor more information about how we work you can also check out our blog and read more about our workplace culture.What we're looking for
You have a solid understanding of modern Javascript with TypescriptYou have significant commercial experience with both cross-platform mobile development using React Native, and of web development with React and NextJSYou have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devicesYou are an advocate for automated testing, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid You can quickly identify and assess technical debt and are keen to make the case for remedying it whenever the opportunity arisesYou understand the importance of catering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered toYou have experience working with product owners to break down business requirements into deliverable tasks and estimate the complexity of their implementation. You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and are comfortable putting forward alternative approaches where appropriateYou have experience mentoring and supporting other engineers, playing a role in their personal and professional growth, and enabling them to succeed.What would make you stand out
You’re comfortable owning and managing the full spectrum of iOS & Android application requirements, such as provisioning, certificate management, automated deployment, and app store release processesYou have experience with modern React web development using frameworks such as NextJS, and Server ComponentsYou’ve worked with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications to help define API requirements and contracts, collaborating with backend developers to agree on best approaches when scoping work that requires new and updated schemasYou have in-depth experience of mobile and web performance best practices and debuggingYou have experience of UI or UX design. You feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers, and are happy to get involved in making design decisions where requiredYou’ve built, or worked on, products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contextsInterview process
A quick video call with a member of our talent team to learn more about youA 30-minute video call with an engineer to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the roleA short React Native coding exercise to complete in your own timeFinal Onsite or Video interviews which include;A technical session with your peers where you’ll discuss your solution to the exercise, talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experienceAn interview with an Engineering Manager to explore your motivations and goals, assess how you could play a part in your team’s success, and better understand how we could help you thrive in your role.
