About the role
We’re looking for a Senior React Native Engineer to join our cross-functional team building new product experiences in our established Zable App, used by over 500,000 customers on iOS and Android.
Over the next year we have big plans for our app. New products and bringing Zable to a new audience. We are scaling our dev team up to match our ambition and we’re looking for talented people to help us experiment and succeed in these new areas.
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 our UK and US based products as we continue to grow.
Tech stack
Mobile Apps
Typescript, React Native, GraphQL, Jest, React Testing Library, Maestro, MobX
Web
Typescript, React, NextJS, SCSS, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Redux
Backend
Kotlin, PHP 7/8 (Symfony), AWS, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes
Tooling
Github, Jira & Confluence, for our code & product management processes
Github Actions
Bugsnag, Datadog & Sentry for debugging and reporting
Figma & Storybook, for our design process
What we're looking for
You have a solid understanding of modern Javascript with Typescript
You have commercial experience with cross-platform mobile development using React Native
You have a good understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices
You are experienced with current automated testing approaches, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid
You have a product mindset and are comfortable working with product owners to break down business requirements into deliverable tasks and estimate the complexity of their implementation.
What would make you stand out
You’ve used GraphQL in a production environment
You have experience of mobile performance best practices and debugging
You’ve used staged rollouts and multivariate testing approaches to release new features and test hypotheses
You 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 to
You have experience of UI or UX design and you feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers.
You’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 contexts
Interview process
A quick video call with a member of our talent team to learn more about you
A 30-minute video call with an engineer to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role
A short React Native coding exercise to complete in your own time
Final Onsite or Video interviews;
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 experience
An 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.
Life at Lendable (check out our Glassdoor page)
> The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies.
> Best-in-class compensation, including equity.
> You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish - on the other days we all come together IRL to be together, build and exchange ideas.
> Our in-house chef prepares fresh, healthy lunches in the office every Tuesday-Thursday
> We care for our Lendies’ well-being both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance
> We're an equal opportunity employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London
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