Senior React Native Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Design tactile, gesture-based interactions such as mystery pack openings, loot-box carousel displays, card flips, and real-time drop notifications utilizing React Native Reanimated, Gesture Handler, and Skia.

• Enhance frame rates and native performance across iOS and Android devices by resolving thread bottlenecks, preventing dropped frames, addressing sluggish view hierarchies, and eliminating memory leaks.

• Create robust mobile query pipelines using GraphQL and TanStack Query, incorporating optimistic cache updates, pagination, handling network interruptions, and reconciling connections during live unboxings.

• Oversee end-to-end deployment processes for the Apple App Store and Google Play, including TestFlight, provisioning profiles, navigating store reviews, testing tracks, ensuring policy compliance, Expo (EAS), fastlane, Sentry, and OTA updates.

• Utilize React Native New Architecture features such as Fabric and TurboModules, and develop custom native modules or haptics where the limitations of JavaScript bridges affect performance.

• Spearhead the engineering of Pack.com’s iOS and Android mobile applications from development builds to app store distribution as a hands-on contributor.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive production experience in developing and maintaining cross-platform mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript, with direct involvement in apps launched on both the Apple App Store and Google Play.

• In-depth, practical experience with React Native Reanimated (including worklets and shared values) and Gesture Handler.

• Familiarity with Shopify React Native Skia or custom canvas shaders is a significant advantage.

• Proficient in profiling real devices utilizing Xcode Instruments, Android Studio Profiler, and React Native DevTools to identify UI/JS thread contention and excessive memory usage.

• Comprehensive understanding of GraphQL and TanStack Query (React Query) for managing client-side caching, handling race conditions, executing mutations, and dealing with offline/reconnection scenarios on unstable mobile networks.

• Practical experience in managing builds and submissions through both Apple App Store Connect and the Google Play Console, including configuring crash monitoring (Sentry) and over-the-air (OTA) updates.

• Dedicated individual contributor ready to write production-quality code, optimize performance, and deliver releases within a compact engineering team without the complexity of people management.

🏝️ Benefits

• Direct IC Ownership: A pure technical focus with complete autonomy over code quality, implementation specifics, and tooling selections in collaboration with technical leadership.

• High-Growth Ecosystem: The financial support and operational stability of a credible 2024 parent company combined with the opportunity to impact the launch of a brand-new native mobile application.

• 100% Remote: A flexible, asynchronous work environment centered around delivered features and seamless mobile experiences.