We’re looking for an experienced React Native Developer to play a critical role in the build of our iOS and Android app. As an early member of the team, this person will play a key role in the end-to-end mobile application development and work closely with the rest of the engineering team, product and design to spec-out, design and implement solutions for our end-users from version 1 and onward.

Groundswell is a hybrid workplace with both remote-friendly and in-office positions. While this position may be fully remote, the ideal candidate will reside in the Los Angeles area and be willing to come to our El Segundo headquarters for occasional business and team events.
Groundswell requires all employees to be up to date with their COVID vaccination before entering our office space or attending in-person meetings or events.

Responsibilities 

• Spend most of your time working in React Native to build user-facing features with top notch UI and UX.
• Take full ownership and responsibility for building, shipping, and maintaining features.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Perform code reviews for other engineers
• Proactively identify areas for improvement and make recommendations for solutions within the code base.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to spec-out, design and implement user-facing features.
• Understand and collaborate on complete product lifecycle from concept to execution.
• Stay up to date with tech stack and industry trends, sharing knowledge and best practices with the team.

Skills and Requirements

• 3 years recent experience building apps with React Native
• 4 years experience building consumer-facing client apps
• 7 years of overall software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher - Computer Science or equivalent field
• Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
• Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Android Studio. Should be able to do native development if needed.
• Previous experience in Android, iOS development preferred.
• Previous experience in early stage preferred
• Experience with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha
• Partner with business and technology team members, to understand requirements and translate them into value-add technology solutions
• Willingness to learn and expand skills and repertoire
• A positive mindset, team-oriented, results-driven, and organized.