React Native Engineering Lead

React Native Engineering Lead

Location: Miami, Florida (Onsite 33131)

Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking a React Native Engineering Lead to define and drive the technical vision for cross-platform mobile and web development. The primary project involves revamping the guest account frontend experience to be more visually appealing by rewriting native code in React Native. This role is approximately 80-90% leadership and 10-20% hands-on development, involving oversight of a development team and ensuring alignment with project goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision for React, React Native, and native mobile development.
• Oversee a team of approximately eight developers, providing technical guidance and mentorship.
• Architect scalable and performant cross-platform mobile and web solutions.
• Lead technical decision-making and evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and architecture patterns.
• Collaborate with product, design, and delivery teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensure strong testing practices, including unit, end-to-end, and contract tests for the native bridge.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies to align engineering progress with roadmaps and timelines.
• Maintain a clear ownership mindset to drive project delivery to completion.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 10+ years of hands-on mobile development experience, with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership role.

Technical Skills:

• Expert proficiency in React Native, React, Expo/EAS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Working knowledge of native iOS development (Swift, UIKit, SwiftUI, Objective-C).
• Working knowledge of native Android development (Kotlin/Java, Android SDK, Jetpack).
• Strong understanding of brownfield host-shell/mobile micro-frontend patterns and RN New Architecture (TurboModules/Fabric).
• Experience with modern state management libraries (e.g., Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Jotai).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Bitrise, Fastlane) and Git workflows.
• Experience leveraging current AI tools and their workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with additional cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter or Kotlin Multiplatform.
• Experience architecting large-scale, multi-platform solutions.
• A strong understanding of mobile security best practices.
• Experience with advanced performance profiling and memory optimization tools across iOS, Android, and React Native.

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