Sr Software Engineer, React Native

TextUs

8h•Remote

About The Position

TextUs is looking for a Software Engineer, React Native to join our team and to help us build our products, with a focus on our iOS and Android mobile applications. The role involves developing production React Native applications, reviewing documentation and designs, implementing features, reducing tech debt, reviewing code, collaborating with team members, ensuring work is covered by tests, improving team processes, writing documentation, and applying software design patterns. The engineer will take ownership of the React Native application and contribute to React/TypeScript frontend code in the core webapp, Chrome Extension, and embedded iFrame as needed. Experience with Git and GitHub is expected. The role also involves understanding customers, working with the Product team, mentoring other developers, and maintaining CI/CD tooling. The position is 100% remote.

Requirements

6-8 years of experience developing production React Native applications in a professional environment
Proficient in writing excellent documentation
Experienced with common software design patterns, and their use in mobile and frontend development
Comfortable working in a 100% remote environment
Experience shipping to both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Experience utilizing LLM coding assistants to generate reliable, maintainable code that fits established codebase patterns
Comfort working across both mobile and web codebases
Experience with React/TypeScript frontend code
Experience with React 18/19
Experience with Material UI
Experience with Ruby on Rails (backend)
Experience with Postgres
Experience with Heroku and AWS
Experience with Claude Code
Experience with GitHub Copilot

Nice To Haves

Interested in mentoring other developers in good development practices for clean code and reliable software, with an emphasis on mobile development
Highly collaborative, having empathy for others and a desire to help when teammates need assistance
Able to demonstrate pragmatic decision making and problem-solving abilities
Passionate about the craft of programming, taking the time to think through hard problems and using your tools to develop reliable and maintainable software

Responsibilities

Review documentation and designs concerning upcoming features and break down the work into manageable chunks in Jira tickets
Identify gaps in upcoming feature documentation and be comfortable asking Product Managers for more detail
Implement medium- to large-size features while reducing overall tech debt
Review code written by other developers to ensure any issues are resolved before the code is merged
Collaborate with other team members to identify the best approach to solving problems
Complete assigned work with no assistance
Ensure work is properly covered by unit, integration, and e2e tests
Challenge existing team processes, looking for ways to improve them
Write excellent documentation to guide partners, development and support teams
Take ownership of the React Native application, becoming the go-to person for all aspects of mobile development, from planning and stories to QA and support questions
Contribute to React/TypeScript frontend code in our core webapp, Chrome Extension, and embedded iFrame as needed
Manage work with Git and GitHub (or similar version control systems)
Understand customers, and work with the Product team to deliver features which are a joy to use
Mentor other developers in good development practices for clean code and reliable software, with an emphasis on mobile development
Maintain robust CI/CD tooling, processes, testing and procedures