Staff Software Engineer [Mobile - React Native]

WillowTree Apps • Boston, MA

197d • $150,000 - $174,000

About The Position

Welcome to TELUS Digital - where innovation drives impact at a global scale. As an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS, one of Canada's largest telecommunications providers, we design and deliver transformative customer experiences through cutting-edge technology, agile thinking, and a people-first culture. With a global team across North America, South America, Central America, Europe, and APAC, we offer end-to-end expertise across eight core service areas: Digital Product Consulting, Digital Marketing Services, Data & AI, Strategy Consulting, Business Operations Modernization, Enterprise Applications, Cloud Engineering, and QA & Test Engineering. From mobile apps and websites to voice UI, chatbots, AI, customer service, and in-store solutions, TELUS Digital enables seamless, trusted, and digitally powered experiences that meet customers wherever they are - all backed by the secure infrastructure and scale of our multi-billion-dollar parent company.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional programming experience, with at least 3+ years of experience in React Native development
• JavaScript expert skilled in React.js, TypeScript
• Experience using: Vue.js, Node.js, Next.js, HTML, CSS, and writing Unit tests
• Comfortable working with Android and iOS SDKs
• Experience with developing Hybrid applications and PWAs
• Able to evaluate and articulate which framework to use for a particular project
• Can articulate how users perceive performance and how to optimize their needs
• Understanding of the pros and cons of server-side and client-side rendering
• Experience as a technical leader to a team of web developers that have built and delivered a large web application
• Owned and led the delivery of major features and components
• Experience working/communicating with clients and stakeholders while being empathetic to their needs
• Desire to contribute sound recommendations on technical architecture and design to teammates and clients
• Formal or informal leadership/mentorship experience
• Proficiency using, modifying, and creating development tools that foster efficiency and improve processes
• Consider 'big picture' perspectives and can successfully balance business goals and technical constraints

Nice To Haves

• Passionate about Accessibility & Usability
• Expertise with advanced automation tools (e.g. virtualization, machine learning-based testing, massive parallelization)
• Basic understanding of how to design RESTful APIs that are optimized for responsive, interactive mobile experiences
• Appreciation for inclusive responsive UI implementation
• Learned about Web Components and want to use them at work
• Conducted interviews and have hired for your team
• Interest in emerging technologies: Big Data, Machine Learning, Voice, AR/VR, Security Background, and IoT
• Code samples or a GitHub account to share

Responsibilities

• Confidently deliver high-quality software by applying critical thinking to products, requirements, and processes
• Work closely with clients to influence technical product decisions and business goals
• Stay up to date with the landscape of software engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks
• Understand various software architectures and adapt/compose solutions to unique problems with sustainable and reusable solutions
• Help mentor and coach a project team towards shared goals and outcomes
• Navigate difficult conversations by providing constructive feedback to teams and clients
• Identify obstacles to ensure quality, improve user experience and how software is built
• Be self-aware of limitations, yet curious to learn new solutions while being receptive to constructive feedback from teammates
• Guide the team to understand and work through changing priorities by bringing positive energy
• Communicate and simplify complex problems to foster understanding across multidisciplinary teams
• Apply knowledge and findings at an organizational scale

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental (Including an option for 100% coverage of individual employee medical premiums)
• Life & Disability Insurance
• 401K matching
• Flexible paid time off & paid company holidays
• Parental Leave
• Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Individual compensation based on various factors unique to each candidate

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees