SUMMARY:
As a Senior React Native Engineer, you’ll play a key role in rebuilding a large-scale UK news mobile application into a modern, video-led digital experience. You’ll design, build and optimise high-quality mobile features for both iOS and Android, contributing from discovery and architecture decisions through to delivery. Working within an Agile team, you’ll help shape scalable, performance-driven mobile experiences while leveraging AI-assisted development tools to enhance productivity and code quality.
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING:
You will join our engineering team as a valued member, working closely with a collaborative, autonomous, cross-functional team. You will help with the following:
- Contribute to the rebuild of a high-traffic news mobile application using React Native
- Design and implement a scalable, component-based UI architecture
- Build a video-led content experience focused on performance and usability
- Integrate with third-party SDKs for content delivery
- Work in an Agile environment (Scrum, two-week sprints)
- Support mobile build and deployment processes (iOS & Android)
- Collaborate with Product and Design to translate requirements into technical solutions
- Debug, refactor and continuously improve the existing codebase
- Leverage AI-assisted coding tools to increase efficiency and maintain high code standards
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong commercial experience building React Native apps for both Android and iOS
- Deep knowledge of TypeScript
- Experience with Expo and mobile build/deployment workflows
- Strong understanding of component-based architecture and state management
- Experience consuming REST APIs and handling asynchronous data
- Ability to write clean, testable, maintainable code
- Strong debugging and refactoring skills
- Proficiency with Git for version control
- Experience working in Agile development environments
- Strong English communication skills (written and verbal)
- Comfortable working within a UK time-zone aligned team
AWESOME BUT NOT REQUIRED:
- Experience working on high-traffic content or media applications
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Copilot-style workflows)
- Experience integrating third-party content or storytelling SDKs
- Previous experience contributing to early-stage rebuild or re-architecture projects
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Be part of our collegial environment where responsibility and authority are shared equally amongst colleagues and help create our company culture
- A culture in which we don’t criticise failure but ensure we learn from our mistakes
- An Agile environment where your ideas are welcome
- The possibility to grow and experience different projects
- Ongoing Training & Mentoring
- The possibility to travel
- ATTENTION! THIS POSITION IS FOR BRAZIL-BASED ONLY