Senior React Native Engineer

Summary:

Jewelers Mutual is seeking a Senior React Native Engineer to play a pivotal role in building the next generation of our consumer mobile platform. This role is ideal for someone with deep React Native expertise and a proven track record of delivering high-quality, **direct-to-consumer mobile applications**. Your primary focus will be leading the technical development of scalable, secure, and user-friendly React Native apps that power our consumer experience.

While opportunities to contribute across the stack exist, your knowledge of mobile development and your experience building apps that reach real-world consumers will make you the technical leader for our mobile platform.

About Jewelers Mutual: Jewelers Mutual is the trusted leader in the jewelry insurance industry, dedicated to transforming how jewelry businesses and customers are protected and served. With over a century of expertise, we're combining cutting-edge technology and data-driven solutions to redefine industry standards. As part of our pioneering team, you'll play a pivotal role in building next-gen platforms that empower jewelry professionals and enhance customer experiences in an innovative, tech-forward environment.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Consumer Mobile Experience: Architect, build, and maintain React Native mobile applications that deliver intuitive, performant, and reliable experiences for end users.
• Be the React Native Specialist: Set the technical direction for mobile development, architecture, performance, and state management. Serve as the team’s trusted expert for React Native.
• Deliver Consumer-Grade Products: Build mobile apps that meet the high expectations of today’s direct-to-consumer markets — polished design, responsive performance, and rock-solid stability.
• Champion Mobile-First Engineering Excellence: Influence technical direction with an emphasis on mobile usability, performance, and scalability, while collaborating across the stack as needed.
• Collaborate in a Triad Model: Partner with Product Management and Product Design to translate business goals and user insights into engaging mobile experiences.
• Integrate with APIs for Mobile: Implement secure, efficient, and scalable API integrations optimized for mobile environments, including offline functionality and real-time updates.
• Mentor and Grow Mobile Expertise: Coach engineers on advanced React Native practices and mobile development, helping the team continuously elevate their skills.
• Stay at the Forefront of Mobile Development: Continuously adopt modern libraries, tools, and techniques from the React Native ecosystem to ensure our mobile apps remain best-in-class.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years building production React Native mobile applications.
• Demonstrated success in developing direct-to-consumer mobile apps, with real-world experience bringing polished, high-performance apps to market.
• Deep expertise in React Native, including advanced navigation, native module development, performance tuning, and mobile debugging.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and mobile architecture patterns.
• Strong understanding of mobile UI/UX principles, performance optimization, and delivering responsive, reliable applications.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical decisions.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with modern state management (e.g., Redux, Zustand, Recoil, Context API).
• Familiarity with React Native performance profiling tools (e.g., Flipper, Reanimated, Hermes).
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks for mobile apps.
• Knowledge of mobile-specific challenges like offline support, battery optimization, and device compatibility.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms and secure, scalable API integrations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

 None

Physical Requirements

 Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
 Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls.

 

Why Join Jewelers Mutual?:

• Consumer-Focused Mobile Development: Play a lead role in delivering apps that directly impact and protect millions of customers worldwide.
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