Senior React-Native Developer

Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow. 

About the Role (your why)

The Senior React Native Developer is a highly experienced and skilled software developer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, high-performance, and scalable mobile applications for both iOS and Android platforms using React Native. This role requires a deep understanding of mobile development principles, strong expertise in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native, and a solid grasp of software engineering best practices. You will play a key role in the full mobile application development lifecycle, from technical design and feature implementation to deployment and ongoing optimization. Experience with back-end technologies, particularly the .NET stack, is a plus but not required.

What You'Ll Be Doing:

• Mobile Application Development: Design, develop, and implement complex features and user interfaces for high-quality, cross-platform mobile applications using React Native.
• React Native & JavaScript/TypeScript Expertise: Demonstrate strong proficiency in React Native, React, JavaScript (ES6+), and TypeScript. Expertise in state management libraries (e.g., Redux, MobX, Recoil) is essential.
• Front-End Development: Focus on creating exceptional user experiences (UX), fluid performance, and responsive design, ensuring cross-device compatibility and adherence to mobile platform guidelines.
• Native Module Integration: Experience with integrating and developing native modules (iOS/Swift/Objective-C or Android/Java/Kotlin) to bridge React Native with platform-specific capabilities when necessary.
• API Development & Integration: Integrate mobile applications with back-end services via RESTful APIs or GraphQL. Experience in back-end technologies, like .NET Core/C#, is a welcome bonus.
• Performance Optimization: Profile and optimize mobile application performance, including memory usage, startup time, and UI rendering speed, on both iOS and Android.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Write and implement unit, integration, and end-to-end tests (e.g., using Jest, Enzyme, or testing-library) to ensure code quality, application stability, and reliability.
• Deployment & Maintenance: Manage the mobile application release lifecycle, including store submissions (Apple App Store and Google Play Store). Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for mobile builds (e.g., using Fastlane, Azure DevOps, or AWS Amplify).
• Code Reviews & Mentoring: Actively participate in code reviews, enforce coding standards, and share best practices across the team. Mentor and guide junior developers in mobile development techniques.
• Requirements Analysis & Technical Design: Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to refine requirements, assess technical feasibility, and translate them into robust technical designs and architectural decisions.
• Problem Solving & Debugging: Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across the mobile stack, including performance bottlenecks and platform-specific bugs.
• Agile Development: Work effectively within an Agile/Scrum environment, participating in all relevant ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives).

Key Skills:

• Extensive experience with React Native for building production-grade iOS and Android applications.
• Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.
• Deep understanding of React and its core principles (e.g., component lifecycles, hooks, state management).
• Experience with mobile performance profiling and optimization techniques.
• Proficiency in integrating with RESTful APIs or GraphQL.
• Familiarity with native mobile development environments (Xcode, Android Studio) and the mobile CI/CD process.
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Native Testing Library).
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• (Optional): Experience with back-end technologies such as .NET Core (C#), and related tools (e.g., Entity Framework, SQL Server).

Why Join Us?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.