Staff React Native Engineer 

São Paulo-SP, Brazil or Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil

Who We Are

In 2021, Poatek was acquired by WillowTree, an award-winning digital product consultancy recognized as one of the fastest growing and best places to work in the United States. Now a TELUS International company, with offices across the globe, we continue to partner with the world’s leading brands, such as HBO, PepsiCo, Domino’s and more, to design, build, and transform their digital products and strategies. We’re looking to grow our Poatek offices in Brazil with top talent excited to collaborate with team members across the globe to deliver innovative solutions for our clients. 

Location and Flexibility

This is a hybrid role. This model requires the ability to work in a hybrid mode from one of our offices in São Paulo (2 times/ week or 8 days/ month) or Porto Alegre (3 times/ week or 12 days/ month). Our WFN culture is designed to foster in-person innovation, collaboration, and connection with team members local and visiting from other global offices.

The Opportunity

As a Staff React Native Developer at Poatek, you’ll have the opportunity to impact teammates throughout various stages of their careers. Utilizing React Native is a brand new practice for Poatek and therefore you will be able to help steer the direction of our company and future client relationships based on your experience. You’ll have clear oversight of how engineering runs day-to-day and will influence project outcomes.

We understand our responsibility to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive place within the tech industry, while pushing to make our industry more representative. Because of this responsibility, we need candidates who value diversity and inclusion through their work, team collaboration, or mentorship. So in your cover letter, we encourage you to reflect on diversity, equity, and inclusion

Responsibilities 

• 8+ years of professional programming experience, with at least 2+ years of experience in React Native development.
• Confidently and effectively deliver high-quality software by applying critical thinking to products, requirements, and processes
• Work closely with clients to influence and steer technical product decisions and business goals
• You’ll stay up to date with the landscape of software engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks
• Extensive understanding of various software architectures and can 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
• You’ll proactively  identify obstacles to ensure quality, improve our user experience and how we build software
• You’ll guide your team to understand and work through changing priorities by bringing positive energy 
• Communicate and simplify complex highly complex problems in order to foster understanding across multidisciplinary teams 
• Apply your extensive knowledge and findings at an organizational scale

Qualifications

• JavaScript expert skilled in React.js, TypeScript, and experienced in developing mobile applications with React Native
• Extensive 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 decisions around which framework to use for a particular project
• Can articulate how users perceive performance and how to optimize their needs
• Deep 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
• You contribute sound recommendations on technical architecture and design to your teammates and our clients in a compelling and energetic way
• You have formal leadership/mentorship experience 
• Experience using, modifying, and creating development tools that foster efficiency and improve processes 
• You consider 'big picture' perspectives and can successfully balance business goals and technical constraints
• Conduct interviews and participate in the hiring process for your team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong mentoring and leadership skills.

Bonus Points

• You're just as passionate about Accessibility & Usability as we are
• Expertise with advanced automation tools (e.g. virtualization, machine learning-based testing, massive parallelization)
• Understanding of how to design RESTful APIs that are optimized for responsive, interactive mobile experiences
• Appreciation and execution of  inclusive responsive UI implementation
• A list of emerging technologies we’re interested in: Big Data, Machine Learning, Voice, AR/VR, Security Background, and IoT
• You have code samples or a GitHub account to share and while you’re there, check us out!

Even if you don’t have expertise in all of the qualifications listed, we value new perspectives and backgrounds and encourage you to apply. We’re committed to building a diverse company that reflects the diversity of our users. We’re committed to growth-mindset.

Why Poatek?

• Flexible hours and autonomy
• Work with cutting edge technologies
• Partner with global and relevant brands in the market
• Collaborative team and learning ecosystem
• Career development plan & growth
• International travel opportunities (optional)

• Health and dental plan
• Life insurance
• Monthly voucher for meals, culture, education, health and mobility
• Child care assistance and more!

Equality is a principle here at Poatek. We are committed to building an inclusive team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Therefore we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.

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Last updated on Aug 19, 2024