About the job
Bayut & dubizzle are iconic, homegrown brands with a strong presence across the seven emirates in the UAE, committed to delivering the best online search experience. As part of Dubizzle Group, we are part of a collective of strong classified brands, connecting millions of users across the country. At dubizzle, you'll be joining high-performing, cross-functional "Squads" tasked with providing effective solutions for our users.
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As a Senior Mobile Engineer - React Native, you will collaborate with engineers, the QA team, the design team, and Tech Team Leads to advance our development stack and ensure scalability as we grow to millions of monthly active users across many countries.
In this role, you will:
- Ensure our services are healthy, monitored, automated, and designed to scale.
- Work closely with other teams from the early stages of design to identify and resolve production issues.
- Develop elegant solutions for complex problems.
- Write and maintain exemplary code following dubizzle's programming practices, ensuring developed solutions are scalable, performant, and highly available.
- Gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of our product and your product stream’s position within it.
- Mentor peers in a collaborative programming environment, providing guidance on tasks of any complexity or scale.
- Handle the entire software development life cycle, end-to-end.
- Collaborate with product owners on feasibility assessments for upcoming changes and provide accurate timelines for work.
- Mentor other engineers and advocate for best practices within the department.
- Ensure timely delivery of features.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience with backend technologies.
- 6+ years of experience with JavaScript and client-side technologies.
- Experience building production apps in React Native.
- Experience with high-traffic and large-scale web products.
- Experience with web infrastructure, distributed systems, performance analysis, and search infrastructure.
- Familiarity with various testing practices and developing across multiple browsers while maintaining a consistent experience.
- Strong understanding of using a bridge to write native code.
- Working knowledge of Expo and similar framework-like tools.
- Knowledge of developing ReactJS apps on the web.
- Familiarity with App Store policies required.
- Proficient in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- In-depth working experience with one of the JavaScript frameworks (React, Ember, Angular, or Backbone).
- Preferable knowledge of database management technologies.
- Experience throughout the entire development cycle with CI/CD.
- Skills in building mobile-first, single-page, server-side rendered, and responsive web apps.
- Understanding of client-side performance issues.
- Good grasp of at least one MVC framework (Ember, Angular, Backbone, or React).
- In-depth knowledge of various database management technologies (preferably MySQL, PostgreSQL) and understanding of NoSQL databases.
- Experience with AWS technologies and application deployment using containers (e.g., Docker) is a plus.
- Familiarity with build tools like Gulp or Webpack and package management tools like Bower & NPM.
Benefits
- Fast-paced, high-performing team.
- Multicultural environment with over 50 different nationalities.
- Competitive tax-free salary.
- Comprehensive health insurance.
- Annual air ticket allowance.
- Employee discounts at various vendors across the Emirates.
- Rewards & recognition programs.
- Learning & development opportunities.
Bayut & dubizzle is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
