Mobile App Developer

At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You’re only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals, and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design, and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.

We use these values to fuel superior results:

Lock arms

We forge relationships that make our impact 1,000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good.

Show Hustle

We’re not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead, we anticipate opportunities, collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional.

Embrace change

From new technologies to workplace philosophies, we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate what’s next.

Elevate empathy

We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability.

Never settle

We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger, more inspiring ideas.

But enough about us. Let’s talk about you.

What you’ll do:
• Develop React Native Applications: Build high-quality mobile apps for both iOS and Android platforms
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work with product managers, designers, and other developers to define, design, and implement new features
• Maintain Code Quality: Ensure code quality, organization, and automatization
• Optimize Performance: Monitor and optimize the performance of the mobile apps
• Troubleshoot and Debug: Identify and resolve bottlenecks, rectify bugs, and enhance application performance
• Stay Updated: Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends in mobile technologies and React Native
• Contribute to All Stages of Development: Participate in the full mobile application development lifecycle from planning, requirement gathering, development, to deployment
• Ensure Responsiveness: Make sure the applications maintain consistency across various devices and screen sizes
• Implement User Feedback: Regularly interact with end-users to implement their feedback to improve the app performance and user experience
• Adhere to Best Practices: Follow best practices for mobile app development and work to implement them within the team

What you bring:
• 5+ years of progressive development experience required
• Thorough understanding of React Native and its core principles
• Experience with popular React workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs for connecting React Native applications to back-end services
• Familiarity with OOP design principles
• Experience with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle (Android Studio, IntelliJ)
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks, including Mocha and Jest
• Experience with performance and memory tuning of React Native applications
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as Git
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization to improve application performance Read more