React Native Developer at VPD Money

VPD Money is one of Nigeria’s leading digital banking platform, that provides its users’ lifestyle financial services unifying wallet and digital banking experience in order to bridge the gap between Africa and the global e-commerce market. Enabling connectivity that drives performance powered by individuals, African – International SMEs, and the diaspora community seeking to trade or complete transactions in / with Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: React Native Developer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Job

We are working with a sister company to launch a revolutionary product around investments, savings and pensions. It’s a first of it’s kind and we’re really excited about the prospects that come with it.
This is an interesting time to join the team and help us achieve the initial MVP. We’re currently looking to hire a react native developer with some rockstar skills and a passion for building products that help makes the life of it’s users easier, do you love building fintech, autonomy and working in a super smart environment with fantastic colleagues? Then we’d love to talk to you.

Responsibilities

Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
Complete two-week sprints and participate in sprint retrospectives and daily stand-ups.
Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience
Work with modern tools including Jira, Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc.

Qualifications

2 – 3 years of professional experience working with React Native.
An understanding of React Native best practices and a commitment to following them.
Forensic attention to detail.
Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage
Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflicts
Knowledge of object-oriented programming
Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle {{Android Studio, IntelliJ}}
Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of React Native applications.
Experience with automated testing suites, like Jest or Mocha
A positive mindset and can-do attitude.