React Native Engineer-Emiratization position.

React Native Engineer-Emiratization position

Location: Dubai

Introduction:

RAKBANK, also known as the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah, is a Public Joint Stock Company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It was founded in 1976 and is one of the oldest banks in the UAE. The Bank operates within retail and corporate banking, offering a range of services including personal and business banking, credit cards, loans, investment services, and wealth management.

In recent years, the Bank has achieved significant milestones, including being named one of the world's best banks by Forbes ME (2022) and awarded UAE's SME Bank of the Year by the Asian Banking and Finance Awards. The Bank has been successful in achieving the highest profitability and lowest cost of risk since 2015. It has also seen significant growth in its acquiring business, card spending, and business loans.

Being on a transformational journey, in partnership with Honeywell, RAKBANK has also taken steps towards sustainability by reducing its overall energy consumption.

We are a diverse team comprising over 3,000 employees from across 58 countries. We make conscious efforts to build talented and diversified teams and encourage people to develop their full potential. We are committed to providing a working environment that promotes work-life balance, career development, recognition, and security for the future.

In line with our strategy, a major part of our transformation journey is to future-proof our bank and establish ourselves as a digital bank with a human touch for our customers.

So, join us in co-creating the future of RAKBANK!

We are looking for a Senior React Native Engineer with 5+ years of total experience and a passion for building performant iOS and Android apps.

You will:

1. Build smooth UI experiences.
2. Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure high-quality code.
3. Diagnose and fix bugs and performance issues.
4. Deploy and maintain the apps on the App Store.
5. Distribute apps to QA/UAT teams and assist in user acceptance testing.
6. Work closely with business and IT stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications.

You must have:

1. At least 5+ years of experience in developing mobile apps using the React Native framework.
2. Strong knowledge of ES6, Typescript, as well as knowledge of unit testing frameworks.
3. Familiarity with push notifications and cloud messaging application programming interfaces.
4. Experience working with XML/JSON data models and integration with REST APIs.
5. Experience in state management libraries such as Redux and Redux Toolkit.
6. Strong knowledge of working with git repositories & monorepo.
7. Strong troubleshooting ability and technical analysis skills, including performance optimization.
8. Strong communication skills with a team-centric approach to discussion and decision-making within a distributed team.
9. Strong knowledge of building native modules for iOS & Android and the latest React Native architecture.
10. Hands-on experience with build, debug, troubleshooting, and distribution of apps on Android and iOS platforms.
11. Familiarity with native build tools, like Xcode & Android Studio.

You may have (Bonus skills):

1. Hands-on experience with popular DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.
2. Knowledge of various designing tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, or Adobe XD.