Senior React Native Developer

About Us  

We are Ascent! and we help our customers solve problems, elevate, and do existing things better. We are on a mission to help our customers connect data, software, and purpose to create extraordinary outcomes. You could say we are a digital transformation business.

We specialize in software product development, analytics, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, and modernization of applications, data, and platforms.

We work with incredible clients in all types of industries such as smart home devices, space exploration, beer manufacturing, finance, ecology, and logistics. We work with some of the sharpest minds in the brightest businesses and we employ the sharpest minds too!

At Ascent, we also believe in fostering a vibrant office community where collaboration thrives and connections flourish. With our hybrid approach, we prioritize hiring individuals who reside in close proximity to our offices. Our aim is to cultivate a positive atmosphere and sense of belonging by facilitating easy access to the office.

About the Role

We're looking for a highly motivated, results-oriented Senior React Native Developer to join a fast-paced, forward-thinking team at the forefront of smart home technology. You’ll be part of a cross-functional development group responsible for building and enhancing mobile applications that are used by millions of people to make their homes more efficient, comfortable, and sustainable.

If you're passionate about elegant mobile experiences, take pride in clean, scalable code, and thrive in a collaborative, mission-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain performant React Native applications for both iOS and Android, using both React Native CLI and Expo depending on project requirements.
• Collaborate with designers to create intuitive, accessible, and visually appealing mobile UIs.
• Integrate with RESTful APIs and handle offline-first scenarios, caching, throttling, and error handling.
• Design and implement clean, scalable, and testable code, leveraging modern React Native libraries (e.g. Reanimated, React Navigation, styled-components/ unistyles).
• Lead and participate in code reviews, contributing to continuous improvement.
• Guide architectural decisions and technical direction for mobile projects.
• Work with backend and QA teams to ensure end-to-end quality and performance.
• Handle mobile app deployment and updates across platforms (App Store / Google Play).
• Support CI/CD pipelines and release automation workflows.
• Champion mobile performance, accessibility, and inclusive design practices.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience building and maintaining mobile applications using React Native in a commercial setting.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, React Hooks, component-driven development.
• Solid experience with state management tools like Redux, RTK Query, and Zustand.
• Comfortable integrating with REST APIs and handling various edge cases gracefully.
• Production experience working with Firebase, AWS, or other cloud/mobile backend services.
• Familiarity with native modules and bridging (Swift, Kotlin, Java, Objective-C).
• Experience publishing and maintaining apps on the App Store and Google Play.
• Strong debugging, profiling and app performance optimisation skills.
• Experience working in Agile teams using tools like Git, JIRA, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and a can-do, problem-solving mindset.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with Expo-based workflows and how to transition between managed and bare workflows.
• Experience with React Testing Library, Jest, and testing mobile components confidently.
• Exposure to mobile analytics and crash reporting platforms (e.g. Firebase, Sentry).
• Understanding of mobile accessibility (e.g. VoiceOver, TalkBack) and inclusive design.
• Experience implementing security and compliance features in mobile apps (e.g. GDPR, secure storage, encryption).
• Familiarity with real-time communication technologies such as WebSockets or MQTT.
• Use of debugging and profiling tools (e.g. Flipper, Reactotron, Xcode Instruments, Android Profiler).

Working at Ascent

At Ascent we promote a healthy work-life balance by offering flexibility in where you work. We also promote well-being and provide access to Well Being Coaches. Your development and learning will be taken seriously, and we'll support your professional development with training and certification, with regular feedback and review.

It is a fun, supportive and modern workplace where we really live by our company values of Empathy, Energy and Audacity! Ascent also offers a variety of benefits in each of our countries.

Ascent is an equal opportunities employer. We take intentional steps to ensure inclusion and belonging are something real here, not just something we talk about. No person will be treated less favourably because of their gender, pregnancy, and maternity status, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, or disability status. If you require any reasonable accommodation, please let us know when you apply.

If you have any questions contact our Talent Acquisition team on ta.admin@ascent.io.

For more details about life at Ascent, check out our Life Page here.