Lead React Native Engineer
AND Digital2 days ago
Reading, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Assess native mobile and cross-platform options, including React Native, against product strategy and business goals.
- Evaluate performance, scalability, maintainability, reusability, cost, skills adoption, and industry benchmarks to recommend an approach.
- Deliver proofs of concept to validate feasibility, platform constraints, performance, integration complexity, and architectural assumptions.
- Engage existing engineers in proofs of concept and identify learning curves, skills requirements, technical risks, dependencies, and capability gaps.
- Define and document the recommended architecture and core technology stack across web and mobile.
- Map shared and platform-specific components, including APIs, business rules, identity, design systems, component libraries, release processes, quality engineering, and observability.
- Create a prioritized technical backlog covering implementation tasks, dependencies, prerequisite work, and capability-gap resolutions.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in the relevant engineering craft, with a focus on React Native and mobile architecture.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, solve complex problems collaboratively, and make pragmatic, outcome-focused decisions.
- Ability to communicate clearly and build trust with clients and teammates.
- Ability to share knowledge and help other engineers grow.
- Comfort working collaboratively in multidisciplinary, low-ego teams.
Benefits
- 25 days of bookable holiday plus flexible Bank Holidays.
- AND Digital contributes 6% of salary to a pension, with a further 2% employee contribution that can be increased by choice.
- Aviva healthcare cover for the employee, including pre-existing condition cover.
- £1000 Flexibenefit allowance through the benefits portal, with unused allowance available as cash.
- Life Assurance and Income Protection.
- Eye test and first pair of glasses.
- Enhanced maternity and enhanced partner (paternity) leave.
Tech Stack
React Native
Categories
Mobile
About AND Digital
AND Digital is a London-headquartered consulting firm that builds and modernises web and mobile products, cloud platforms, and data capabilities for large consumer and enterprise brands. It embeds cross-functional teams with clients to deliver software while upskilling in-house teams through agile coaching and digital learning. Founded in 2014 and privately held, it operates across the UK and Netherlands; clients have included British Airways and Heineken.