Senior React Native Developer
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
As a Senior React Native Developer, you will play a key role in building, maintaining, and optimizing our customer-facing mobile app using React Native and Expo. You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless, high-performing experiences that inspire and delight Mejuri's customers around the world. You'll also help mentor and guide junior developers, driving best practices and elevating the overall quality of our mobile engineering.What you'll do
- Lead the development of new features in our React Native + Expo mobile app with a focus on performance, scalability, and exceptional user experience.
- Collaborate with design, product, and backend teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with a focus on reliability and scalability.
- Implement and advocate for mobile best practices, including Expo workflows, CI/CD, testing, and performance optimization.
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to peer reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in mobile, Expo, and e-commerce
- 5+ years of professional experience in mobile development, with at least 3+ years of React Native experience.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and deep understanding of React Native architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Expo, including managed workflow, EAS Build, OTA updates, and deep linking.
- Experience with native iOS and/or Android development (Swift/Objective-C or Kotlin/Java) is a plus.
- Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, MobX, Zustand, or Recoil).
- Experience integrating REST and/or GraphQL APIs.
- Strong understanding of mobile performance optimization, profiling, and debugging.
- Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps (including Expo EAS).
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- A passion for building exceptional user experiences that align with Mejuri's mission to redefine luxury.
- Bonus: Experience working with Shopify or building mobile experiences on top of a Shopify-backed e-commerce stack.
- A minimum of three weeks vacation, plus personal days and three religious/cultural observance days.
- A hybrid work model for all corporate roles
- 'Mejuri Passport' which allows employees who meet specific criteria to work in other locations for one month per year.
- Comprehensive medical and dental benefits, including mental health coverage, and generous personal and sick days for our full-time employees. We also offer bereavement leave, including miscarriage and stillbirth support.
- Parental leave salary top-up of up to 80%, as well as a personalized return-to-work transition and accommodation plan for full-time employees.
- Semi-annual performance reviews.
- A generous product discount!
This position requires in office work 3 days a week and remote work 2 days a week. Our office is located at 60 Bloor Street W, Toronto.Application deadlineWe invite applicants to apply early as our initial screening process will begin on September 20th however the role will remain posted until filled.At Mejuri our success is driven by a strong commitment to our Purpose and Values. They're the foundation of our operations, defining how we show up, solve problems, and accomplish incredible things-together.Our strength comes from each team member's dedication to embracing and embodying these Values daily. This isn't merely a duty; it's a passion that defines us. They guide us in providing extraordinary experiences for our customers and fostering an innovative environment. Success, for us, means living our values relentlessly.Our values are:RAISE THE BAR | Stay Curious, Share/Seek Feedback and Strive for ExcellenceCUSTOMER OBSESSED | Get Close to the Customer and prioritize them in our decisionsEMPOWERED OWNERS | Treat the company like your own and take initiativeFIND A WAY| Seek simple, creative solutions, and act fastDRIVE RESULTS| Be clear on your goals and be relentless in achieving themTEAM FIRST | Value team success over personal EgoAccommodation / Accessibility:Mejuri does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application.