Lead React Native Engineer

Role title: Lead React Native Engineer

Reports to: App Lead

Location: London Hybrid (3 days in office)

Business unit: Product & Online Platforms

Job purpose:

As a key member of our team, you will lead a small group of React Native Engineers, utilizing a modern JavaScript stack to develop innovative applications, features, and tools on Travelex’s and partner applications. Collaborating regularly with app stakeholders, including the Head of App, App Product Owner, and App UI/UX Lead, you will play a pivotal role in managing the successful delivery of these features.

The successful candidate will assume responsibility for critical technical decisions within the app's codebase, selecting optimal architecture patterns to enhance speed, security, and reliability. In addition to contributing to coding efforts, you will provide leadership, mentorship, and technical expertise to the engineering team. This role is anticipated to involve a balanced mix of managerial and hands-on coding responsibilities, aiming for a 50:50 split.

If you are eager to be part of a dynamic team, contribute to Travelex's digital-first strategy, and be part of a company that values its employees while prioritizing work-life balance, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

Understanding and translating project requirements into technical specifications by collaborating with cross-functional teams
Designing and developing robust, scalable, and efficient mobile applications using React Native
Writing clean, well-documented, and easy-to-maintain code
Thoroughly testing and debugging to ensure high-quality deliverables
Optimizing app performance and user experience through code optimization
Intuitive UI/UX design
Keeping up to date with the latest trends and emerging technologies in React Native
Completing projects on time by collaborating closely with project managers, designers, and other developers
Participating in code reviews and providing constructive feedback to enhance code quality.
Troubleshooting and fixing bugs and technical problems

Skills, knowledge, and experience:

Must have:

Extensive software development experience
Professional experience in React Native
Extensive domain knowledge and experience working with React Native
An interest in working in a client service role and passion for the positive long-term impacts of code health and smooth developer experience, while being sensitive to client goals and timelines
The ability to communicate the benefits of technical solutions to non-technical project partners effectively
Patience and drive to both learn from and mentor others

Experience in:

JavaScript, both modern techniques and core concepts
Type systems like TypeScript or Flow
Deep knowledge of React and the surrounding open-source ecosystem
Git, especially within teams
Testing libraries and methods (Jest/Enzyme/react-testing-library)
Modern mobile/web application stack
State management with React Context, Redux, React Hooks
Build tooling (Webpack & Metro bundler)
React Navigation or React Native Navigation/React Router

Why Travelex?

To remain the world’s leading foreign exchange specialist, we are focused on making our customers’ lives simpler, more engaging and hassle free while they travel or move money abroad. We promise to give them the freedom and peace of mind to explore the world, their way – enabling them to travel confidently because they know they have us to lean on.

Customer centricity and digital are at the heart of our business strategy. Our commitment to innovation has never been greater, with the development of a number of digital-first, greenfield products and services. And with the Travelex's resources, deep industry experience and leading brand we are inventing the future of FX, cross-border e-commerce and international payments.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.