Senior React Native Software Developer

Work location:

Remote Ontario

City:

Toronto

What you will do:

We’re a guest-focused and product-led team within Cineplex, responsible for a seamless customer experience via our digital platforms. Responsible for the apps and websites for amazing brands like Cineplex, The Rec Room, and Playdium, this role offers the opportunity to truly make your mark building the next generation of digital products at an iconic Canadian company.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior React Native Developer to join our dynamic team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mobile application development, a deep understanding of React Native, and a passion for creating high-quality, user-friendly mobile applications. As a Senior React Native Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our mobile applications, ensuring they are robust, scalable, and performant.

If you love movies, popcorn, experimenting and building with modern technologies, and working alongside amazing team members, we want you to join our team!

This is a remote position but travel to the Head Office at 1303 Yonge Street, Toronto will be required occasionally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, support, mentor and participate in the development & designing of customized applications for direct use by our customers.

• Manage, prioritize and communicate your workload and tasks to team members throughout project execution

• Take on and learn multiple technologies and their application within our solutions

• Participate in the solution integration testing, quality assurance, debugging and root cause analysis

• Contribute and receive feedback during the development life-cycle to improve products and platform

• Documentation and delivery best practices in collaboration with Cineplex Architecture team.

• Share and provide guidance on development principles with the internal front-end developer community

• Collaborate with Development Manager(s) to create growth plan for upskilling members of the development team

Education & Certification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent field

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in mobile application development

• 3+ years of experience in React Native

• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript

• Strong understanding of React Native architecture and best practices

• Proficiency with RESTful APIs and integration with backend services (including authentication like OAuth, Firebase Authentication, JWT, etc.)

• SDK integration experience (analytics, etc.) including platform specific SDKs (biometrics, etc.), and troubleshooting compatibility with external SDKs

• Knowledge of mobile app deployment processes for both iOS and Android platforms

• Experience with iOS/Android native mobile development (including Xcode, Android Studio, VSCode, library managers and other mobile development tools)

• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and automated testing frameworks for React Native

• Familiarity with Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) or Material Design

• Understanding mobile UI/UX best practices and design principles/tools (Figma or other)

• Proficiency with version control systems such as Git

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

• Familiarity with mobile analytics, performance monitoring tools and performance optimization (Firebase/Sentry/Crashlytics)

• Experience working within Agile development environment

• Experience with Issue & Project Tracking Software (e.g. DevOps, Jira, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills

• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, particularly for web-based applications

• Strong understanding of web-based software architectures and technologies

• Self-motivated and positive attitude

• Able to work collaboratively with other team members

Inclusion & Diversity

Cineplex, its subsidiaries, and affiliates are equal opportunity employers with a commitment to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all intersectional walks of life. The collective sum of our individual differences, experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent represents a significant part of our culture. By valuing a diverse workforce, we enforce hiring practices that are fair and equitable. 

Accessibility

We are committed to improving access and opportunities for all individuals, including those with disabilities by identifying and removing barriers that may prevent, inhibit, or restrict their access to employment oporunities. If you require accommodation at any stage of our hiring process (application, interviews, assessments, and placement), please contact us at 416-323-6600 or via email at jobs@cineplex.com.

While we appreciate all interest, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.