Team Lead React Native Engineer

TL;DR

Team Lead React Native Engineer (React Native): Lead and grow a React Native mobile team while shaping end-to-end mobile domains for iOS and Android with an accent on architecture, performance, reliability, and scalable delivery. Focus on driving technical direction, improving app quality through high-leverage changes, and partnering cross-functionally to ship and maintain production features.

Location: Bergmannstraße 72, 10961 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Company

hirify.global builds and evolves a production React Native mobile app for iOS and Android.

What you will do

• Lead and grow the React Native team: set expectations, mentor via code reviews/pairing, and provide actionable feedback.
• Own mobile domains end-to-end, including architecture, solution design, development, QA, shipping, monitoring, and long-term maintenance.
• Design, build, and maintain iOS/Android features in the React Native app, ensuring correctness, scalability, and strong UX.
• Drive technical direction and architecture by leading discussions and making decisions for maintainability, performance, and reliability.
• Continuously improve app quality across speed, stability, UX, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend to deliver business value and support hiring and onboarding.

Requirements

• 4+ years React Native expertise with JavaScript/TypeScript and 3+ years shipping production React Native apps for iOS & Android.
• 2+ years leading engineers (tech and/or people) with accountability for delivery outcomes.
• Strong fundamentals in navigation, animations, performance optimization, stability, and runtime debugging.
• Hands-on state management (Redux/Zustand) and server state/data fetching (React Query / Apollo GraphQL).
• Experience with production builds, rollout strategies, monitoring, hotfixes, and incident handling.
• Strong English communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote position with flexible working hours.
• Modern tech stack and well-established development standards.
• Clear and regular feedback cycles.
• Open-minded team focused on clean code, collaboration, and product quality.

Hiring process

• Contact and screening with the hiring team.
• Interviews to assess leadership, React Native expertise, and delivery ownership.
• Final evaluation focused on technical direction and collaboration fit.