Staff React Native Engineer - Pro

About the role

We are looking for a Staff React Native Engineer to lead the mobile experience of Kraken Pro, the professional trading platform of Payward. You will shape the technical vision, drive performance improvements and mentor a distributed engineering team delivering high‑frequency trading interfaces for advanced users.

Key responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of the Kraken Pro mobile application.
• Build and maintain high‑performance React Native applications using TypeScript.
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (startup time, responsiveness, resource efficiency).
• Act as a technical leader across multiple teams, ensuring consistency and quality across a shared codebase.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver impactful user‑facing features.
• Take the lead during critical production issues, diagnosing problems and driving solutions.
• Define and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and tooling for mobile development.
• Mentor engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team.
• Stay close to the code while operating at a strategic, platform level.

Required profile

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on mobile development.
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript.
• Proven experience owning or leading large‑scale production mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of mobile performance optimisation, architecture, and debugging.
• Solid knowledge of iOS and Android platforms.
• Experience working across multiple teams or shared platforms.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction.
• Proactive, ownership‑driven mindset with a bias for action.

Required skills

• React Native
• TypeScript
• iOS development
• Android development
• Mobile performance optimisation
• Debugging