About this role

Job Location: Abuja (FCT) Employment Type: Full-time Salary: N200,000 – N300,000 monthly

We are seeking a skilled Mobile Application Developer with strong React Native experience to develop, maintain, and improve our Android and iOS applications.
The successful candidate will build new features, maintain existing codebases, troubleshoot application issues, integrate backend APIs, and manage releases on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
This role requires a hands-on developer who can work independently and take ownership of mobile application quality, performance, and reliability.

Mobile Application Development:

Develop, maintain, and enhance React Native applications for Android and iOS.
Translate product requirements and designs into responsive, user-friendly interfaces across devices and screen sizes.
Write clean, reusable, efficient, and maintainable JavaScript or TypeScript code.
Implement application navigation, state management, authentication, data handling, and error management.
Integrate REST APIs, push notifications, payment gateways, maps, and other third-party services.

Troubleshooting and Performance:

Identify, investigate, and resolve application crashes, bugs, and performance issues.
Reproduce and troubleshoot reported issues using physical devices, emulators, and simulators.
Optimise loading times, rendering, network requests, and resource usage.
Test new features and updates before release to ensure functionality, stability, and compatibility.

API Integration and Team Collaboration:

Integrate applications with Laravel backend APIs and other services.
Work with backend developers to investigate API errors and resolve integration issues.
Collaborate with designers, product managers, QA testers, and other developers on implementation, testing, and release planning.
Participate in code reviews and document key implementation details, build processes, and deployment procedures.

Application Maintenance:

Maintain existing React Native projects and upgrade frameworks and dependencies when required.
Investigate and resolve production issues promptly.
Use Git and follow established branching and version control practices.
Monitor relevant changes across React Native, Android, iOS, and app store requirements.
Required Qualifications and Skills
Proven experience developing and maintaining production applications using React Native.
Strong knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript.
Practical experience supporting both Android and iOS applications.
Demonstrable experience publishing applications to both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Proficiency with Android Studio, Android SDK, Gradle, Xcode, and CocoaPods.
Experience integrating REST APIs and managing authentication, asynchronous operations, and network errors.
Good understanding of React hooks, component architecture, navigation, and state management.
Experience debugging applications on physical devices, Android emulators, and iOS simulators.
Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows.
Ability to independently troubleshoot build failures, dependency conflicts, and app store submission issues.
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Note: Please include links to Android and iOS applications you have worked on and briefly explain your role in their development, maintenance, or release.

Mobile Application Developer