React Native Developer

Description:

Empathy is transforming the way families navigate life’s most difficult times — from the loss of a loved one to other major life transitions. By combining technology with compassionate human care, we bring clarity, comfort, and peace of mind when it matters most.

We partner with leading employers, insurers, and financial institutions to deliver meaningful, human-centric support at scale. Today, Empathy supports over 45 million people across North America.

Backed by top-tier investors including General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Adams Street, Aleph and Entreé Capital. we’ve raised over $160 million to date, including a $72 million Series C, to expand our impact and scale our mission worldwide.

Our team is passionate, empathetic, and dedicated to providing world-class solutions to families in need. We work collaboratively to identify pain points and design elegant solutions that empower and support our users.

In this role you will:

• Design, build, and maintain features in our React Native codebase, delivering polished, reliable, and accessible experiences to users.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to create thoughtful and seamless cross-platform experiences.
• Work across the stack as needed, including contributing to backend services that power the mobile experience.
• Contribute to the evolution of our mobile architecture and development practices, with a focus on scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Participate in all phases of the product lifecycle, from discovery to production.

Requirements:

• At least 7 years of professional, hands-on experience building production-grade applications or systems.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience building and shipping applications with React Native, with a deep understanding of core principles - including navigation, component architecture, animations, and performance optimization.
• Experience with TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Experience working with mobile APIs, native modules, and debugging cross-platform issues.
• Comfort working across the stack, including backend APIs or services.
• Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming, and knowledge of development best practices.
• Experience with tools like Docker, AWS, or Fastlane is helpful but not required.
• Exposure to native iOS or Android code is helpful but not required.
• Strong attention to detail and empathy for the user experience.
• Self-motivated, curious, and adaptable to changing needs and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills.