React Native Mobile Engineer

About Core Strengths  

We are a global training company that is transforming the talent industry by introducing relationship intelligence as a utility for leaders. Since 1971, over five million leaders have taken the Strength Deployment Inventory 2.0 (SDI), our strength-based relationship assessment. We have pioneered collaboration in the cloud and believe that every employee should have a portal into their working relationships.
Our 50+ employees have a commitment to learning that permeates our culture. We’ve created award winning psychological assessments, a relationship coaching platform of the future and are obsessed with continuing to improve the manager’s relationship with their team. We are also revolutionizing talent development itself by building culture transformation tools that generate results through relationships.

About You

You love writing a lot of code.  You especially want to make a substantial impact on the future of working relationships by crafting, implementing and deploying our mobile solutions.  People have commented that you love to create innovative consumer experiences and are fulfilled when you delight users with unexpected and elegant mobile UI.

You’re looking to be part of a purpose-driven team with a passion for innovation and an appreciation for Agile principles. To cultivate an environment where you can thrive, Core Strengths fosters an inclusive team culture where you have a voice and are empowered to take initiative.  Being in the relationship business means you will be encouraged to care for your teammates because they have a concern to care for you.

Your Responsibilities  

As the Lead Mobile Engineer you will handle the development of our iOS and Android ecosystem.  You have good programming experience in React-Native and you’re able to work at different levels of abstraction.  Your focus will follow the development of our enterprise Android and iOS apps with responsibility for ensuring the apps follow our software development life cycle.  To this end you will work with a talented team of UX/UI designers to implement high fidelity/accessible interfaces.  You will also work closely with a backend team to define API for the apps within constraints of the system.  

• Collaborate with Software Architect and Back End Development Manager on overall architecture of systems, with heavy focus on Front End related elements (HTML, CSS, JS, Frameworks, etc).
• Partner with Product Management, ensure all development work is properly scoped for effective planning of work/timelines.
• Collaborate with VP Engineering on the successful integration of front and back end components of our applications.
• Implement browser/device support policy in collaboration with Product, QA and other key stakeholders.

Your Experience

• Extensive experience with secure, testable and efficient code for iOS and Android.
• 5+ years of combined software/application development experience in React-Native, Swift , Objective-C, Java, Kotlin
• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and related tools (npm, gulp, grunt, webpack, etc.)
• Experience interfacing with backend-services via REST and JSON
• Familiarity of Google/Apple UI best practices
• Familiarity of iOS/Android architectural patterns (MVC, MVVM, etc.)
• Experience developing an app which supports multiple device form factors providing both a phone and tablet experience. (Please share any apps you have released or projects in the works that you can tell us about.)
• Strong experience with source code versioning systems (GitHub).
• Experience with A/B or Multivariate Testing.
• Experience with front end unit testing (JSUnit, Mocha, Jest, etc.)

• Understanding of sustainable engineering practices such as GitFlow and GitHubFlow
• Knowledge of Ionic and/or Cordova Frameworks  (iOS, & Android SDK)
• Experience working with remote teams.
• Strong self-management skills, capable of thriving in a virtual work environment.
• Eager to research and learn in a self-directed way (always improving).
• Structured, disciplined approach to development, testing and deployment.
• Highly-attentive to details, able to cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s and help review/fix issues with others’ code.
• You are expected to take ownership of your work and your projects, establish deadlines, and communicate progress proactively.
• Experience with JSONAPI / Graph APIs

What Core Strengths Offers

• The chance to disrupt the entrenched HR Tech industry.
• A supportive and optimistic team that likes to learn from each other.
• An internal mentor to help guide you through onboarding and accelerate your career.
• A product development pipeline that’s constantly pushing new features and enhancing the quality of existing products.
• The opportunity to work with many different technologies.
• A small company culture (we are an international team of 50+ and have a zero-drama culture).
• Having fun in a challenging and rewarding environment.
• Your own top of the line MacBook Pro, dual 27” LG 5k monitors, a stand up desk and a Herman Miller Aeron Chair (for your home office).
• A very competitive salary.
• 401(k) with 3% company matching.
• Three weeks of Vacation/PTO.
• Three days of PTO along with Development Dollars toward any career advancement (certifications, conferences, etc).
• Excellent medical / dental / vision health insurance 

What Core Strengths Doesn’t Offer

• Lack of direction: we maintain a clear roadmap and product pipeline.
• Pre-meetings: we don’t hold meetings to plan other meetings.
• A commute: no hours wasted in megaregion rush hour traffic.
• A dress code: board shorts and flip flops is acceptable attire any day of the week
• Endless Zoom meetings: we regularly schedule trips to the beach city of Carlsbad, CA (north San Diego where we were founded) to bring together the Engineering and Product Teams.  This includes winter trips with field trips to Glamis for sand car experiences and a suite at San Diego Padre games.
• A myopic view of the world: we are live in 14 languages and 50% of our revenue comes from outside North America. You will work with an application that is culturally relevant across the globe.
• An unproven business model: we turn 50yrs old this year and are a rule of 40 SaaS company
• Disconnected leaders: you have a direct line to the founders of the company who will take a personal active role in your career development. You should expect to personally interact with the CEO on a weekly basis.