React Native Engineer - (B2C Consumer Apps)
Description
Job Overview
Must-Have Skills
- 3+ years React Native with production apps shipped to both app stores
- Strong WebSocket integration experience - connection lifecycle, reconnection;strategies, and event-driven message handling on mobile
- Local data persistence using SQLite or WatermelonDB, including schema migrations;and offline-first patterns
- TypeScript proficiency - defining strict types from backend API contracts and;maintaining type safety across the data layer
- Performance optimization on Android - FlatList tuning, memory profiling, and Hermes engine familiarity
- State management with Redux or equivalent - handling concurrent async state; (network, WebSocket, local DB) without race conditions
- Experience rendering polymorphic UI components - mapping different message types;(text, rich cards, suggestions, documents) to distinct components from a single data stream
Key Growth Areas
- Implement the chat interface for our following established architecture patterns and design specs from our UI/UX team
- Design the real-time communication layer - a transport-agnostic message pipeline that works across WebSocket, HTTP polling, and future push notification channels without UI-layer changes
- Architect the local data layer - offline-first storage, sync strategies, conflict resolution, and schema migration patterns that scale as Dhruva adds new capabilities
- Build extensible rendering infrastructure for AI-native features - streaming responses, polymorphic message types, inline actionable widgets (payment CTAs, score visualizations), and proactive nudge surfaces
- Handle mobile-specific edge cases - app backgrounding/foregrounding, token refresh, graceful degradation on network loss, and error recovery UX
- Write well-tested, documented code that the team can maintain and extend as Dhruva's capabilities grow
Job Details
- Workplace Type: In-Office
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Experience Level: associate
- Work Experience (years): 3 - 8 years
Skills
- react native
- code
- architecture
- app development
- mobile
