Software Engineer - React Front End

Main duties and day-to-day tasks expected from the resource

Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performance mobile banking applications using React Native.
Develop responsive web applications and customer-facing digital journeys using React.js and modern front-end frameworks.
Collaborate with Product Owners, UX/UI designers, architects, and backend teams to deliver seamless digital banking experiences.
Integrate front-end applications with APIs, microservices, OAuth/OIDC authentication, and enterprise middleware platforms.
Ensure compliance with banking security standards, secure coding practices, and accessibility requirements.
Optimize application performance, scalability, responsiveness, and user experience across mobile and web channels.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, testing, troubleshooting, and production support activities.
Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices for automated build, test, and deployment processes.

Primary technical and functional skills

Strong experience in React Native, React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), and TypeScript.
Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, Redux, Context API, React Hooks, and responsive web design.
Experience integrating REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JWT authentication.
Knowledge of mobile application lifecycle management for iOS and Android platforms.
Experience with state management, component libraries, performance tuning, and mobile optimization.
Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, Git, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.

Specific domain or industry knowledge required

5+ years of experience in front-end engineering with at least 3 years in React Native development.
Banking, financial services, digital channels, internet banking, mobile banking, or fintech experience is required.
Experience delivering customer-facing applications with high availability, security, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Knowledge of API-driven architecture, microservices, secure authentication, and enterprise-grade integration patterns.
Experience working in large-scale Agile and DevOps environments.
Knowledge of mobile security, certificate pinning, OWASP Mobile Top 10, and secure SDLC practices.

Additional skills that are an advantage but not mandatory

Experience with Flutter, Kotlin, Swift, or native mobile development.
Experience with Azure, AWS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, or containerized deployments.
Experience with banking onboarding, payments, lending, trade finance, corporate banking, or treasury solutions.
Understanding of performance testing, observability, monitoring, and analytics tools.

Expected outputs and outcomes from the resource

Delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing mobile and web banking applications.
Development of reusable front-end components and design system implementation.
Successful integration with enterprise APIs, micro-services, and authentication platforms.
Compliance with quality, security, performance, and accessibility standards.
Production-ready releases with complete documentation, test coverage, and operational support readiness.

e.g. English only / Arabic preferred / Bilingual

English mandatory; Arabic is preferred.

e.g. AWS Certified, PMP, CISSP, Azure, ITIL

e.g. Python, Java, React, Kubernetes, Power BI

React Native, React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Redux, GraphQL

e.g. JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, ServiceNow, Postman

JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Firebase, Figma, Jenkins, Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Kubernetes/OpenShift

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