Senior React Native Engineer

About the job:

Majid Al Futtaim invites you to join us in our quest to create great moments for everyone, everyday! We are the leading shopping mall, residential communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, serving over 560 million visitors a year. For the past two decades, we have shaped the consumer landscape across the region, transforming the way people shop, live and play, while maintaining a strong sustainability track record and the largest mall in the world to attain LEED Gold EBOM Certification. We have over 45,000 team members in 17 international markets representing over 100 nationalities – all keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do. If you enjoy being BOLD, PASSIONATE and TOGETHER, then Majid Al Futtaim is the destination for you.

Role Purpose:

The SDE III mobile application developer is responsible for collaboration with omni-channel stakeholders and teams to understand business requirements and develop mobile applications in line with the required standards and timelines. The role holder also is responsible for crafting codes and applying programming languages to develop applications for the relevant platform (Android).

Role Details – Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Plan and recommend creative and innovative ideas and functionalities to have more user-friendly application.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to craft clear user stories, design tests for prototypes and products, and continuously deliver product enhancements.
• Communicate with relevant stakeholders to discuss expectations, negotiate timelines, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners and team members to identify and socialise product and delivery risks.

• Apply Agile engineering practices and various software and web/mobile development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance the client customer and employee experience.
• Troubleshoot issues with minimal guidance, identify bottlenecks in existing workflows and provide solutions for a scalable, defect-free application. Identify root-cause and recommend changes.
• Understand integration between various API connections and integration with other applications.
• Develop and maintain program documentation, including methods, flow charts, diagrams, decision tables, record and forms layout, testing, and program specifications.

• Assist with the implementation of the performance management process by setting objectives, monitoring performance, and provide constructive feedback and provide inputs to senior management.
• Provide mentorship for the purpose of developing a continuous talent pipeline for key roles.

Minimum Qualifications/education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business Administration or Engineering; or a science degree
• 5+ years’ mobile/software development experience in an agile at-scale environment
• Experience with Git, such as branching, merging, tagging and pull requests.
• Experience with mobile CI-CD (Jenkins or similar) and app store deployments
• Complex UI experience beyond storyboarding by developing UI using code.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON, and AJAX

What We Offer:
 

• At Majid Al Futtaim, we’re on a mission to create great moments, to spread happiness, to build, experiences that stay in our memories for a lifetime. We’re proud to say that over the past 27 years, we have built a reputation as a regional market leader in what we do. Join us!
• Work from any country in the world for 30 days a year.
• Work in a friendly environment, where everyone shares positive vibes and excited about our future.
• Work with over 50,000 diverse and talented colleagues, all guided by our Leadership Model.