Principal Developer - Cross Platform Mobile & Desktop

at  ABBYY

Join ABBYY and be part of a team that celebrates your unique work style. With flexible work options, a supportive team, and rewards that reflect your value, you can focus on what matters most – driving your growth, while fuelling ours.
Our commitment to respect, transparency, and simplicity means you can trust us to always choose to do the right thing.
As a trusted partner for intelligent automation, we solve highly complex problems for our enterprise customers and put their information to work to transform the way they do business. Innovation and excellence run through our veins, and you will work with experts who are creating market-leading technologies, using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and an advanced and sophisticated tech stack.
We are looking for a passionate and skilled Software Engineer who thrives in a hands-on technical role with a focus on owning the quality of the code and systems they develop. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving the end-to-end delivery of features and systems, ensuring high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability throughout the development lifecycle. If you are committed to shipping reliable and scalable solutions, and enjoy solving complex problems, this is the role for you.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Cross-Platform Development Frameworks: Proficiency with tools like Flutter, React Native, and Ionic to build performant mobile and desktop applications.
• Web Technologies: Strong knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React or Vue.js) for building cross-platform user interfaces.
• Mobile Development: Experience with iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and Android (Java/Kotlin) native development for deep platform integrations.
• Desktop Development: Familiarity with Electron, Tauri, or other tools for building cross-platform desktop applications.
• APIs and Backend Integration: Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs, or other backend services to sync and store data.
• Responsive and Adaptive Design: Ability to create UIs that scale across different screen sizes and resolutions, including mobile, tablet, and desktop.
• Cross-Platform UI/UX Standards: Understanding of Material Design and iOS Human Interface Guidelines to build consistent, intuitive, and platform-appropriate user experiences.
• Testing and Debugging: Proficiency with testing frameworks like Jest, Mocha, or Flutter Test and familiarity with Device Emulators and Browser DevTools for debugging.
• Performance Optimization: Skills in optimizing for performance across different devices and platforms, including memory management and rendering optimization.
• Version Control: Experience with Git and collaboration platforms like GitHub or GitLab for code management and version control.
• Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD): Knowledge of tools like GitHub Actions, Bitrise, or Fastlane for automating builds, testing, and deployment.
• App Store and Play Store Publishing: Familiarity with the publishing process for the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, including app review guidelines and release management.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ownership Mindset: Passion for taking full ownership of features and ensuring their quality from concept through to production.
• Performance and Optimization: Experience with profiling applications, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing performance for scale.
• Collaboration Skills: Comfortable working in a collaborative, Agile environment, with an emphasis on communication and team success.

• End-to-End Development: Own the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of features and services from concept to delivery.
• Quality Ownership: Ensure high code quality, performance, and maintainability by following best practices and conducting thorough code reviews, automated testing, and performance monitoring.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and fellow engineers, to define and deliver features that meet both business and technical objectives.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify areas for improvement within the codebase, infrastructure, and development process. Drive solutions that increase team efficiency and code quality.
• System Reliability: Monitor the health and performance of services and ensure timely resolution of issues and bugs.
• Technical Innovation: Stay current with new technologies and trends to ensure the systems you build are modern, scalable, and aligned with industry best practices.