Senior Mobile Developer (React Native)

at  Lightspeed

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!
We’re looking for a Senior Mobile Developer (React Native) to join our team in Sydney. As an essential part of our innovative team, you will help create a cutting-edge mobile app designed to streamline restaurant operations and boost guest experiences. This app will give restaurant managers real-time insights, improve efficiency, and support better decision-making, playing a major role in advancing Lightspeed’s mission to enhance commerce for our merchants and their customers. You will be consistently contributing meaningful features, improvements, and bug fixes to ensure continuous project progress and value addition. The ideal candidate for this role deeply understands and prioritises the needs of end-users, ensuring the product delivers exceptional value with high code quality with no critical defects in production.

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and implement features for an exciting new mobile app for hospitality operators, making a real difference for thousands of restaurant managers and staff each week.
• Create proof of concepts and prototypes, integrate GenAI, and develop a scalable, testable, and maintainable app ready for production.
• Provide strategic technical advice, helping to integrate the latest technologies and best practices in mobile development, and influencing cross-functional teams and the organisation.
• Help upskill other developers through mentoring, pair programming, team stand-ups, planning sessions, new feature kick-offs, and demo sessions, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment.
• Collaborate closely with the Design team to ensure great User Experience (UX), and work with QA, Support, and other cross-functional teams to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.
• Translate requirements into detailed plans and provide solid estimates for how long things will take.

What you need to bring:

We’re looking for a candidate who has experience with the following:

• Extensive experience developing and shipping production-ready React Native and TypeScript apps for both Android and iOS.
• Prior experience developing and debugging native iOS apps using XCode and Swift, and Android apps with Java/Kotlin and Android Studio.
• Deep understanding of mobile app architectures and connectivity considerations.
• Demonstrated experience creating unit and automated UI tests using tools like Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Detox, Appium, or Maestro.
• Knowledgeable about the release/build/deployment process, including navigating App Store and Play Store requirements and challenges.

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role… hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!
What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience…

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Flexible working policy
• Work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 60 days per year
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• LinkedIn Learning license
• Volunteer day
• Dog friendly environment
• Rooftop with dining space and BBQ facilities
• Self-service cafe-style kitchen and fully stocked fridge, pantry & bar
• Weekly catered lunches for the entire office
• Exciting events hosted regularly by our Sydney Culture Club
• Brand new office space located in Redfern, NSW

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. .
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed’s one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
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• Develop and implement features for an exciting new mobile app for hospitality operators, making a real difference for thousands of restaurant managers and staff each week.
• Create proof of concepts and prototypes, integrate GenAI, and develop a scalable, testable, and maintainable app ready for production.
• Provide strategic technical advice, helping to integrate the latest technologies and best practices in mobile development, and influencing cross-functional teams and the organisation.
• Help upskill other developers through mentoring, pair programming, team stand-ups, planning sessions, new feature kick-offs, and demo sessions, fostering a collaborative and productive team environment.
• Collaborate closely with the Design team to ensure great User Experience (UX), and work with QA, Support, and other cross-functional teams to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.
• Translate requirements into detailed plans and provide solid estimates for how long things will take