Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Required Skills

• 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.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas

• 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.

Good-to-Have Skills

• 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.

Key Deliverables

• 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.

Language Requirements

e.g. English only / Arabic preferred / Bilingual English mandatory; Arabic is preferred.

SECTION 3 u2013 CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Certifications Required

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

• React Developer Certification (preferred)
• Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or AWS Cloud Practitioner (preferred)
• Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) or Agile Certification (preferred)
• Mobile Application Security Certification (advantageous)

Preferred Tech Stack

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

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

Tools / Platforms

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

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

Desired Candidate Profile

• 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.
• 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.

Company Industry

• IT - Software Services

Department / Functional Area

• IT Software

Keywords

• Software Engineer - React Front End
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