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Vida Health · 1 month ago

Staff React Native Engineer

Vida Health is a virtual, personalized obesity care provider that combines advanced technology with healthcare expertise. They are seeking a Staff React Native Engineer to lead the technical direction of their next-generation member experience across mobile and web, focusing on creating a unified React Native platform.

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Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and technical direction for a new cross-platform React Native codebase (iOS, Android, Web)
Define patterns for state management, navigation and data fetching (e.g., React Query/TanStack, Zustand/Redux, React Navigation) and drive consistent adoption
Collaborate on a design-system approach (theming, component library, tokens) enabling fast, consistent assembly of new member experiences
Design and evolve a modular, configuration-driven architecture that supports multiple client configurations (benefits, rules, branding) on one codebase
Work closely with UX to translate design vision into performant, accessible, premium-quality UI
Define patterns for analytics, logging, instrumentation and feature flags to support safe experimentation and deep behavioral insights
Create patterns for A/B tests and gradual rollouts across mobile and web
Partner with SRE/Backend to ensure strong observability (error tracking, crash analytics, performance monitoring) and clear member experience SLAs
Establish best-in-class developer experience and CI/CD, enabling safe, fast, multi-platform releases
Define and champion engineering standards: code quality, testing, documentation, practice review
Partner with QA to enable automation hooks and build testable, predictable interfaces
Mentor and level up the entire frontend org, including RN best practices, system design and maintainable component paradigms
Play a key role in hiring: define the senior/frontend bar, interview candidates and help onboard new team members
Model a design-partner mindset, using real-time prototyping and collaborative iteration with cross-functional peers

Qualification

React NativeArchitecture designPerformance profilingComponent systems designTypeScriptUI component librariesCross-team influencingIndependent leadershipCollaboration with cliniciansTechnical communication

Required

Bachelors degree at a minimum
7+ years of direct relevant experience
Deep expertise in React Native, with a history of building large-scale, multi-platform applications
Experience architecting large React/React Native codebases (monorepo, shared packages, design system libraries) with clear boundaries and layering
Proven ability to lead complex re-platforming or greenfield rebuilds
Strong knowledge of performance profiling and platform internals (Hermes, Fabric, animations, native modules, bundle optimization)
Ability to design maintainable component systems and UI foundations that scale for years
Experience partnering closely with Product Design on complex component workflows and UX systems
Familiarity with UI component libraries (MUI, Tailwind, Chakra, etc.) and responsive design
Familiarity with modern tooling: TypeScript, ESLint/Prettier, Jest/RTL/Detox, Storybook, metro optimizations
Strong technical communication, cross-team influencing ability and independent IC leadership

Preferred

Native iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin/Java) experience
Experience with React Native Web or similar single-codebase approaches
Experience with experimentation at scale (feature flags, remote config, A/B testing)
Experience in regulated domains (healthcare, insurance, fintech) where reliability, stability and auditability matter
Ability to collaborate with clinicians and non-technical stakeholders to translate complex rules into simple, safe user experiences
Comfortable working in or establishing a monorepo (Nx, Turborepo)

Company

Vida Health

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Vida Health is a virtual care platform that provides health coaching from experienced health care providers and medical institutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Vida Health has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2024 (2)
2022 (3)
2021 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$216.5M
Key Investors
Ally Bridge GroupCanvas Prime
2023-11-09Series Unknown· $28.5M
2021-05-05Series D· $110M
2020-04-30Series Unknown· $25M

Leadership Team

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Joe Murad
Chief Executive Officer
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Jason Macaleer
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
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