Inspire · 6 days ago
Staff Digital Engineer-React Native
Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 33,000 iconic restaurant brands. They are seeking a Staff Engineer, React Native to drive the technical direction of their mobile ecosystem, focusing on enterprise-grade mobile application development and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver engaging experiences.
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Responsibilities
Architect and evolve enterprise-scale React Native mobile applications for iOS and Android
Establish patterns for offline-first capabilities, caching, and data synchronization with backend services
Design secure integrations with identity providers (Auth0, Azure AD B2C) and payment gateways
Optimize mobile app performance: bundle size, startup time, animations, network efficiency, and memory usage
Drive adoption of modular architecture to support multi-brand and multi-tenant capabilities
Ensure accessibility, localization, and compliance across all apps
Explore integration of GenAI-driven experiences in mobile apps (personalization, conversational ordering, contextual recommendations)
Provide hands-on leadership for CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Fastlane
Establish standards for automated testing: unit (Jest), integration (Detox), and end-to-end (Appium, Playwright for mobile)
Champion automation-first practices including mobile release pipelines, app store deployments, and monitoring
Drive adoption of GitHub Copilot (or similar AI developer tools) to improve development velocity and code quality
Partner with backend and API teams to ensure seamless integration of mobile and web ecosystems
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver mobile-first customer experiences
Lead technical design reviews, proof-of-concepts, and architecture workshops across geo-distributed teams
Influence technology strategy across multiple brands to ensure consistency and scalability
Partner with product, data, and AI teams to integrate GenAI-powered use cases into mobile experiences
Mentor engineers on React Native best practices, mobile performance, and modern mobile architecture
Promote a culture of quality-first, automation-first, and continuous improvement in mobile engineering
Enable teams to build scalable apps that can be extended across multiple brands with minimal duplication
Qualification
Required
4 Year Degree and/or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in a Staff/Principal/Lead role
Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade mobile applications with React Native
Strong, hands-on expertise in: React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), and modern mobile libraries
State management (Redux, Zustand, Recoil) and navigation frameworks
Native modules and bridging for iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and Android (Kotlin/Java)
Strong background in mobile app performance optimization and Core Web Vitals equivalent for mobile
Experience with CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps (GitHub Actions, Fastlane, Azure DevOps)
Experience with GitHub Copilot or similar AI-powered developer tools
Experience integrating mobile apps with backend APIs (REST/GraphQL)
Strong understanding of mobile security, authentication flows, and app store compliance
Experience working in agile environments with geo-distributed teams
Preferred
Exposure to Generative AI use cases in mobile applications (chatbots, personalization, in-app recommendations)
Experience with multi-brand or white-label app platforms
Familiarity with mobile observability tools (Firebase Crashlytics, App Center, Datadog, New Relic)
Experience with A/B testing, feature flagging, and remote configuration in mobile apps
Strong ability to communicate technical trade-offs and architectural choices to executives and engineers
Awareness of responsible AI practices when implementing GenAI features
Company
Inspire
Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company & owner. It is a sub-organization of Roark Capital Group.
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