Staff React Native Engineer - Pro

About the role

We are looking for a Staff React Native Engineer to lead the mobile experience of Kraken Pro, the professional trading platform of Payward. You will own the technical vision, drive architecture decisions and mentor a distributed team of engineers building high‑performance iOS and Android applications.

Key responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical architecture of the Kraken Pro mobile app using React Native and TypeScript.
• Build, maintain and optimise high‑performance mobile applications for spot and futures trading.
• Lead initiatives to improve startup time, responsiveness and resource efficiency.
• Collaborate with product, design and backend teams to deliver user‑facing features.
• Act as the technical point of contact during critical production incidents.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices and tooling for mobile development.
• Mentor engineers and raise the overall technical capability of the team.

Required profile

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on mobile development.
• Proven track record of owning or leading large‑scale production mobile applications.
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of iOS and Android platforms, performance optimisation and debugging.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams.

Required skills

• React Native
• TypeScript
• iOS
• Android