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Senior Mobile Engineer

AURA|Posted 1 day ago

Skills and experience

Role:Mobile engineer
Experience in role:5+ years
Language proficiency:English
Must-have skills:
    React Native
Nice-to-have skills:
    JavaScript
    TypeScript
    Swift
    Kotlin

Location and salary

Remote policy:Hybrid
Location of job:Johannesburg, South Africa
Visa requirements:No specific requirements
Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa
Employment type:Permanent

Role description

WHO WE ARE

AURA is the world’s leading emergency response marketplace. AURA is a technology platform which enables anyone to access the closest vetted private security & medical response unit to their location, anywhere, anytime, using a connected device.

AURA's vision is to create a world where everyone is safe. This is supported by a company

mission focused on making emergency services more accessible, inclusive, and effective by creating and deploying incredible technology.

WHO YOU ARE

As a Senior Mobile Engineer at AURA, you will be the driving force behind enhancing our existing applications built in React-Native, transforming them into world-class consumer-facing products. We're seeking someone with exceptional React-Native skills who can take ownership of our mobile development efforts, including shaping development tooling, deployment strategies, and providing key input on UI/UX improvements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Drive the development and enhancement of our React-Native applications, focusing on delivering world-class consumer-facing products with seamless UI/UX and robust API integration;
  • Collaborate with the engineering team to conceptualize and implement new features, providing technical leadership and guidance on mobile development best practices;
  • Most importantly, you will build live saving technology as part of a likeminded, driven, technical collective;

STACK

  • Core: Node.js, React, React-Native, TypeScript;
  • Tooling: Redux Toolkit, Storybook.js, Onesignal, Socket.io;
  • DevOps: CodeMagic;
  • Cloud: AWS, GCP;
  • Persistence: PostgreSQL, Dynamo, S3, Redis;

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 5 years as a mobile engineer, including experience with React-Native.

  • Strong mobile frontend development skills, with a focus on creating engaging and performant user interfaces.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
  • Experience in mentoring and guiding team members, with a focus on collaboration and code quality.
  • Track record of delivering high-quality, bug-free code with attention to detail.
  • Passionate about building technology that saves lives and improves access to emergency services.

About AURA

51-200 employees

History

AURA was born out of the critical need for more efficiency within the South African Security industry in order to combat the growing crime rate facing all of us. AURA achieves this efficiency through smart, disruptive and scalable technology, which creates a WIN-WIN-WIN for all parties involved. The customer receives affordable and effective services; the security provider increases revenue and its client base; and AURA fulfils its mission and vision. AURA is driven by a young entrepreneurial founding team with extensive experience within the security and technology spaces.

AURA's Mission

To make effective security more accessible and affordable in SA, by creating and deploying smart, scalable and disruptive technology.

AURA's Vision

To create a national collaborated response network, centred around smart technology combined with humans responding to emergencies autonomously.

Why Work For Us?

We're a high paced team that hybridises security expertise with technology expertise. We have a very interesting, mixed stack, that's been built to respond to market needs. If you want to change the world by keeping people safe, and you take your career and future seriously, come have a chat with us.

Perks at AURA

Actually change the world
Change the country & keep people safe
MacBooks baby
Learn from a fantastic team
No dress code
Industry leaders

Tech Stack

application and data

Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Javascript
Javascript
Node.js
Node.js
React
React
Redis
Redis
Kotlin
Kotlin
TypeScript
TypeScript
React Native
React Native
Amazon Lambda
Amazon Lambda
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services

utilities

Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53
Amazon SES
Amazon SES
Qlik
Qlik

dev ops

GitHub
GitHub
Bugsnag
Bugsnag
Docker
Docker

business tool

Google Apps
Google Apps
Slack
Slack

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