React Native Developer

Must-Have Skills

3+ years React Native with production apps shipped to both app stores Strong WebSocket integration experience connection lifecycle, reconnection strategies, and event-driven message handling on mobile Local data persistence using SQLite or WatermelonDB, including schema migrations and offline-first patterns

TypeScript proficiency — defining strict types from backend API contracts and maintaining type safety across the data layer

Performance optimization on Android — FlatList tuning, memory profiling, and Hermes engine familiarity

State management with Redux or equivalent — handling concurrent async state (network, WebSocket, local DB) without race conditions

Experience rendering polymorphic UI components — mapping different message types (text, rich cards, suggestions, documents) to distinct components from a single data stream