Mobile Tech Lead (React Native) – Yahoo Weather

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About Yahoo Weather

Our north star is to build a weather experience so joyful and helpful, you’ll tell your friends and family about it. We are reimagining the Yahoo Weather product experience across the company – from our mobile apps to the Yahoo homepage. As millions of people use Yahoo Weather each day to understand how the weather will impact them, we believe that investing in a better product experience will help us fulfill Yahoo’s mission to be a trusted guide and enable people to accomplish their goals no matter how big or small. We are excited to speak with staff/principal and senior staff/senior principal engineers for this role.

A Lot About You

You are an experienced React Native engineer who loves a greenfield opportunity. You will lead our efforts to take the Yahoo Weather apps to the next level. You are comfortable being one of the first members of a newly formed team. You enjoy startup opportunities inside established companies. You love to collaborate with product designers to understand customer problems and deliver great user experiences. You are highly self-sufficient but also thrive when working together with teammates. And you enjoy sprints and spikes as much as strategy.
As a mobile Tech Lead you’ll play a critical role in delivering innovation and growth for Yahoo Weather by taking charge of the technical direction and execution of our mobile applications. Your technical expertise, leadership skills, and strategic vision will drive the success of our product roadmap and contribute to the overall growth of the company. You will work closely with the product and design teams to plan, experiment and release features in collaboration with other engineering partners and business stakeholders. You will be responsible for technical oversight, performing code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and security. If you are interested in joining a world-class team of passionate people and industry veterans who care about code quality, architecture, design and user experience as much as having fun together, then we’d like to talk to you. This role reports to the Head of Yahoo Weather and may evolve to a management role as the team grows. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of greenfield React Native applications for Yahoo Weather on iOS and Android

• Define and implement scalable, robust, and maintainable mobile application architecture and system design

• Collaborate closely with design and product colleagues to build a delightful, user-centric experience while balancing the needs of Yahoo’s business

• Code – you will spend most of your time using React Native and native code where needed

• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to development teams to ensure adherence to architectural principles, coding standards, and best practices

• Evaluate third-party tools, frameworks, and APIs for integration into mobile applications, considering factors such as security, performance, and scalability

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in mobile application development processes, tooling, and automation to enhance efficiency, quality, and time-to-market

• Act as a technical mentor and coach to mobile developers and web developers, fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and excellence within the development team

• Communicate complex technical concepts and technical decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior management and external partners

• Evangelize new frameworks and technologies that can help other Yahoo teams increase the speed of mobile app development

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of proven experience in developing, architecting, and deploying mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms

• Proficiency in React Native development

• Extensive experience with or willingness to learn AI-assisted development 

• Excellent coding skills and practitioner of mobile development best practices, including object-oriented design principles; design pattern usage; writing modular, reusable, testable code; data structures; concurrency; performance profiling and tuning

• Familiarity with backend technologies, APIs, and microservices architecture, enabling seamless integration between mobile apps and backend systems

• Experience in performance optimization, scalability planning, and troubleshooting of mobile applications to ensure optimal user experience and reliability

• Ability to mentor and coach development teams, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and training sessions on mobile application architecture best practices

• The quintessential teammate – great communicator, adaptable, supportive, hard working, and enjoys a good laugh

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with native mobile development (Swift/Kotlin)

• Experience with React web development, responsive design, and design systems

• BS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent CS training

• Located in the Eastern Timezone (EST)

• An interest in weather is a big plus :)

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $143,625.00 - $299,375.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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