Senior Lead Software Engineer – React Native

Overview

In this role you will drive front-end development for Chase UK’s digital banking platform, delivering cloud-native, mobile-focused interfaces. You’ll work within the International Consumer Bank to design and ship end-to-end features using modern frontend stacks. You’ll own code quality, testing, and performance, while shaping architecture and SDLC practices. The environment combines startup mentality with financial services rigor, offering a real impact on product experience and customer trust. You’ll lead and mentor others, collaborating across cross-functional teams to elevate our digital banking experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Create and maintain clean, efficient, and reusable codebase
• Conduct thorough testing to ensure robustness and reliability of applications
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, ensuring smooth application functionality
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide progress updates
• Mentor junior developers, providing guidance on best practices and code reviews
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices in mobile development
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance development processes and workflows

Key requirements

• Proficiency in React framework
• Building applications using React Native in TypeScript or JavaScript
• Native application development across Android / iOS in Kotlin / Swift
• Understanding of REST APIs and GraphQL
• Ability to write testable, clean JavaScript code
• Comfortable working with projects partially or fully using TypeScript
• Using latest React features such as Suspense and Hooks
• End to end testing applications with Detox / Appium / WebdriverIO / Playwright
• Extensive experience in modern web development, including responsive design and performance optimization
• Hands-on experience with design systems, component libraries, and implementing consistent UI/UX across large-scale applications

• Strong written and verbal communication in English
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Mentoring and leadership
• React
• React Native
• TypeScript

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