Lead React Native Engineer

In this role you will assess native mobile vs cross-platform options (notably React Native) against product strategy, deliver a feasibility PoC, and define a target architecture for web and mobile. You’ll work with engineers to gauge learning curves, identify risks, and document the recommended path forward. You’ll map shared and platform-specific components and produce a high-level technical backlog to deliver the architecture. This role sits within AND Digital’s multidisciplinary teams, contributing to meaningful client outcomes and continuous learning.

• 25 days holiday + flexible Bank Holidays
• Pension 6% + 2% employee contribution
• Aviva healthcare cover including pre-existing conditions
• Flexibenefit with 1000 allowance
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection(murther)??

• Assess native mobile vs cross-platform solutions against product strategy and goals
• Evaluate performance, scalability, maintainability, adoption, reusability, cost and benchmarks; recommend preferred approach
• Deliver a PoC to validate feasibility, performance, constraints, integration complexity and architectural assumptions
• Involve existing engineers in the PoC to assess learning curves and adoption challenges
• Identify risks, unknowns, dependencies and capability gaps; document PoC findings and route forward
• Define and document the recommended architecture and core technology stack for web and mobile
• Map shared and platform-specific components (APIs, business rules, identity, design systems, libraries, release processes, observability)
• Produce a prioritized high-level technical backlog outlining tasks, dependencies and prerequisite work

• strong expertise in mobile/native and cross-platform (React Native) assessment
• ability to evaluate architecture, performance and scalability
• experience delivering PoCs and collaborating with engineering teams
• risk identification and documentation of findings and path forward
• ability to define architecture and technology stack across web and mobile
• experience with APIs, design systems, observability, release processes and quality engineering

• clear communication
• collaborative problem solving
• pragmatic and adaptable
• React Native
• cross-platform architecture
• APIs and integration