Senior React Native Engineer

November 12

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Newsela

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Newsela is a fast-growing education technology startup with a single ambitious goal: Meaningful classroom learning for every student. We provide engaging, relevant instructional content for teachers that both educates and inspires. With nearly two million teachers signed up, Newsela is helping kids improve their reading skills in all 50 states and more than 150 countries. We seek passionate, creative employees with quick minds and warm hearts. If you believe that all students deserve a more rigorous, more personalized learning experience, please apply to join our team.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

💰 $100M Series D on 2021-02

📋 Description

• Build and maintain a scalable iOS application using React Native with deep WebView integration (navigation, cookie/session handling, file downloads, media, and safe JS/native bridging). • Work closely with backend and frontend developers, product managers, and designers to refine requirements; proactively identify native gaps vs. the web experience. • Own delivery of features and enhancements end-to-end (requirements, implementation, tests, CI/CD, release notes) with minimal oversight. • Contribute to ticket grooming, sprint planning, and architecture/design discussions and documentation • Ensure accessibility, responsiveness, and adherence to modern FE/RN best practices. • Leverage AI/LLM-powered workflows and code-generation tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) to stay efficient and productive, with code reviews to ensure quality and security. • Debug end-to-end issues across APIs, auth flows, data integrations, and frontend performance. • App Store compliance with 4.2 (Minimum Functionality) and related iOS requirements.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years building modern web and mobile applications in a SaaS environment, with significant React/React Native iOS experience. • Expert-level React.js and React Native (functional components, hooks, context, navigation, animations, RN performance patterns). • Strong JavaScript and practical TypeScript proficiency and familiarity with native iOS concepts • Experience with React Native WebView: auth redirects, cookies, content injection, file/media, native navigation, push notifications, and similar. • Demonstrated ability to work with REST APIs, data relationships, and caching strategies. • Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Codeium) responsibly with security and license awareness. • Strong communication & collaboration skills with a track record of independent delivery and crisp, solution-oriented documentation. • App Store Readiness & Compliance: Experience shipping to App Store: TestFlight, review notes, phased release, responding to rejections. • Working knowledge of App Store Review Guideline 4.2 and adjacent policies. • Ability to design features that clearly exceed “website-in-an-app” thresholds. Examples: native integrations, offline capability, iOS UI, device features.

🏖️ Benefits

• Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits.