Senior Frontend Developer

### About Us

Openigloo is on a mission to make renting fair, accessible, and transparent for all. We envision a world where renting is as easy as booking a hotel, where renters can research, apply, sign, and pay all in one place. We’re building a next-generation leasing marketplace that has supported over 2 million NYC renters with their apartment hunt.

Learn more about openigloo at www.openigloo.com

### The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Mobile App Developer to join our dynamic team in New York. This is a high-impact, fast-moving role where urgency, ownership, and initiative are everything. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building high-performance cross-platform mobile applications using ReactNative. As a core member of the team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the mobile user experience for our consumer-facing applications, working alongside designers, backend engineers, and product managers. We are looking for someone with a passion for mobile development, a keen eye for user experience, and a deep understanding of best practices for building scalable and maintainable mobile applications.

### Key Responsibilities

**Collaborate with Teams:** Partner with product designers, backend engineers, and product teams to build highly interactive and responsive mobile applications.

**Mobile Application Development:** Architect, design, and implement dynamic mobile applications using Swift, ensuring top-notch performance and responsiveness.

**Responsive Design & Optimization:** Ensure mobile applications are optimized for a variety of iOS device sizes.

**Code Quality & Optimization:** Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code with a focus on mobile performance optimization using Swift.

**Security and Compliance:** Implement secure coding practices to safeguard user data and ensure compliance with industry standards for mobile apps.

**Continuous Improvement:** Identify and implement improvements in the codebase, contributing to performance and user experience enhancements.

### Qualifications

**Experience:** Minimum of 6 years of experience in mobile app development, with a strong focus on app development in React Native.

**Proficiency in React Native:** Deep expertise in React Native with experience building mobile applications from the ground up.

**Mobile UI/UX Expertise:** Strong understanding of mobile design patterns, component-based architecture, and mobile UI/UX best practices.

**Testing and Debugging:** Proficiency in mobile testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Detox) and debugging tools, ensuring high-quality, bug-free releases.

**Cloud Integration:** Experience with deploying mobile applications to app stores and integrating with cloud services such as AWS (S3, Lambda, etc.).

**Team Collaboration:** Proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams with backend, product, and design teams, managing priorities in an agile environment.

**Problem-Solving:** Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to creatively and critically address challenges related to mobile performance, scalability, and UX.

**High sense of urgency and responsiveness:** This is a fast-moving role and environment where bugs, customer requests, and feedback must be followed up with in real-time.

**Data-driven mindset**: You track metrics, analyze performance, and continuously optimize to improve the openigloo suite of products.

**Strategic thinker:** You can collaborate with marketing, product and engineering teams to improve Openigloo’s leasing tools and marketplace experience.

**Self-starter:** You thrive in a high-growth, startup environment—you don’t need hand-holding, you take initiative and make things happen.

### Preferred Qualifications

**DevOps Skills:** Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines and to streamline mobile app deployment and updates.

**AWS Knowledge:** Proficiency in using AWS services such as S3, ECS, and Lambda for static content management

**Agile Methodologies:** Experience working within agile development teams and familiarity with agile methodologies for managing mobile app development cycles.

### Why Join Us?

**Build something big.**

Be a key player in a company that’s transforming the rental experience.

**Own your impact.**

Your contributions will directly drive revenue, strategy, and company growth.

**Work with a top-tier mission driven team.**

Be surrounded by ambitious, fast-moving teammates who love what they do.

This is a great opportunity to step into a key role at a company that is redefining the rental industry. If you’re ready to run the show, drive results, and build the future of leasing—apply now!